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Earn Professional Respect

Several years ago, Kevin Archer started charging a farm call fee. Anyone else in a service-related business that makes house or farm calls charges simply to show up and farriers should be no different, says the farrier from Ashville, Ohio. If we want to be respected as professionals, we need to place a value on our time and travel.
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Protect Your Best Farrier Tool

A farrier from Tennessee recent asked AFJ, "I'd like some advice regarding tool use and maintenance that will provide the most 'bang for the buck.' In other words, what will pay off the most, both in cost savings, as well as wear and tear on my body?"
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Get Paid the Day You Work with a Horse

Chasing clients for money isn't a problem for Tom Rock these days. Back in November 2012, the Wadsworth, Ill., farrier changed to a system modeled off of one he saw Coshocton, Ohio, farrier Dave Farley discuss in a clinic.
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Working With Young Horses

Young horses that haven't been shod before present a challenge to any farrier and if you get more than one of them on a given day or several in a given week, it can really affect how much work you can get done.
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