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Pads & Packing Product Roundup 2013

Check out the latest pads and packing products from some of the industry's leading suppliers.
September 11, 2013 | Posted in Equipment
Check out the latest pads and packing products from some of the industry's leading suppliers.
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Hoof Pads: When to Use Them and When to Lose Them

April 24, 2013 | Posted in Education, Equipment
Travis Burns is farrier and faculty member of the Virginia-Maryland Regional College of Veterinary Medicine. In this webinar, he discusses how he uses pads in his practice and what helps him determine if a pad should be used, foot preparation and what type of pad he employs in various cases.
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Hoof Pads

February 17, 2013 | Posted in Therapeutic Shoeing
How regularly do you use hoof pads in your farrier business? How do you use them? Do you have a preference in pad material?
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Hoof Pads 101

Not sure when to use pads in your practice? Here’s an introduction to what’s available and basic information for using each style
By Bob Smith posted on April 1, 2011 | Posted in Therapeutic Shoeing
It seems that every few months a new pad is introduced to the equine market. For inexperienced farriers, the overwhelming options can create confusion, which discourages pad usage in a practice. Understanding what's available in pads and how they are used will help determine the appropriate pad for the intended use.
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Shoeing For A Living

Staying Humble And Sharing Knowledge

Dean Johanningmeier has two passions in footcare: therapeutic work and passing on what he has learned
By Jeremy McGovern posted on January 1, 2011 | Posted in Therapeutic Shoeing
With below-freezing temperatures and a steady snowfall on this early December morning, winter reminds south-central Wisconsin residents where they live.
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There's No One Way to Pack a Hoof

Many products and materials can be used for this job, so it makes sense for farriers to learn what’s best for which purpose
By Pat Tearney posted on November 1, 2007 | Posted in Education

Packing a hoof is something farriers do regularly — perhaps too regularly, according to some people who provide hoof packing.


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Tracking, Treating and Thwarting Thrush

To effectively treat thrush, the farrier sometimes needs to play detective to ferret out the root causes of the bacterial infection
By Mike Podoll posted on January 1, 2006 | Posted in Diseases

The smell says it all. The unmistakable rotting odor emanating from a hoof, usually accompanied by a black-colored discharge under or around the frog, deep sulcus, cracks or crevices within the hoof — these are the first tell-tale signs that you’re dealing with the organism, Spherophorus neaophorus, otherwise known as thrush.


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Treating Hoof Cracks And Other Hoof Maladies

Cornell farrier offers primer on therapeutic cases
By Michael Wildenstein posted on September 1, 2004 | Posted in Therapeutic Shoeing
Source: Michael J. Wildenstein, CJF
Horses that have unbalanced hooves, coronary band damage or interference injuries are all susceptible to hoof cracks. Damage to the laminae from abscess tracts will predispose a hoof to crack. Hooves that are not trimmed or shod regularly can crack from the added stress of long hooves. In an adult horse, limb deformities or shoeing to attempt to change a limb deformity aggressively can crack hooves.
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Farrier Education: Heartland Horseshoeing School

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Farriery requires knowledge and skills to provide proper equine hoof care. In this series, sponsored by VICTORY, American Farriers Journal visits Heartland Horseshoeing School in Lamar, Mo. In this edition, Chris Gregory discussed his journey to becoming an educator, his focus in teaching farrier students and the state of farrier education.

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