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The Hoof-Care Bottom Line

10 Tips for a More Profitable Backyard Horse Business

A professional approach to your practice and clients will pay off
By Esco Buff posted on July 1, 2012 | Posted in Business Practices
Providing hoof-care for backyard horses or pleasure horse owners in a smaller geographical area is the mainstay for many long-established farriers as well as those just beginning their business. There are many rewards and challenges, as well as limitations involved with conducting business with backyard horse owners.
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Backyard Horse Owners: Who are They?

Farriers describe these clients, and the clients describe themselves
By Michelle Drewek posted on April 1, 2012 | Posted in Clients
"Backyard horse owners are my primary clients, and I value each and every one. Some are neighbors, some are riding buddies and I am one myself," says a farrier of backyard horses. Backyard horse owners, like the horses themselves, come in all types.
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Pluses and Minuses of Working with Backyard Horses

Readers share the good and bad of having backyard horses make up a major part of their shoeing books.
March 1, 2012 | Posted in Business Practices
We asked farriers to tell us what they like best — and least — about keeping backyard horse accounts on their books. Many readers responded with their pluses and minuses of shoeing these smaller accounts.
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Q&A: Backyard Clients

What is your single biggest plus, as well as your biggest minus for working with backyard clients?
February 14, 2012 | Posted in Clients
What is your single biggest plus, as well as your biggest minus for working with backyard clients?
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The Year of the Backyard Horse

Introducing a new AFJ series that will zero in on what many farriers say provides the backbone of their shoeing book
By Pat Tearney posted on January 1, 2012 | Posted in Shoeing
The first “Shoeing For A Living” story that I ever did pretty much revolved around backyard horses.
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Shoeing Backyard Horses Is Tough To Beat

Although shoeing backyard horses comes with challenges, working with these horses can sustain a healthy shoeing practice
By Chris Gregory posted on May 1, 2010 | Posted in Shoeing
When a farrier embarks on this remarkable career, it is common that he or she will shoe horses commonly referred to as "backyard horses." Some will say this with disdain, but in reality, this segment of the horse population may be the very best kind of horses to be shod - especially in this economy.
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Backbone of a Shoeing Career

Veteran shoers say backyard horses are a great way to get started in the business and can help round out your schedule when you move up to more specialized hoof-care work
By John Bradshaw posted on May 1, 2008 | Posted in Clients, Disciplines & Breeds
Shoeing backyard horses is like many other things in life. Everybody does it, but few want to admit it.
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