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Farriers’ Roundtable

March 1, 2003 | Posted in Lamenesses, Trimming
In our practice, we work with a number of veterinarians and service several “rescue” facilities. The entire team — owner, veterinarian and farrier — must carefully evaluate each case. 

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Mother Nature, Balance and Horseshoeing

This farrier maintains the shape of the foot and the angle of the pastern is predetermined and probably shouldn’t be changed
By Scott Brock posted on January 1, 2003 | Posted in Trimming
Part of the research on why horses are diagonal-footed animals indicated that it is impossible to have a capsule angle of 55 degrees and still maintain proper alignment of the interphalangeal axis.
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Trimming A Hoof

Strasser Style
July 1, 2002 | Posted in Trimming

Examine the hoof. Check the placement and conformation from the front and the side and determine whether there is anything wrong with the symmetry (from the front or sole) or angles.


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Online With The Farrier's Forum

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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Two Trimming, Shoeing Viewpoints

Two Certified Journeyman Farriers, Lynn Jean and Randy Luikart, offer their knowledge on biomechanics, trimming and proper balance
January 1, 2001 | Posted in Education, Shoeing, Trimming
Shoeing success demands solid, proven shoeing and biomechanics knowledge and a questioning mind.
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Now The Horses Come To Me

January 1, 2000 | Posted in Business Practices, Trimming
Source: Eric Sacharski, Associate Editor
TO CELEBRATE 25 YEARS of service to the farrier industry, the American Farriers Journal staff spent several months poring over past issues looking for all of the ways the industry has changed during our publication’s existence.
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Are There Really Horses In Japan?

January 1, 2000 | Posted in Education, Trimming
Source: Lee Green and Dr. Osamu Aoki
FOR 16 years, we’ve had the pleasure of having farriers from Japan attend the American Farrier’s Association (AFA) conventions. We’ve watched this fun-loving bunch of farriers and other representatives enjoy the contests, lectures and demonstrations while coping with the language barrier.
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