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The articles featured here bring advice on the subject from various NAEP board members — veterinarians and farriers. The advice here was gathered at the association’s annual Vet & Farrier Conference in Saratoga Springs, N.Y. These practitioners share their unique perspectives, helping you avoid common pitfalls that cause these relationships to fail.

Professional, direct communication is the common thread from their shared insight. Because this advice is aimed for the veterinarian, we examine professional communication with farriers. Of course, an important part of this also examining the client’s role in this essential triangle.

The mast majority of our readers report great relationships with veterinary colleagues. We hope you’ll find tremendous value in these pages to continue your great work with farriers.

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At American Farriers Journal, we have served the farrier industry for more than 45 years. Our goal is to help these footcare practitioners so that they, in turn, can help the horse. That is the purpose of this special publication. To provide farrier insight on this matter, we enlisted the help of five farriers, all of whom have vast experience in therapeutic farriery and are active in farrier education. We hope you find these perspectives interesting and consider how it can aid your relationship with the farriers in your area. The intention isn’t to provide instructions as a how-to, but show how farriers can carefully apply creative approaches with your direction. Ultimately, maintaining great relationships with farriers will benefit your clients and their horses.

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This 38 page report will guide you through the importance of learning and developing horsemanship, making the farriery process easier, safer, and more enjoyable. This report will provide you with basic horsemanship skills that are crucial for avoiding horse and human injury, as well as becoming a successful farrier. 

You'll find a wide variety of useful information including:

• Why you can’t hurry horsemanship

• How good rapport and good horses go hand-in-hand

• The importance of being able to “read” a horse and understanding the body language

• Why not all “bad” horses are bad

• The importance of patience

• Advice on how to deal with soft hearted clients and their spoiled horses

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This 5th edition of Hall of Fame Farrier Tips features a plethora of valuable advice from respected veteran members of the International Horseshoeing Hall of Fame. Each was interviewed on various topics they thought every farrier should know; such as how to apply a frog plate to a keg shoe, tips to becoming more efficient, fundamentals of hoof care, tips on how to avoid volatile situations, and much more! Hall of Fame Farrier Tips Volume 5 will provide you with applicable advice on an extraordinary range of hoof-care topics.

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When the editors of American Farriers Journal discussed how to celebrate our 45th anniversary, we wanted to create something nostalgic for veteran farriers and provide historical context for younger farriers. Yet to truly cover the history of hoof-care thoughts of 5 decades, we would have to amass volumes. With this special report, we highlight influential articles and entries from the magazine. For each year, we selected a single article that marked an event, a trend, monumental change or important information and discuss its significance. View

In its second installment, this special report from American Farriers Journal provides insight to strengthen the bond between veterinarians and farriers. We worked closely with members of both industries who have reputations for having solid relationships with their hoof-care colleagues to provide this advice.

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This special 21-page report will provide you with the most up-to-date information about insulin resistance, warning signs to watch for during your regular client visits, and facts about the link between other pathologies and insulin resistance.

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This annual report is your personal guide for monitoring the trends and economic changes affecting the farrier industry. You’ll gain insight into the equine industry and discover how your farrier business compares to others by getting a glimpse at yearly farrier income growth, what farriers are charging, how farriers are funding retirement, where they are obtaining footcare product information, and much more!

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It requires a team to care for the horse. This special 34-page report is your guide for building better working relationships with farriers for the health of the horse. In this report for equine veterinarians, gain insight about the farrier industry and helpful advice from equine veterinarians on how they start and maintain strong working relationships with farriers.

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