Articles Tagged with ''hoof wall''

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Keeping Your Tools Working For You

The smooth and efficient operation of your farrier practice begins with making sure your tools are up to the job
Every business must limit its expenses. It is even more critical during the uncertain financial times of today.
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Farrier Tips

Watch the Weight

Pat Burton, a Burleson, Texas, farrier has seen plenty of cases where a hoof is stressed because the horse is too heavy for his foot structure.
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Shoeing for a Living

No Rest During Derby Week

Rood & Riddle vet-farrier proves there’s plenty of hoof-care work going on in the shadow of the Triple Crown’s first race
It’s the early hours of Derby Day Minus One as I arrive at Rood & Riddle Equine Hospital in Lexington, Ky., a time when the eyes of the world turn to the Bluegrass Country more than any other time of the year.
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Dealing With A Non-Developed Limb

The newborn foal had no coffin bone, no navicular bone and incomplete development of the short pastern bone
One afternoon I received a call from a colleague with a client that had requested a hoof-care consultation.
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6-Day Turn-Around

Daily treatments with the help of a disciplined training staff get a 4-year-old back on the track for training in a hurry
A 4-year-old was claimed out of a race in south Florida in the early part of the 2010 season. Even though the horse had obvious foot concerns, the new trainer gambled that the horse could quickly be returned to racetrack training.
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Hoof-Care E-Mail Q&A

Where do you like to drive a nail and why? What area of the hoof wall do you try to avoid?
Where do you like to drive a nail and why? What area of the hoof wall do you try to avoid?
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Heard at the Summit

Heart Bars As Remodeling Tools

Pennsylvania farrier uses the shoe to keep competitive hunters and jumpers at work and in competition
Heart bar horseshoes are best known for their use in treating laminitic horses, but Steve Teichman, a farrier from Unionville, Pa., has also found them to be a very valuable tool in keeping the equine athletes in his care going, as well as a useful tool in reshaping problem hooves.
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