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No Fooling, It's a Fishtail Shoe

Calgary Mail-In Event focuses on an unusual challenge
January 1, 2007 | Posted in Shoeing
This year, farriers taking part in the Calgary Mail-In Forging Exercise will be angling for the top spot as they build a fishtail bar shoe.
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Tackling the Human Side of Horseshoeing

Husband-wife team says your interpersonal skills are as important as your shoeing skills for building your business
By Pat Tearney posted on November 1, 2006 | Posted in Business Practices, Clients
It seems like a simple question, but when Walter and Lee Fuermann put it to an audience of farriers at the International Hoof-Care Summit, it clearly caught more than a few of them by surprise.
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Shoeing Under the Big Sky

Montana guest ranch gets its horses shod while also helping educate future farriers
By Pat Tearney posted on September 1, 2006 | Posted in Shoeing, Therapeutic Shoeing
The month of May is drawing to a close and spring has come to the Montana mountain country — and it’s easy to see where the state got its Big Sky Country nickname.
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Competition from a Judge's Perspective

Experienced competitor and judge offers advice for those competing in events as well as those ranking the final results
By Chris Gregory posted on September 1, 2005 | Posted in Forging, Shoeing

Judging anything can be extremely difficult because of all the factors and variables involved. There are the unseen aspects of judging horseshoeing contests that play a big part in the placing of the competitors.


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It's Horseshoeing, Not Cookie-Cutting

In Maryland farrier Matt Taimuty’s shoeing, one approach does NOT fit all
By Pat Tearney posted on January 1, 2005 | Posted in Business Practices
It’s a brisk and bright early November day and eagles cavort high in the wind-swept skies above Maryland’s Eastern Shore as Matt Taimuty gets ready to start his day of “Shoeing For A Living.”
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Let the Heels Show the Way

California farriers find the back of the hoof wall holds the key
September 1, 2004 | Posted in Shoeing, Trimming
Source: Meg Oliver & Lisa Ray
Most of us will never forget the first time we took out our nippers and bit into a horse’s foot.
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Shoeing method might curb knuckling-over tendencies
By Dean A. Hoffmann posted on April 1, 2004 | Posted in Therapeutic Shoeing, Trimming
WHEN A PERSON stubs his toe, it’s more embarrassing than painful. But when a harness horse stubs its toe, it’s called knuckling over, and it can be not only painful, but also may have serious consequences.
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Remembering Red Renchin with Mark Ellis: Part 3

Remembering Red Renchin with Mark Ellis: Part 3

In this episode, Mark Ellis, a Wisconsin farrier who learned the ropes with Renchin, recalls Red’s relationships with area veterinarians, his legacy and the second career as American Farriers Journal’s technical editor.

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