Daniel Bishop (Arlington, Tenn.)
Daniel and I have worked together professionally for almost 17 years and have a wonderful veterinarian-farrier rapport. We work on some really tough cases together with great results. He is extremely talented with therapeutic work but most of all I want to honor Daniel for the incredible work he does for our rescue horses at Animal Response Foundation. He works patiently with our terrified donkey Billy Bob who was so physically abused he can barely stand for a person to touch him and he works on our rescues who have severe health issues who might need a farrier who can literally lay down to trim them because they can barely lift a leg. He assisted us with a down horse rescue for Henry, a horse too starved to stand up. The terrain was too hilly and rough to get our trailer in so we made a rescue glide from a tarp and Daniel physically pulled Henry the 1/2 mile to the waiting trailer saving his life so we could start emergency care. He is always learning new techniques and enjoys sharing his knowledge. Daniel is a critical part of the success I have with many of my lameness cases and when a vet and a farrier work together everyone benefits, especially and most importantly the horse.
— Jennifer Dunlap, DVM (Sommerville, Tenn.)