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Q&A: Backyard Horses

What is the common hoof-care problem you find with your backyard horses? What do you attribute these problems to?
August 17, 2012 | Posted in Trimming
What is the common hoof-care problem you find with your backyard horses? What do you attribute these problems to?
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More Shoers Share Their Thoughts on Signposts in the Hoof

Responses keep coming in on survey of landmarks farriers use to guide them in their hoof trimming
By Pat Tearney posted on July 1, 2009 | Posted in Shoeing
Last issue, we shared some of the responses we received to an e-mail we sent out asking our readers to let us know what landmarks they use to guide their trimming. Responses continue coming in and we thought we’d share some more of them with you.
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Hoof Trimming Via Hoof Mapping

Veteran farrier finds technique helps avoid trimming too much or too little from horses’ hooves
By Jamey Carsel posted on March 1, 2009 | Posted in Trimming
When trimming hooves for shoeing or for a horse that’s going barefoot, I see a lot of up-and-coming farriers go through stages of either trimming too little or too much hoof. The right touch is tough to learn.
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Hoof Trimming Dos and Don'ts

A Hall Of Fame shoer’s tips on this essential footcare task
By Toby Raymond posted on March 1, 2009 | Posted in Trimming
The trim is the key to establishing a level hoof and using the right tools in the right way are essential elements in accomplishing this task. No tool in the world can take the place of skilled handling. Bob Peacock, owner of Farrier Science Clinic in Hamilton, Ohio, and a member of the International Horseshoeing Hall Of Fame, offers this advice, based on the more than 40 years he's spend in hoof care.
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Taking Issue with "Natural" Hoof Trimming Theory

Alabama farrier says his experiment lends support to the idea that there is no one “right” way to trim a hoof
By Pat Tearney posted on March 1, 2009 | Posted in Trimming
Hang around farriers long enough and you may decide that opinions on hoof trims are sort of like religion and politics - they shouldn't be discussed in polite company.
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Shoeing Lessons Learned on the Ranch

She only shoes her own horses, but an Idaho rancher is no shoeing novice
By Heather Smith Thomas posted on January 1, 2006 | Posted in Shoeing

Necessity is the mother of invention, as the old saying goes, and someone once said that ranching is the mother of necessity. In other words, to survive in ranching, a rancher has to be innovative and a jack of all trades.


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Hoof Care on Parade

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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.

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