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Heed the Warning Signs for Stress

Long-time shoer turned counselor offers coping strategies to avoid burnout, which can prematurely end a farrier career
By Jeff Cota posted on November 6, 2017 | Posted in Safety & Healthcare
Harry Trosin loved his job. The Oklahoma shoer simply couldn’t wait to get to work each morning for more than 30 years. Then it all changed.
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Putting a Number on Ideal Hoof Wall Length

Proper measurements with a toe rule can point farriers in the right direction
By Jeff Cota posted on November 6, 2017 | Posted in Trimming
What is the ideal length that hoof wall should be trimmed to?” Gerard Laverty’s question was met with a pregnant pause before the attendees at the Oregon Farriers Association mid-September clinic chuckled all at once.
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Forging a Heart Bar has Never Been Easier

Hall Of Fame farrier Myron McLane shows how to apply a frog plate to a keg shoe
By Jeff Cota posted on November 6, 2017 | Posted in Forging, Therapeutic Shoeing
You need a heart-bar shoe, but you don’t have time to forge one. No problem, says International Horseshoeing Hall Of Famer Myron McLane. A heart bar doesn’t need to be hand forged to be effective. All you need is a keg shoe, a short piece of bar stock and a little elbow grease.
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Managing Conformational Faults: A Farrier’s Approach

Understanding deviations and their role in load distribution are critical
By Jeff Cota posted on September 11, 2017
A horse’s conformation exerts a tremendous amount of influence on the hoof capsule, and in turn how a farrier trims and shoes the foot. Ideally, one should be able to drop a plumb line from the shoulder to the ground that bisects a distal limb that features a carpus and hoof that point forward.
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