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Farrier Fosters Community Support Through Independent Workshop

March 5, 2018 | Posted in Anatomy, Business Practices, Education, Forging, Shoeing, Trimming
Source: Peninsula Daily News
Chris Niclas, a farrier from Sequim, Wash., believes that the equine community benefits when its members work together to improve as a group and as individuals. This belief led him to start an independent workshop and support group for equine industry professionals, including farriers, barefoot trimmers, veterinarians and equine practitioners.
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There Is No Farrier Lobby

By Jeremy McGovern posted on March 2, 2018 | Posted in Business Practices
I'm writing this from Reno, Nev., as the American Farrier's Association wraps up another educational convention. While visiting with the farriers here, I polled a few dozen of them about how concerned they are about the proposed Model Veterinary Practice Act changes by the American Veterinary Medical Association — primarily the removal of the farrier exemption.
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