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Laminitis Data Available Online

Australian researcher Chris Pollitt posts research papers on Web for educational purposes

By Pat Tearney posted on March 1, 2006 | Posted in Education, Diseases

There are very few people who have done more to advance the understanding of laminitis than Dr. Christopher Pollitt, director of the Australian Equine Laminitis Research Unit at the University of Queensland.

Briefings

March 1, 2006 | Posted in Education

With yearling Thoroughbreds, University of Wisconsin researcher Scott Leibsle has found that offset carpal and fetlock inward conformation is associated with higher birth weights.

Being Careful With Heart Bar Shoes

Applied incorrectly, the heart bar shoe can go from a life-saving therapeutic aid to a damaging piece of equipment

By Mike Podoll posted on March 1, 2006 | Posted in Equipment, Therapeutic Shoeing

When the duo of Burney Chapman and George Platt popularized the use of heart bar shoes for foundered and laminitic horses in the late 1960s, it set off a firestorm of innovations and design-styles for therapeutic horseshoes that reinvigorated the hoof-care industry.

Tracking, Treating and Thwarting Thrush

To effectively treat thrush, the farrier sometimes needs to play detective to ferret out the root causes of the bacterial infection

By Mike Podoll posted on January 1, 2006 | Posted in Diseases

The smell says it all. The unmistakable rotting odor emanating from a hoof, usually accompanied by a black-colored discharge under or around the frog, deep sulcus, cracks or crevices within the hoof — these are the first tell-tale signs that you’re dealing with the organism, Spherophorus neaophorus, otherwise known as thrush.

Tips for Everyday Shoeing from One of the Legends: Bruce Daniels

Bruce Daniels offers a few pointers he picked up during his Hall Of Fame career that just might make your life easier, too

By Ron Perszewski posted on December 1, 2005 | Posted in Equipment, Shoeing

Now in his 70s, International Horseshoeing Hall Of Fame member Bruce Daniels still dances around an anvil with an ease and grace that few farriers ever attain.

Selecting Shoeing Schools

After a prospective student has spent hours evaluating all the gathered information on any number of farrier schools, picking the best one still boils down to personal preference

By Frank Lessiter posted on November 1, 2005 | Posted in Education

Finding the right furrier school to meet a prospective student’s needs is not much different than the long ordeal friends have gone though when trying to decide where to go to college or what subject to study.

Tools that aren't Found in a Shoeing Box

Hall Of Fame farrier uses his eyes, mind and imagination

By Pat Tearney posted on September 1, 2005 | Posted in Forging, Shoeing

When Danny Ward discusses horseshoeing, it soon becomes obvious that his keen sense of observation and active imagination are more important to his success than any of the tools in his shoeing box or stowed behind the doors of his shoeing rig.

Stable Footing

Using traction devices such as screw-in studs or drive-in calks offer much-needed grip and protection, but farriers say use only when absolutely needed

By Mike Podoll posted on May 1, 2005 | Posted in Shoeing

Providing your client's horses with proper traction is critical toward keeping the horse safe, ensuring healthy feet, preventing injury and getting the optimum performance out of shoes.

Book Notes

New “BASICS” Book Not Just For Rookies

By American Farriers Journal Staff posted on March 1, 2005 | Posted in Education, Shoeing

It should be no surprise that Better Basics, Better Horseshoeing is so thorough that it could be used as a textbook for novice farriers.

Online With The Farriers' Forum

Too Old To Learn Farriery?

May 1, 2004 | Posted in Education

I'm a 37-year old woman who spent her younger years (until the age of 20) with horses. I went "astray" for awhile, but would like to rekindle my love for horses and try my hand at being a farrier. Is it feasible to begin learning farrier skills now with the objective of a career change? I would love nothing better than to work with horses full time, but am wondering if I'm indulging little more than a pipe dream.

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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Kawell USA

Kawell develops and produces copper alloy horseshoes and inserts, giving horses the care that they need to fight issues associated with white line disease, seedy toe and thrush.

SmartPak

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