Michael DeLeonardo

Farriers Question AVMA’s Proposed Elimination Of Exemption

Definition of veterinary medicine is open to interpretation, farriers say

By Jeff Cota posted on March 10, 2018 | Posted in Business Practices

A simple strikethrough of Section 6(8) in the American Veterinary Medical Association’s (AVMA) proposed Model Veterinary Practice Act (MVPA) has raised a multitude of questions in the farrier industry.

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AFA Presidential Candidates Announce Platforms

By Linda Braus posted on December 25, 2017

Source: American Farrier's Association

Travis Burns and Michael DeLeonardo Jr. released statements to organization members in advance of the vote to decide who will serve as AFA president for the next 2-year term.

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.

Efforts To End Soring Travel A Long And Winding Road

Final horse protection amendments await Trump administration decision

By Jeff Cota posted on March 6, 2017 | Posted in Business Practices, Disciplines & Breeds, Shoeing, Therapeutic Shoeing

What a long strange trip the past year has been for the proposed changes to the Horse Protection Act.

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USDA Clear As Mud On Horse Protection Changes

By Jeff Cota posted on September 9, 2016 | Posted in Education

The farrier industry received a harsh reminder of this axiom while wading through the substantial changes that were recently proposed by the United States Department of Agriculture’s Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service as a means to end soring.

Farrier's Roundtable

September 1, 2013 | Posted in Clients

The Farrier Apprentice: Landing a Helping Hand

Good work habits, being on time and a willingness to learn are just some of the traits experienced farriers look for in apprentices

By Lisa Kemp posted on March 1, 2012 | Posted in Business Practices, Education

The art of shoeing a horse used to be a craft that apprentices learned from master farriers and journeymen, picking up knowledge without ever picking up a book.

Farriers' Roundtable

July 1, 2009 | Posted in Business Practices

How do you get owners to provide a good working area?

Dedication, Professionalism are Hall of Fame Trademarks

Promotion of equine welfare provides common ground for newest class of inductees

By Toby Raymond posted on March 1, 2008 | Posted in Education

The 2008 inductees for the International Horseshoeing Hall of Fame and the International Equine Veterinarians Hall of Fame is a varied and eclectic group of six individuals.

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Farriers Question AVMA’s Proposed Elimination Of Exemption

AFA Presidential Candidates Announce Platforms

Shop Talk: AFA Convention “Best In 10 Years”

Efforts To End Soring Travel A Long And Winding Road

USDA Clear As Mud On Horse Protection Changes

Farrier's Roundtable

The Farrier Apprentice: Landing a Helping Hand

Farriers' Roundtable

Dedication, Professionalism are Hall of Fame Trademarks

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