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Fame and Fortune? Or Life and Lifestyle?

This Canadian maintains there are many benefits to being a “marginal farrier”
By Ted Dentay posted on December 1, 2000 | Posted in Equipment
Beautifully cambered and smoothly paved, the twisting switchback curves of the blacktop snaking up the Niagara Escarpment beg for more speed from the big Honda motorcycle. One of the walls of Ontario’s great Niagara Rift Valley, which spawned the falls further south and continues for 100 miles or so up to Lake Huron, climbs 800 feet vertically within a mile or so of the road.
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X-Ray Farrier

This farrier expanded business income by adding an X-ray processor to his shoeing rig
By Christy West posted on December 1, 2000 | Posted in Equipment
Most farriers agree that radiographs of the hoof and lower leg are valuable tools when shoeing a lame horse. But some clients opt out when they realize the vet has to come out, take the pictures, go back to the clinic and develop them, then come out to the barn a second time to diagnose the problem. Or that they might even have to take the horse to the vet clinic for a lameness workup.
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Metal Or Wood?

Shoeing box taste, preferences vary among farriers
By Mark Dudzik posted on September 11, 2000 | Posted in Equipment
A shoeing box to a farrier is like a stethoscope to a doctor—a tool of the trade that’s often taken for granted. While it’s often an afterthought in the shoeing process, the shoeing box you use can have a big impact on the quality and efficiency of the job.
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Treading On New Possibilities

For years, treadmills have been used as a tool to diagnose lameness and hoof flight. But is all the fuss worthwhile?
By Katherine Meitner posted on September 1, 2000 | Posted in Equipment
They're neither compact nor portable. So why would farriers subscribe to the idea of utilizing an equine treadmill for their clients’ horses?
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Every Year, A New Truck

This shoeing body has sat on five truck frames since 1994
By Frank Lessiter posted on September 1, 2000 | Posted in Equipment
Few farriers buy a new truck as often as Gene Cook. That’s because the Franksville, Wis., shoer likes to purchase a new pickup every year.
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Hot Shoeing Products

Here's a rundown on a new products of special interest to farriers from the recent American Association of Equine Practitioners annual meeting
By Frank Lessiter posted on January 1, 2000 | Posted in Equipment

Plenty of new and exciting products were displayed at the annual meeting of the American Association of Equine Practitioners in Albuquerque, N.M.


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Kamagata Teito

January 1, 2000 | Posted in Equipment
Source: Dennis C. Manning
Japanese farriers demonstrating in the hotel parking lot at the 1984 American Farrier’s Association convention impressed observers with their skill in using Kamagata Teito, the sickle-shaped Japanese hoof knife.
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Making The Rocker Bar Shoe

By Laurie Fiesler posted on December 1, 1999 | Posted in Equipment
THE ROCKER BAR SHOE is one of 12 shoes involved in the Mustad Specialty Forging contest at the 2000 American Farrier's Association convention in Ontario, Calif., next February 22 to 25.
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Remembering Red Renchin with Mark Ellis: Part 3

Remembering Red Renchin with Mark Ellis: Part 3

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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