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Arizona Farrier Empowers Native American Youth Through Hoof Care

Indigenous nonprofit offers farrier courses on reservations across the country

George Goode, an 83-year-old member of the Pascua Yaqui Tribe, founded the Native American Horse Education Foundation to teach Indigenous youth how to care for and shoe their horses, giving young farriers the tools to start their own businesses. 


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Hoof Beats: Warm Nails

Every farrier, particularly the paddock blacksmith, has been in a spot where they had to say a little prayer while driving a horseshoe nail. However, when nail placement is optional, it is best to make use of the proper areas of hoof wall. Ideally, nails should be placed more towards the toe than the heel.
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Increased Knowledge of the Equine Anatomy Can Help Farriers Improve Hoof Care

The choices farriers make in trimming and shoeing should take into account bones, tendons and other internal structures of the limbs
The choices farriers make when trimming and shoeing to achieve a certain result are going to have an impact on the entire equine limb and, at times, may result in unintended consequences. Understanding the anatomy of the equine limb beyond the hoof can help reduce the chances of a farrier’s action having an adverse reaction elsewhere. It can also improve the quality of communication among equine colleagues.
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Searching for the Missing Puzzle Piece in Problem Feet

Life Data Labs unveils new research project to study mineral content
Most horse owners focus much of their attention on maintaining a shiny hair coat, mane and flowing tail. However, many of these seemingly model horses also have problem feet. “What’s missing?” Mike Barker, sales representative at the Cherokee, Ala.-based Life Data Labs rhetorically asks attendees at the 2018 International Hoof-Care Summit in Cincinnati, Ohio.
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45th Anniv Report

45 Memorable Articles from the History of American Farriers Journal

$15.95
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
Veterinarian Insights Part 2

Veterinarian Insights On The Equine Foot (Part 2)- Download

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Veterinarian Insights On The Equine Foot (Part 2)

This report features a collection of articles by some of the leading equine veterinarians. This PDF report examines the subject of balance. How do you use hoof measurements for accessing hoof balance? What are the effects of balance on equine weight and distrbution?

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Diet and the Hoof

Diet And The Hoof - Piecing Together The Nutrition Puzzle (PDF Download)

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This downloadable 24-page research report offers the best analysis of the impact of various nutritional factors on hoof quality and growth that the American Farriers Journal editors have ever seen. Two leading hoof and nutrition authorities analyze the factors that influence hoof development from the standpoint of increasing hoof growth and improving hoof quality — two occurrences that aren't always synonymous. In addition, you'll also get an in-depth look at new nutritional findings dealing with the cause, pathogenesis, prevention and treatment of laminitis.

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The Art of Horse Shoeing

The Art Of Horse-Shoeing: A Manual For Farriers

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Selected as one of the dozen best horseshoeing books ever published, this reprint of an exciting 1895 book written by a leading British veterinarian lays down correct principles and points out hundreds of highly technical details still essential to good shoeing. Some 100 years later, farriers still rely on ideas from this highly valuable book in their daily shoeing work. Must reading for anyone involved with hoof care!

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