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Welcome To The New AmericanFarriers.com

By Frank Lessiter posted on April 10, 2015 | Posted in Education
In early April, we officially unveiled a completely redesigned website. Featuring a clean, organized look with easy-to-browse content, the AmericanFarriers.com website will be the largest depository of equine footcare news and insights found anywhere on the Internet, with years of American Farriers Journal magazine content and containing all of the stories that have appeared in our bi-weekly Hoof-Care Insider e-newsletter.
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How To Pack A Foot

Manufacturers and suppliers have provided these videos to instruct viewers on how to pack a foot.
April 6, 2015 | Posted in Education, Equipment
Manufacturers and suppliers have provided these videos to instruct viewers on how to pack a foot. Share these instructional videos with your clients who will pack their horses' feet.
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Hall Of Fame Farrier Recalls Her Past For Elyria Woman’s Club

April 5, 2015 | Posted in Education, Forging, Shoeing, Trimming
Source: The Chronicle-Telegram
Ada Gates Patton hails from a family whose roots include Elyria as well as cousins named Vanderbilt and Frick. Yet a life that included growing up as a debutante among the high society of Long Island, N.Y., modeling and acting, and a second career as a nationally known farrier have done nothing to diminish her deep affection for, and ties to, Elyria.
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Help Horse Owners Understand Climate Plays a Critical Role in Hoof Health

Ideal conditions can be created, even in less than ideal climates
By Heather Smith Thomas posted on April 1, 2015 | Posted in Education
Horses are kept in a wide variety of environments — indoors, outdoors, big pastures, small pens, every kind of footing imaginable — and climates, from the arid deserts of the Southwest to the rain forests of western Washington, humid tropical climates of Florida, or muddy springtime in Maine. The environment definitely impacts the health and structure of horses’ feet.
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Six Honored For Outstanding Hoof-Care Careers

Three farriers and three veterinarians are inducted into Halls Of Fame for their life-long achievement in the footcare field
By Jeff Cota posted on April 1, 2015 | Posted in Education

Three farriers and three veterinarians were honored for their outstanding work in equine footcare during Hall Of Fame induction ceremonies at the 12th annual International Hoof-Care Summit in Cincinnati, Ohio.


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Three Farriers Recognized As Future Footcare Leaders

Three farriers were recognized at the 2015 International Hoof-Care Summit for making remarkable progress in their farrier careers just 3 years out of shoeing school
By Amy Johnson posted on April 1, 2015 | Posted in Education

In 2009, American Farriers Journal joined six industry suppliers to create the Rising Shoeing Star award to be given out each year at the International Hoof-Care Summit. This award is presented to three farriers who have made incredible professional progress within 3 years of graduation from farrier school.


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