Articles Tagged with ''apprentices''

Shoeing For A Living

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.”

Frankly Speaking

More Farriers Going High Tech to Boost Efficiency, Productivity

By Frank Lessiter posted on January 1, 2005 | Posted in Business Practices

Over a recent 2-year period, the number of full-time footcare professionals using computers increased from 42 to 60 percent.

Shoeing for a Living

Putting Together a Shoeing Day on the Fly

Scheduling gets tricky when a horse show intervenes

By Pat Tearney posted on December 1, 2004 | Posted in Business Practices

Some days just don’t start out well. Hank Highfield, the normally affable farrier from Indianapolis, Ind., is clearly a little miffed as he sets up his shoeing rig outside the barn at his first stop of the day.

It All Came from Trying to Save $35

Ozarks-area shoer’s career began as a simple way of saving a few bucks

By Pat Tearney posted on December 1, 2003 | Posted in Shoeing

Jamey Carsel does his shoeing on the fringe of the Ozarks Mountains, in the area where four states — Missouri, Arkansas, Kansas and Oklahoma — come together.

Legal Notes For Shoers

Get Mileage Out of Your Corporation to Limit Your Personal Liability

By Julie I. Fershtman posted on September 1, 2003 | Posted in Business Practices

Could these scenarios happen to you or someone you know?

Shoeing for a Living

Canadian Shoeing Team Tackles a Day's Shoeing

Ontario farrier leads an efficient trio

By Pat Tearney posted on September 1, 2003 | Posted in Business Practices, Shoeing

After a quick stop for “double-doubles” — coffee with two sugars and two creams in the “States” — Hans Wiza and his crew of two other horseshoers are ready to embark on a day’s shoeing near Guelph, west of Toronto in Ontario.

Shoeing For A Living

Develop Essential Skills, Work Hard, Shoe Close To Home

By Frank Lessiter posted on May 1, 2003 | Posted in Business Practices

When it comes to having your work concentrated in an area, you couldn’t ask for a better setup than the one enjoyed by Rod McCumber.

Farriers' Roundtable

January 1, 2003 | Posted in Business Practices, Education

What is the best way for a new person to enter the farrier trade?

Shoeing the Forgotten Horse

Saddlebred shoers are few and far between, which is a cause for concern for Iowa farrier

By Michael Austin posted on January 1, 2003 | Posted in Business Practices

You work in better-than-average barns and shoe some of the top horses in the country. So, why then, aren’t there more Saddlebred shoers in the United States? It’s a question Clinton, Iowa, farrier Rick Medd, still doesn’t have a definitive answer to and it’s a question he wants explored by today’s farriers.

The Perfect Apprenticeship!

Planning is the key to this close working relationship

By Charles Orlando posted on December 1, 2000 | Posted in Business Practices

The American Farrier’s Association has an apprentice program, which some potential farriers have tried. Many more work out apprenticeship agreements with veteran farriers with varying levels of success.

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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