Online Extras

Online Extras: January/February 2016 Issue

Web-exclusive content for this issue includes:

  • A historical look at farrier licensing.
  • Improving your success at shoeing with farrier Wes Champagne.
  • Videos with Chad Lunderville discussing cold shaping horseshoes and thrushy feet.
  • Advice from farriers and equine vets on gait analysis.
  • Insight on club feet, sheared heels and mismatched feet that you can use in your everyday practice.
  • Quick tips on farrier basics.
  • 200 best-of-the-best "Farrier Takeaways."
  • Equine nutrition advice from Darren Owen and Jessica Normand.
  • Online Hoof-Care Classroom: Shoeing The Club-Footed Horse.

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Online Extras: December 2015 Issue

Web-exclusive content for this issue includes:

  • Former Arkansas lawmaker offers advice for those wishing to change the veterinary practice act in their state.
  • Todd Allen provides further hoof-care insight.
  • Watch a video about Scott Lampert's Proportional Balance Protocol.
  • Read responses to the December Hoof-Care Email Q&A that didn't make it into print.
  • Watch a video of Sonny Pistilli showing a modified tool he uses for marking Nail Holes.
  • Read an old article of the late farrier Lim Couch's memories of Shoeing for Elvis.
  • Steve Kraus provides guidance for selecting which nail to use in your work.
  • Watch a video of equine veterinarian Amy Rucker describing how venograms can guide shoe selection in laminitic horses.

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Online Extras: November 2015 Issue

Web-exclusive content for this issue includes:

  • A collection of memories about the late Red Renchin.
  • Farrier concerns about the development of the Veterinary Equine Podiatry Group.
  • Conny Svensson provides insight on some different shoeing ideas he brought from Scandinavian style for how he shoes harness horses in the U.S.
  • Video with James Gilchrist describing his multi-farrier practice
  • Video of farrier Todd Gillis trimming and shoeing Beamer, a Quarter Horse with a swollen leg and two hoof walls.
  • Resources to help you properly manage your money and protect your business financially.
  • Tips for novice horse owners on providing the ideal work space.

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Online Extras: Career Guide 2015

Web-exclusive content for this issue includes:

  • A summary of veterinary practice acts for each of the U.S. states
  • A look back at when some of the greatest farriers first contributed to AFJ
  • A tour of Lee Liles' National Museum of Horse Shoeing Tools

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Online Extras: September/October 2015 Issue

Web-exclusive content for this issue includes:

  • A summary of veterinary practice acts for each of the U.S. states
  • A look back at when some of the greatest farriers first contributed to AFJ
  • A tour of Lee Liles' National Museum of Horse Shoeing Tools
  • Shoeing products that lacked lasting power
  • Insight on using casting from farrier Bryan Baire
  • Tips for optimizing joint comfort in arthritic horses

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Online Extras: July/August 2015 Issue

Web-exclusive content for this issue includes:

  • Doug Workman's tips for safe and effective use of grinders
  • Videos detailing Curtis Burns' crack repair techniques
  • Hall Of Fame farrier Donald Jones' tips for extending the life of your nippers
  • John Stewarts 2014 article "The Ledge"
  • Veterans explain how skills they gained in the military have benefited their farrier practice
  • Advice for dealing with impatient clients and improving their role in the rehab process
  • In honor of the 2015 National Farriers Week, we have compiled our 4th annual Farriers Spotlight

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Online Extras: May/June 2015 Issue

Web-exclusive content for this issue includes:

  • Farrier Kyle Crawford discussing keeping an open mind
  • Video of Jim Quick building a heart bar
  • Marc Jerram's research and standardized method of calculating limb symmetry in pairs of forelimbs
  • Videos of farrier Pablo Calderon's working on a canker case
  • 2015 National Farriers Week Certificate
  • Article about the process for preserving equine specimens for long-term study
  • Physical restraints vs. chemical restraints

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Online Extras: April 2015 Issue

Web-exclusive content for this issue includes:

  • Tool tips from Bob Smith
  • How-to videos regarding hoof packing
  • A laminitic case
  • Additional information on 3D printing
  • 2002 Shoeing For A Living featuring late farrier Carl Hayden

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Online Extras: March 2015 Issue

Web-exclusive content for this issue includes:

  • Valuable advice for dealing with payment issues gleaned from two horse owner and farrier surveys
  • Video of farrier Tim Shannon showing his one-heat modification for heel extension
  • Marc Jerram's university dissertation: An Assessment of Static and Dynamic Asymmetry in 10 Unbroken Horses
  • Influential articles from the late Bruce Daniels
  • Two studies focusing on moisture in the equine foot
  • 2015 International Horseing Hall Of Fame & International Equine Veterinarian Hall Of Fame inductee videos

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Online Extras: January/February 2015 Issue

Web-exclusive content for this issue includes:

  • Videos with farrier Doug Hogue and blacksmith Jose Gomez
  • Chushing's vs. laminitis
  • Research on foot pathologies
  • Farrier influence on horse owner product decisions

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