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Get Out Of Sticky Situations With Glue-Ons

While it’s not a cure-all for laminitis, glue-on shoes offer another option against this devastating disease
By Michael Austin posted on July 1, 2003 | Posted in Diseases, Shoeing
A farrier would be hard-pressed to find a problem more difficult to treat than laminitis. Without identification and treatment in its early phases, laminitis progresses to the chronic stage that can lead to displacement of the third phalanx within the hoof capsule, severe pain for the horse and eventually euthanasia.
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You've Got 7 Minutes To Fix That Foot!

Besides taking care of last-minute problems, paddock farrier Terry Carrier represents the bettor in looking for shoeing situations that can give a horse an unfair edge
By Frank Lessiter posted on July 1, 2003 | Posted in Shoeing
Standing around and doing little other than looking at the shoes on the horses entered in 8 to 12 races may seem like an easy way to spend an afternoon.
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Do Heart Bars Right...Or Not At All

A proper heart bar shoe can help = overcome laminitis, but a bad shoeing job can lead to much worse. Here are some that did.
By Ron Perszewski posted on July 1, 2003 | Posted in Shoeing
“THE FOLKS WHO have learned how to properly build and fit a heart bar shoe think like me: There’s nothing that can come close to it for treating laminitis,” says George Platt, a nationally prominent equine veterinarian.
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Shoeing The Paso Fino

An easy breed to trim and shoe, these horses have a quiet disposition
By David Fryer posted on May 1, 2003 | Posted in Disciplines & Breeds, Shoeing
To properly understand the specific farrier techniques that are needed for a particular breed of horse, it always helps to learn as much about any breed as possible. Knowing how, where and why the animal was bred, what the owner’s expectations are of the breed and what owners are looking for in farrier work are important assets to obtaining this shoeing work.
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Wanted: Photos Of Old Shoes

By Gina Keesling posted on May 1, 2003 | Posted in Shoeing
Since nearly every farrier has a collection of interesting and special horseshoes, we’d like you to snap a photo of some examples to be shared with other farriers and horse enthusiasts.
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Boot Up Your Shoeing Income

With a better design than in the past, slip-on horse boots are making a comeback
By Jaime Jackson posted on April 1, 2003 | Posted in Business Practices, Shoeing
Keeping in step with the changing times, some farriers are offering modern horse boots as an alternative to shoes. Horse boots used for riding, as opposed to medicinal boots, are beginning to make waves among some horse owners due to a new generation of state-of-the-art boot designs that actually work.
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Foundations Clinic

Date: 10/23/26
Location: Fenwick, NS
Brier Equestrian & Wellness Centre presents Foundations Clinic on Friday, Oct. 23, 2026, in Fenwick, Nova Scotia. Hall of Fame farrier Ada Gates Patton is the clinician.
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