Newly revealed documents show that a plan for establishing standards for farrier education, testing and registration was largely developed by members of the Executive Committee of the American Farriers Association by late April 2004.

When a horse doesn’t “go” properly, it’s usually up to a farrier to find the problem and fix it. Easier said then done. Because many factors influence the gait of a horse, the true cause of a gait fault can be difficult to determine.

I was reading a hoof-care magazine the other day and ran into an article on onion shoes. Basically an onion shoe is nothing but a shoe that’s shaped to make the bars share some of the weight that the hoof wall has to deal with.