Polls

Poll: Steel & Aluminum Tariffs

Thu, 27 Feb 2025 16:29:56 -0500

Let us know in this month’s poll how you predict tariffs on steel and aluminum will affect you and your business.

Poll: Early Signs of Laminitis

Mon, 06 Jan 2025 16:28:39 -0500

What early signs of laminitis do you look out for?

Poll: Managing Clients

Tue, 17 Dec 2024 09:47:56 -0500

How do you handle letting go of clients?

Poll: Preparing Horses for Winter

Wed, 20 Nov 2024 00:00:00 -0500

How are you preparing your horses for winter?

Poll: Fuel Prices

Mon, 14 Mar 2022 00:00:00 -0400

How are you handling the increase of fuel prices in your hoof-care business?

Poll: 2022 Outlook

Mon, 17 Jan 2022 00:00:00 -0500

What is your outlook for your hoof-care business in 2022?

Poll: Business Entity

Mon, 15 Nov 2021 00:00:00 -0500

Have you established a business entity for your hoof-care practice?

Poll: Proposed Road Use Tax

Mon, 16 Aug 2021 00:00:00 -0400

How will the proposed road use tax affect your hoof-care business?

Poll: ABC Test

Mon, 28 Jun 2021 00:00:00 -0400

If the PRO Act is enacted into law, how will implementation of the ABC Test affect your farrier business?

Poll: Hiring Practices

Mon, 03 May 2021 00:00:00 -0400

Do you have an apprentice, helper, associate or employee in your farriery practice?

Poll: Biosecurity Protocol

Thu, 11 Mar 2021 00:00:00 -0500

Do you have a biosecurity protocol that you follow when the need arises?

Poll: Time Off

Tue, 22 Dec 2020 00:00:00 -0500

Do you take vacation time?

Poll: Periople

Thu, 12 Nov 2020 00:00:00 -0500

Do you avoid removing the periople when providing hoof care?

Poll: Compassion Fatigue

Mon, 19 Oct 2020 00:00:00 -0400

In your hoof-care work, have you experienced compassion fatigue, which is a condition characterized by emotional and physical exhaustion leading to a diminished ability to empathize or feel compassion for others?

Poll: Hiring Apprentices

Tue, 25 Aug 2020 00:00:00 -0400

What is your experience with hiring and keeping reliable apprentices?

Poll: Arm Pain

Mon, 22 Jun 2020 00:00:00 -0400

Do you experience arm pain related to repetitive motion as a result of hammering, hoof trimming, etc.?

Poll: Steel and Aluminum Tariffs

Fri, 08 May 2020 00:00:00 -0400

Over the past 2 years, the U.S. government has increased tariffs on imports of steel, aluminum and derivatives of both. Have you seen an effect on your farrier business as a result of these tariffs?

Poll: Coronavirus Business Loans

Mon, 27 Apr 2020 00:00:00 -0400

Have you applied or do you intend to apply for a federal business loan to assist your footcare practice as a result of the coronavirus pandemic?

Poll: Coronavirus Precautions

Mon, 16 Mar 2020 00:00:00 -0400

Are you taking any special precautions against the coronavirus during your regular footcare work?

Poll: Cash, Check or Credit?

Mon, 17 Feb 2020 00:00:00 -0500

What is the most popular form of payment for your hoof-care clients?

Poll: New Year Outlook

Tue, 21 Jan 2020 00:00:00 -0500

Are you optimistic or pessimistic about the coming year and its impact on your practice?

Poll: Cloned Horses

Mon, 11 Nov 2019 00:00:00 -0500

Do you provide hoof care for at least one cloned horse?

CBD Use

Tue, 24 Sep 2019 00:00:00 -0400

Do you use CBD to alleviate pain, anxiety or other ailments?

Poll: Debt

Thu, 08 Aug 2019 00:00:00 -0400

How does debt affect your quality of life?

Poll: Copper Sulfate

Mon, 17 Jun 2019 00:00:00 -0400

Do you use copper sulfate in your hoof-care practice?

Poll: Significant Injury as Direct Result of Farriery

Tue, 02 Apr 2019 00:00:00 -0400

Have you suffered a significant injury as a direct result of farriery?

Poll: Handling the Billing and Scheduling Needs of Your Hoof-care Clients

Tue, 12 Feb 2019 00:00:00 -0500

When billing and scheduling hoof-care clients, what do you use?

Poll: Dealing with Lack of Hoof Growth in a Healthy Foot

Tue, 15 Jan 2019 00:00:00 -0500

When faced with no hoof growth in a healthy foot, what do you do?

Poll: Waiting For Clients Who Are Late

Tue, 04 Dec 2018 00:00:00 -0500

What's the appropriate amount of time to wait for a client who is late to a hoof-care appointment?

Poll: Handling Hoof-Care Clients Who Refuse To Pay

Mon, 22 Oct 2018 00:00:00 -0400

How do you handle hoof-care clients who refuse to pay after you provide your services?