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Farriers Helping Farriers

September 1, 2004 | Posted in Education
I recently started shoeing an endurance horse. The toes of both fronts have nearly worn through in less than 5 weeks. Is there anything I can do in regards to shoe type, the placement or hoof-angle adjustment to help alleviate this problem? He has very upright pasterns and the hoof angle on both fronts is 55.
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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
By Lee Green posted on September 1, 2004 | Posted in Business Practices, Education, Equipment
While he’s learned many things in his horseshoeing lifetime, Lee Green continues to analyze shoeing techniques and how to work smarter to make more money, save time and minimize labor. He encourages younger farriers to learn from older farriers’ war stories and to avoid the mistakes they’ve made.
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Achieving Balance Through Trims

Developing a thorough knowledge of anatomy, load-bearing and trimming techniques helps achieve critical balance goals
By Dave Ferguson posted on July 1, 2004 | Posted in Education, Trimming
For the majority of the first half of my shoeing career, I educated clients — and farriers — about conformation and the proper way to balance a foot.
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Shoers Needed For The Once Wild

Bureau of Land Management wants to bring together quality farriers with new owners of adopted wild horses, burros
July 1, 2004 | Posted in Education

THIS ISSUE, WE’D like to use this space to give a boost to a program we think not only is good for animal welfare but helps preserve a bit of American history as well.


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