WHEN BOB SCHANTZ buys a new hammer, he doesn’t just head for the shop and start pounding away.

If there's one issue that baffles farriers and veterinarians, it’s how to deal with laminitis. Farriers find it hard to distinguish between the tested methods of treatment for laminitis and the people who are out there trying to sell a quick-fix solution to this debilitating problem.

WHEN IT COMES to finding new trimming, shoeing and business management ideas for running your shoeing business, nothing beats the highly practical and time-tested ideas successfully used by veterans in the business.

There's certainly no single way to help a horse suffering from a club foot, but American Farriers Journal took the time to document one case that has seen incredible results over nearly a 1 year period.

WHEN IS MRS. ANDERSON’S next shoeing appointment? And, what size shoes does her horse take?

 You hate that next-day phone call. 

 On August 25, 2001, Mike DeLeonardo checked his e-mail from his Salinas, Calif., home and opened a message simply entitled “Advice.”