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Organize Your Expenses To Help Your Business

A yearlong categorization of expenses related to your footcare practice will benefit you in preparation for determining income tax
By Esco Buff posted on December 1, 2013 | Posted in Business Practices
The end of the year is a great time to review your business operations. A critical part of this is tax preparation for your hoof-care practice. How prepared are you for reporting your business expenses?
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What’s it Cost to Trim, Shoe Horses?

If you don’t have a handle on all your costs, it’s impossible to know what you should be charging
By Frank Lessiter posted on November 1, 2013 | Posted in Business Practices
While a farrier's top priority is normally the care of hooves, you must be equally concerned with earning a living and dealing with the business aspects of the profession.
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Protecting Your Own Feet During Your Hoof-Care Day

Protective footwear for farriers makes sense, but only if it’s up to the job
By Esco Buff posted on September 1, 2013 | Posted in Equipment
Your hoof-care business can't prosper if you're out of work. And as a farrier, you can count on this: At some point, at least one horse will step on your toes or stomp on your foot.
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Benchmarks Of Professionalism

There’s more to being regarded as a hoof-care professional than simply taking care of horses’ feet and leaving a bill
By Esco Buff posted on May 1, 2013 | Posted in Business Practices
In our industry and many others, the word profession and professional are used to describe a variety of things.
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Of Externs, Interns, Apprentices and Independent Contractors

If you have someone helping you in your farrier business, it’s important to know whether or not they’re also your employee
By Esco Buff posted on April 1, 2013 | Posted in Business Practices
Many farrier business owners utilize novice farriers, apprentices and other interested individuals to help with day-to-day tasks such as loading and unloading tools, clean-up and finishing feet. But you need to be aware that a person being utilized in this manner may very well be an employee, entitled to employee benefits.
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Hoof-Care Email Q&A

April 1, 2013 | Posted in Education
The most important accessory is the forge. I have a Forgemaster with the stack. I’d like to have multiple storage options for bar stock since 80% of the horses I shoe are put into handmade, concave shoes.
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Using the Whole Horse Approach

October 9, 2012 | Posted in Education, Nutrition, Shoeing
The term "whole horse" has been used by many different equine professionals to describe a host of ideas and concepts. In this presentation, Hall Of Fame horseshoer Esco Buff will approach it in terms of a holistic picture in order to restore soundness and wellness to the horse.
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What Will be the 2013 WOW Moments?

We asked attendees what was a moment from the 2012 International Hoof-Care Summit that made attending the event worth their investment.
July 1, 2012 | Posted in Education
Don’t take our word for it — you’ll see members of the farrier community share why they come back to the IHCS year after year. Last year’s Summit drew attendees from 44 states and 17 countries who wanted to learn the latest techniques for effective footcare.
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Charging For Therapeutic Farrier Work

You can’t help injured horses for long if the cost of doing the work puts your hoof-care business on the critical list
By Esco Buff posted on May 1, 2012 | Posted in Therapeutic Shoeing
Many farriers who express a desire for more challenging work avoid doing therapeutic farrier work or more complicated cases due to time restraints and pricing concerns.
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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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