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Farrier-Veterinarian Forum Bridges Communication Gap

The chance to talk directly to one another pay off in understanding
By Blake Brown posted on January 1, 2008 | Posted in Clients

In 2002, a veterinarian friend stopped in the shop where I was working as the resident farrier for a large equine medical center. She had a simple question: “How do I get farriers to take the time to communicate?”


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There's No One Way to Pack a Hoof

Many products and materials can be used for this job, so it makes sense for farriers to learn what’s best for which purpose
By Pat Tearney posted on November 1, 2007 | Posted in Education

Packing a hoof is something farriers do regularly — perhaps too regularly, according to some people who provide hoof packing.


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RIM PADS: Simple and Useful in Skilled Hands

By Pat Tearney posted on September 1, 2007 | Posted in Shoeing

The most basic of pads is the rim pad – but that doesn’t mean that there aren’t complexities in its use. As with any pad, the most important think is to apply it correctly. Rim pads are most often used for absorbing shock and concussion, according to Blake Brown, a veteran farrier from Penryn, Calif.


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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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Proper Application of Pads is Vital to Success

Experts agree pads are useful—just be sure to think about how and why you’re using them
By Pat Tearney posted on April 1, 2007 | Posted in Shoeing
Pads may not have been around quite as long as horseshoes, but they are far from a new invention. Farriers have been adding materials to horseshoes for years — to change a hoof angle, provide added protection, to attempt to alter a horse’s gait — and from just about the first time a farrier added a pad, there was someone else that though he’d made a huge mistake.
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Saving a Mutilated Foot

Complex modification of keg shoes is the centerpiece of this successful case study
By Blake Brown posted on December 1, 2006 | Posted in Therapeutic Shoeing
Snow Star was first presented at the Loomis Basin Veterinary Clinic in Loomis, Calif., where I was the resident farrier, in February 2004. She was evaluated for lacerations to the left hind leg and foot.
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Recognize Pedal Osteitis & Stop It Cold

The signature sign is a crescent-shaped bruise on the sole along the edge of the coffin bone, but the condition is not always so easy to diagnose
By Ron Perszewski posted on December 1, 2005 | Posted in Anatomy, Diseases

Pedal osteitis, an inflammation of the coffin bone usually resulting from severe bruising of the sole or consistent pressure on the bone, often reveals itself through an obvious, crescent-shaped bruise on the bottom of the foot.


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