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Flex-Step Rubber Draft Shoes

July 1, 2003 | Posted in Education
This summer, I’m going to outfit a carriage company in a town that requires rubber shoes. Apparently, the town fathers got tired of Borium tearing up the streets.
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How To Soften Hooves As Hard As Cement
January 1, 2002 | Posted in Education
Q: I own a 13-year-old, 15.3 hand black Quarter Horse and have had him for about 7 years. I ride him all the time. Well, he’s got hooves as hard as cement! I’ve been fighting this problem since I first got him. I get a very hard ride, especially at trots and stops.
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Helping Navicular Syndrome With Heel Height, Angles

December 1, 2001 | Posted in Therapeutic Shoeing
Q: I’m currently working on a mare that has navicular syndrome. Her hoof capsule is in alignment with her pasterns and I have a wedge pad on her. The angles are at 54 degrees and she’s shown improvement since I’ve started working on her.I’ve found it difficult to raise her angle much more with a natural foot, but the owner insists that the hoof angles be raised. Can putting too much heel on this horse make her worse?
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What's wrong with these frogs?
July 1, 2001 | Posted in Trimming
A Pennsylvania farrier was working with a mare and came across a frog unlike any other he’d ever seen before. He turned to the American Farriers Journal’s Web site message board, Farriers’ Forum, for help.
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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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