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Lucky IHCS Attendee Won an Educational Bonus

By Toby Raymond posted on September 1, 2007 | Posted in Therapeutic Shoeing
For Marvin Howard, a 20-year shoeing veteran from Pataskala, Ohio, “It was a chance in a lifetime.”
Howard was referring to the week he spent in Lexington with equine veterinarian Scott Morrison and his associate, Manfred Ecker, a master farrier. Howard won the prize at the 2007 International Hoof-Care Summit in Cincinnati, Ohio.

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DROPPED SOLE

Relieving Pressure From a Dropped Sole

Canadian farrier finds this shoe helps provide relief for horses lamed by a common chronic laminitis condition
By Bradley Saint John posted on September 1, 2007 | Posted in Therapeutic Shoeing, Trimming

There are a number of horses I have cared for that have the same apparent foot condition. These are horses with chronic laminitis that have a dropped sole where the hoof wall — as it grows out — does not grow straight down, but flares out at the ground level or higher up the hoof wall.


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Rock And Roll Shoe Cures A Horse’s Blues

Lame foot now grows heels
By Blake Brown posted on July 1, 2007
Apache was presented to the veterinary clinic where I was the resident farrier in 2003. The horse, who stands nearly 16-hands high, had a right front lameness. He also has high-low syndrome, meaning that one foot has a long toe and a low heel and the other foot has a short toe and a high heel.
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Peeking Inside

Diagnostic imaging can give farriers an edge ­by looking inside the hoof, but horseshoers have to understand the ins and outs of various imaging techniques that have advanced far beyond the familiar X-ray technology.
By Ron Perszewski posted on July 1, 2007
Farriers working with equine veterinarians should be willing and able to gain insights into ailing hooves through the use of radiographs and other diagnostic imagining techniques.
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Clashing Views on Laminitis

A noted farrier questions the basis of an article in the May/June issue and the author responds
By Randy S Luikart and Nicholas B Denson posted on July 1, 2007 | Posted in Therapeutic Shoeing
The May/June 2007 edition of American Farriers Journal had an interesting article by Nicholas Denson. Although it is refreshing to read contributions from someone who is thinking, I would like to make some observations as to the accuracy of some statements.
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Virginia Farriers Plan Eddie Watson Day

September Clinic to honor Hall Of Fame Shoer
By Pat Tearney posted on July 1, 2007 | Posted in Education

Eddie Watson, the Keswick, Va., farrier, has had a hand in helping along a lot of shoers and veterinarians during his long career — not to mention horses.


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Veterinarians' Roundtable

May 1, 2007 | Posted in Education
Do veins and arteries repair or regenerate after being damaged? If so, is there anything a farrier can do to encourage that process? Could a farrier harm healthy arteries and veins? If so, how? —Idaho Farrier
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