Articles Tagged with ''Walt Taylor''

50 Years of Farriery Progress

Plenty of Hoof-Care Growth in 50 Years

By Frank Lessiter posted on November 13, 2024 | Posted in Business Practices, Education

A willingness to share ideas with fellow hoof-care professionals is among the industry’s biggest accomplishments over the past 5 decades.

50 Years of Farriery Progress

Hoof-Care Memories

November 12, 2024 | Posted in Education, Shoeing

Hoof-Care Memories:

Walt Taylor
Simon Curtis
Bob Smith
Stuart Muir

50 Years of American Farriers Journal

Reflections on Hoof-Care Milestones Over 5 Decades: Mel Jones

November 5, 2024 | Posted in Education, Diseases, Lamenesses, Therapeutic Shoeing

Mel Jones, APF, of Galloway, Ohio, shares his thoughts on the hoof-care milestones over the past half-century as part of American Farriers Journal's 50th anniversary celebration.

50 Years of American Farriers Journal

Reflections on Hoof-Care Milestones Over 5 Decades: Walt Taylor

By Walt Taylor CF posted on October 24, 2024 | Posted in Education

Besides the existence of the American Farrier’s Association as a structured organization since 1971, there has been nothing else as important to the renaissance of footcare and farriery as the American Farriers Journal.

A Farrier’s Legacy

Passing on your hoof-care knowledge leaves an indelible mark on the industry

By David Hazlett CJF posted on January 3, 2023 | Posted in Business Practices, Clients, Education, Shoeing

It occurred to me a long time ago that no matter how diligent you are in your work, no matter how much energy you put into improving your skills and enlarging your knowledge of the trade, 6 weeks after you put down the last foot with one of your shoes on it, there will no longer be any physical sign of what you did for a career.

The Way It Was

First Day of Class

Learning Curve in a Southern Oregon Shoeing School

By David Hazlett CJF posted on May 3, 2022 | Posted in Education

As I reached out to open the door of the nondescript building, it opened in my face. A man, the spitting image of Hoss Cartwright (think of the TV show Bonanza, for those under 50), down to the 10-gallon hat, fished about a half ounce of chaw from his lower lip, deposited it neatly on the winter-bare ground and said, “Come on in!”

45th Anniversary

June 1976: License Horseshoers?

September 22, 2020

In 2020, American Farriers Journal celebrates 45 years of serving the horseshoeing industry with 45 memorable articles from the magazine's history.

[Podcast] A Conversation with Walt Taylor

In this episode of the American Farriers Journal podcast, brought to you by SmartPak, we're joined by Walt Taylor, who discusses his history as a farrier, how the American Farrier's Association was created and a few of his thoughts on the state of farriery.

September 30, 2019 | Posted in Business Practices, Education

From The Desk Of AFJ

How Farrier Regulation Might Arrive

By Jeff Cota posted on November 24, 2017 | Posted in Business Practices

When discussing licensing and regulation of an industry in the United States, farriers often think of direct oversight — a government-approved agency to pass rules specific for the trade. This is a reality affecting a minority of farriers, such as certain states requiring track shoers to carry a license. However, for the majority of the industry, government regulation of the trade still doesn’t exist.

Shop Talk: AFA Convention “Best In 10 Years”

April 3, 2017

The American Farrier’s Association Annual Convention, held in early March in Arlington, Texas, was one of the most successful in recent memory with 609 attendees, says outgoing AFA President Jon Johnson. “It might be our best convention in 10 years,” he says.

Videos

Hoof Care on Parade

Greg Martin, CJF, of Boerne, Texas, takes the unique approach of marketing his hoof-care practice with a Christmas parade float in Boerne and Comfort, Texas. The award-winning float boasts a variety of surprising features.

Events

Michigan Horseshoers Association 55th Annual Clinic

Date: 01/02/25

Location: Lansing, MI

The Michigan Horseshoers Association will host its 55th annual clinic Jan. 2-4, 2025 in East Lansing, Mich.

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