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A Farrier’s Legacy

Passing on your hoof-care knowledge leaves an indelible mark on the industry
By David Hazlett CJF posted on January 3, 2023 | Posted in Business Practices, Clients, Education, Shoeing

It occurred to me a long time ago that no matter how diligent you are in your work, no matter how much energy you put into improving your skills and enlarging your knowledge of the trade, 6 weeks after you put down the last foot with one of your shoes on it, there will no longer be any physical sign of what you did for a career. 


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The Way It Was

First Day of Class

Learning Curve in a Southern Oregon Shoeing School
By David Hazlett CJF posted on May 3, 2022 | Posted in Education
As I reached out to open the door of the nondescript building, it opened in my face. A man, the spitting image of Hoss Cartwright (think of the TV show Bonanza, for those under 50), down to the 10-gallon hat, fished about a half ounce of chaw from his lower lip, deposited it neatly on the winter-bare ground and said, “Come on in!”
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45th Anniversary

June 1976: License Horseshoers?

September 22, 2020
In 2020, American Farriers Journal celebrates 45 years of serving the horseshoeing industry with 45 memorable articles from the magazine's history.
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[Podcast] A Conversation with Walt Taylor

In this episode of the American Farriers Journal podcast, brought to you by SmartPak, we're joined by Walt Taylor, who discusses his history as a farrier, how the American Farrier's Association was created and a few of his thoughts on the state of farriery.
September 30, 2019 | Posted in Business Practices, Education
In this episode of the American Farriers Journal podcast, brought to you by SmartPak, we're joined by Walt Taylor, who discusses his history as a farrier, how the American Farrier's Association was created and a few of his thoughts on the state of farriery.
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From The Desk Of AFJ

How Farrier Regulation Might Arrive

By Jeff Cota posted on November 24, 2017 | Posted in Business Practices
When discussing licensing and regulation of an industry in the United States, farriers often think of direct oversight — a government-approved agency to pass rules specific for the trade. This is a reality affecting a minority of farriers, such as certain states requiring track shoers to carry a license. However, for the majority of the industry, government regulation of the trade still doesn’t exist.
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Shop Talk: AFA Convention “Best In 10 Years”

April 3, 2017
The American Farrier’s Association Annual Convention, held in early March in Arlington, Texas, was one of the most successful in recent memory with 609 attendees, says outgoing AFA President Jon Johnson. “It might be our best convention in 10 years,” he says.
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Letterbox: May/June 2016

Update On “Licensing” Effort
May 9, 2016 | Posted in Business Practices
Progress continues in our work to define the professionalization of farriers. A few of us met and discussed many of the processes and permutations of the “Initiative to Professionalize the Practice of Equine Footcare and Farriery” in early March. We’ll meet in late summer, when progress can be assessed and new assignments undertaken.
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Farrier Urges American Horse Council To Back Footcare Standards

It would entail development of a program to include education, training and eventual licensing of all farriers
By Frank Lessiter posted on November 30, 2015 | Posted in Business Practices, Education
For more than 4 decades, Walt Taylor has favored the licensing of farriers. But for years the founder and long-term president of the American Farrier’s Association (AFA) accepted the wishes of the AFA membership to develop an in-house certification program as an alternative to licensing.
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Farrier Education: Heartland Horseshoeing School

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Farriery requires knowledge and skills to provide proper equine hoof care. In this series, sponsored by VICTORY, American Farriers Journal visits Heartland Horseshoeing School in Lamar, Mo. In this edition, Chris Gregory discussed his journey to becoming an educator, his focus in teaching farrier students and the state of farrier education.

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