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Double-Barreled Hoof-Care Advice

Dealing With Scheduling, Pricing Obstacles

It’s never easy to deal with clients who want to stretch out hoof-care schedules or object to additional costs
By Chris Gregory and Rick Burten posted on January 1, 2009 | Posted in Business Practices, Clients

At last winter’s fifth annual International Hoof-Care Summit in Cincinnati, two veteran farriers tackled a number of frequently asked questions about the footcare industry. For the second straight year, this “Point/Counterpoint” discussion proved to be among the highlights of this annual event.


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Cutting A Capped-Toe Bar Shoe

Here’s a different type of approach to making this year’s Calgary Mail-In Shoe
By Chris Gregory posted on January 1, 2008 | Posted in Forging

 The year - like the last several - has screamed by and it is once again time to start thinking about the Calgary Mail-In Shoe Exercise. This year we have a shoe that is close to a repeat of a previous Mail-In, so I decided to make the shoe using a different method. 


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Back to the Basics

Heat Steel, Add Flux, Blend

Following a simple recipe will help you master forge welding
By Chris Gregory posted on December 1, 2007 | Posted in Equipment, Forging
We have tackled forge welding before, but we wanted to do another article on this important skill for some of the novice shoers, as well as offering a fresh look at it for the more experienced hands.
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hoof distortion
Back to the Basics

When Good Hooves Go Bad

Hoof distortion often hides a nice symmetrical foot
By Chris Gregory posted on November 1, 2007 | Posted in Anatomy, Shoeing
Not all hooves are created equal. If they were, shoeing would be an easy skill to master, everyone would do it and it would not pay nearly what it does. Luckily, every hoof has a story to tell and — as farriers — we need to learn how to read that story and write a happy ending to it.
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Back to the Basics

Clipping Criterion

Some dos and don'ts on using clips
By Chris Gregory posted on July 1, 2007 | Posted in Equipment
Pulling and correctly using clips are essential skills for the modern farrier who wishes to be among the best.
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Equine Anatomy

Last Of The Ligaments — Sort Of

There are actually many more, but these seven wrap up this look at the ligaments most important for shoers
By Chris Gregory posted on May 1, 2007 | Posted in Anatomy

This is the last of the ligament series, but it is not the last of the ligaments that exist in the horse’s leg. Serious students can take their studies well beyond these anatomy articles, but this will finish the basics of the ligaments my students must master.


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Horse shoes

Shoes Not Just For Show

Practical uses for the shoes that have challenged farriers around the world for the 7 years of the Calgary Mail-in Contest
By Chris Gregory posted on May 1, 2007 | Posted in Shoeing
Do the contest shoes that competitors have to hammer out in forging competitions really have any practical value in daily shoeing work?
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