FARRIERS HAVE SEEN many fads come and go. As new technology and materials filter down from medical, military and space programs, we face a variety of new adhesives and synthetic materials.

HOOF GAUGES ARE a little bit like seat belts.

THE REAL WINNERS from the International Hoof-Care Summit weren’t to be found in the classrooms and exhibit galleries of the Cincinnati Convention Center, or in the plush hallways of the Hilton Netherlands Plaza Hotel.

WHEN A FARRIER has a day scheduled at a veterinary clinic, you know it’s not going to involve a lot of standard trims and shoeing.

THIS SHOE could be called a side-weight shoe, but that would give the impression that the secret of the shoe is the added weigh of the wider branch.

WHEN IT COMES to finding new trimming, shoeing and business management ideas for running your shoeing business, nothing beats the highly practical and time-tested ideas successfully used by veterans in the business.