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Want To Succeed? Pay Your Dues

August 10, 2012 | Posted in Business Practices
Eli Beiler shoes several top Standardbred racing horses on the East Coast. In any kind of high-end, competitive discipline you need name recognition. He says the Standardbred market is no different.
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Moving Picture: Arlington Park Farrier Readies Hooves

August 6, 2012 | Posted in Business Practices
His clients have funny, unusual names - Kokakoka Ocean, Teambdancing and Half Foxy - but they also have four feet and wear aluminum shoes. For Hutch Holsapple, 42, of Rolling Meadows, the horses with those names and their owners and trainers make up his everyday life on the backstretch at Arlington Park racetrack, where he's worked for nearly 11 years.
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Meader Supply Hosts Farrier Appreciation Day for the 23rd Consecutive Year

New Hampshire farrier supply shop thanks its customers each spring with a free clinic, lunch and store discounts
July 1, 2012 | Posted in Business Practices
For the past couple of months, American Farriers Journal has been promoting National Farriers Appreciation Week, which runs July 8-14. Each year we encourage the equine community to take the time to recognize the dedication and hard work of farriers.
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Going With the Dogs

Some farriers think it’s fine while others think it’s a huge mistake to take dogs along on barn calls
By Frank Lessiter posted on July 1, 2012 | Posted in Business Practices
Some 54% of farriers allow their dogs or clients' dogs to munch on hoof scraps while they are trimming horses during many of their daily barn stops. For many years based on traveling with farriers, I’ve thought the Jack Russell was the favorite dog breed of horseshoers.
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Forging a Business on the Side

Sharpening drill bits used in a local mining operation provides supplemental income for a Utah farrier
By Pat Tearney posted on July 1, 2012 | Posted in Business Practices
There are still plenty of horseshoers out there who see their business drop off considerably during the winter months. Some farriers deal with this by trying to make sure their shoeing book includes as many horses that will be used year-round as possible. Others put in long hours during the peak-riding season, reasoning that every extra horse they work on during that period takes the place of one they don’t see during the slow winter months.
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Farrier Education: Heartland Horseshoeing School

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Farriery requires knowledge and skills to provide proper equine hoof care. In this series, sponsored by VICTORY, American Farriers Journal visits Heartland Horseshoeing School in Lamar, Mo. In this edition, Chris Gregory discussed his journey to becoming an educator, his focus in teaching farrier students and the state of farrier education.

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