Web-exclusive content for this issue includes:

• Tips for Setting Boundaries Register for a VIP account to watch Lee Olsen’s Farrier Business Success Academy presentation, “Setting Boundaries and Increasing Your Rates.”
• The Need for Apprenticeships Kentucky Horseshoeing School owner Mitch Taylor details what a farrier school graduate and a mentor should expect before starting a working relationship.
• And More

Web-exclusive content for this issue includes:

• How Do You Measure Shoe Size? — Marengo, Ill., farrier Vern Powell shares the benefits of looking at feet in terms of steel length instead of standard factory shoe sizes in a video.

• Foot Health in Varied Environments — Horse owners often ask farriers what’s the best environment for horses’ feet but challenges exist in most. Shoers discuss how they handle these challenges.

• Test Your Skill — Choose from a variety of Mail-in challenges we’ve held over the years to  improve your forging skills.

• Keratoma Case Report — Middleburg, Va., farrier Daniel Watson shares how he helped a 12-year-old trail riding horse that was referred to him for a suspected keratoma.

Web-exclusive content for this issue includes:

• Improve Biomechanical Function – British farrier Wayne Preece discusses techniques to help horses compensate for conformational issues.

• Forging Tips from Bob Marshall – Gain more insight on forging mechanics from International Horseshoeing Hall of Fame farrier Bob Marshall who emphasizes hoof-care fundamentals.

• The Limb-Length Link – A study aims to determine whether there is a link between limb length disparity and asymmetrical feet.

• When to Increase Your Rates – California farriers Shane Westman and Alex Garcia share their business insights in an AFJ webinar and podcast.

Web-exclusive content for this issue includes:

• Shoeing for a Living –  Read Jeff Ridley’s original “Shoeing for a Living” article from July 2003 and watch how he treats a vulsions in a webinar.

• Equine Reciprocating Systems — Review any of the seven installments of Dr. Deb Bennett’s series online to improve your understanding of anatomy.

• A Conversation with Travis Burns — Travis Burns talks about his work at the Virginia-Maryland College of Veterinary Medicine and his path to becoming a farrier.

• “Duckett vs. Russell” – Maryland farrier Matthew Taimuty details the differences between the methods used by David Duckett and William Russell in this 1999 article.

Web-exclusive content for this issue includes:

• Equine Reciprocating Systems – Review all six installments of Dr. Deb Bennett’s series “Equine Reciprocating Systems.”

• Celebrate Our Anniversary – Read the original “Shoeing for a Living” article, “25-Year Shoer!” about Michigan farrier Paul Melcher as part of our 45th Anniversary celebration.

• Lessons Learned in Business – Listen to the AFJ podcast episode featuring Dave Farley in which he discusses the lessons he’s learned in running a lasting farrier business.

• Education Helps the Horse – Read “Colorado Farrier Embraces Learning Opportunities to Benefit Horses,” a “Shoeing for a Living” article featuring Steve Foxworth.

Web-exclusive content for this issue includes:

• 2020 Hall of Fame Induction – Meet the farriers (three of the four, pictured at left) and veterinarians who were inducted into the horseshoeing and equine veterinarian halls of fame.
• Still Going Strong 28 Years Later – The first “Shoeing for a Living” was written 28 years ago. Walk down memory lane and read the feature, which focused on Maryland farrier Gary Faulkner.
• Build Concave Shoes Step-By-Step – Hall of Fame farrier Billy Crothers makes concave shoes during an Indiana Farriers Association event at Janssen Veterinary Clinic in Sheridan, Ind.
• Rising Shoeing Stars Sound Off – 2019 Rising Shoeing Stars Ben Barhorst (left), Audrey Williams and Gary Gullo Jr. share their early career challenges and triumphs.

Web-exclusive content for this issue includes:

• Drawing Your Way to a Better Trim Download the graph paper Chris Niclas uses in his how-to article to draw a foot and improve your trim.
• Operating a Multi-farrier Practice From hiring to scheduling, Jason and Dawn Critton explain how they operate C-Cross Farriers, their Sedalia, Colo., multi-farrier practice.
• Managing Abscesses Equine veterinarian Stephen O’Grady offers insight on providing hoof care to the abscess-afflicted horse.
• Addressing Conformational Defects Grant Moon offers a few tips to consider when managing the footcare of horses presenting conformational issues.

Web-exclusive content for this issue includes:

• More Lameness Survey Findings Check out more findings from the American Farriers Journal lameness survey and the impact of this issue across breeds and disciplines.
• Improve Your Blacksmithing Skills Watch a video of Jennifer Horn demonstrating how ornamental blacksmithing can improve your farriery skills.
• HandforgedVet Equine Clinic Read more about the Mid-Eastern Farriers Association Clinic hosted by HandforgedVet Equine Clinic and view a photo gallery of the open house.
• Normal vs. Abnormal Locomotion Read two classic articles in which Hall of Fame equine veterinarian Olin Balch looks at activity-specific hoof care.