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Traveling farrier Danny Dunson values workability over portability for his rig
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Putting Together a Shoeing Day on the Fly
Scheduling gets tricky when a horse show intervenes
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So What Would You Charge Now?
See what a difference six years have made in how farriers see a set of shoeing scenarios
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Farriers Shed Office Duties, Leave the Paperwork to Others
If you wanted to work under horses, why are you sitting behind that desk so often? It doesn’t have to be that way
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Analyze Your Business By The Numbers
In the only extensive farrier business practices survey of its kind, here’s your chance to see how you stack up against the averages
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Shoeing On The Disney Stage
Farrier for entertainment giant describes how “Mickey’s horses” are kept healthy
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British Farrier Strikes Gold
This summer’s World Championship Blacksmiths’ Competition featured the fiercest competition in the 25-year history of this Calgary Stampede event
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Return of the King
The 2004 Calgary Mail-In Forging Exercise was a challenging and rewarding event for all who participated, but the man who won the first-ever competition came back to show us how itʼs done
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A Half-Century’s Lessons on Working Smarter
Hall-of-Fame shoer Lee Green shares lessons he wishes he’d learned earlier in his career
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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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