David Hall recently needed a hind heart bar shoe to help manage a medial quarter crack. The Gloucester, England, farrier didn’t have one readily available, though.
How you schedule your hoof-care clients can have a direct correlation to the health of your bottom line. Effective and efficient scheduling enables you to accommodate more clients and make more money.
A horse that’s comfortable often stands well and makes a farrier’s life much easier. There are times when you can help that horse find comfort, thereby helping yourself.
A swing-out anvil on your farrier rig is a great way to avoid picking it up several times over the course of the day. Yet, there can be a drawback — ringing.
When forging or modifying shoes, where do you rest your hammer on the anvil?
Where you set it down could influence your efficiency and be detrimental to your tool, says Drummond, Wis., farrier Roy Bloom of Bloom Forge.
It’s easy to get caught up in increasing the number of horses you shoe. Yet, more horses don’t necessarily mean more net income for you or better service for your clients.
Danville, Ill., farrier Steve Sermersheim points out that when trimming the frog, it’s important to realize what looks good isn’t always good for the horse.
In this episode, Mark Ellis, a Wisconsin farrier who learned the ropes with Renchin, recalls Red’s relationships with area veterinarians, his legacy and the second career as American Farriers Journal’s technical editor.
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