Travis Burns, chief of farriers services/lecturer at Virginia-Maryland Regional College of Veterniary Medicine, describes how to determine a horse's ideal weight using a formula and how that can be used to help communicate with the client.
Travis Burns, chief of farriers services/lecturer at Virginia-Maryland Regional College of Veterniary Medicine, discusses how a farrier should explain the diagnosis of a client's horse.
Dave Farley's first experience with horses was on a retired mining horse. He now works with top level sport horses in Wellington and at the Kentucky Horse Park. He explains his approach to the horseshoeing business.
If you could offer one piece of advice to other farriers on a single way to improve their practice, what would it be? This can cover any aspect of being a farrier.
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RICHMOND - The winning four-person team in the World Horseshoeing Classic, to be held Feb. 19 through 22 in Madison County, takes home $10,000 and a set of belt buckles proclaiming the team's superiority in equine foot care.
Most hoof-care professionals see the need to give back to an industry that has treated them well during their careers. But at the same time, some farriers have shared with us how difficult it can be to pick and choose where they want to volunteer their services.
At last week's International Hoof-Care Summit, we sat down with Welsh farrier Haydn Price. It is hard to pinpoint a single segment from this conversation that stands out as important information or keen insight. Rather, when you speak with someone like Price who possesses this depth of knowledge, the entire time spent in conversation is more like a personal classroom.
Over the past 10 years, have you seen an increase in the number of older horses that you work with? What are the challenges you face with these horses? What do you do to overcome these challenges?
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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Kawell develops and produces copper alloy horseshoes and inserts, giving horses the care that they need to fight issues associated with white line disease, seedy toe and thrush.
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