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10 Ways to Keep Clients

September 7, 2012 | Posted in Business Practices, Clients
Nothing beats sound horses as a means for keeping your clients happy. However, a farrier business is a service-based business and it is important to pay attention to more than just trimming feet and nailing shoes on feet.
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Equine Industry Gearing Up For A Comeback

By Frank Lessiter posted on September 7, 2012 | Posted in Business Practices

While there are still many challenges, it appears that the equine industry is beginning to recover from its disastrous 2008 recession. This is based on the percentage of respondents owning horses or competing with them at the same or higher levels than 2 years ago.


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Changes are Coming to the Hoof Care Industry: Are you Getting Ready?

Veteran farrier Gerard Laverty outlines some of the challenges he thinks farriers will face in the not-too-distant future.
By Pat Tearney posted on September 1, 2012 | Posted in Business Practices, Education
Gerard Laverty, who teaches farriery at Kwantlen Polytechnical University in Surrey, British Columbia, says the recent economic downtown is the first one he's seen that will have a major effect on the horse and hoof-care business since he came to North American from his native Northern Ireland in 1981.
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Essential Principles Of Horseshoeing, Foundation Guide To Sound Trimming And Shoeing
By Bob Smith and Doug Butler posted on September 1, 2012 | Posted in Business Practices
For hundreds of years, books on horseshoeing have followed a very similar format. The books have focused exclusively on the mechanical aspect of shoeing. Some reflect the author's passion for the forge while others focus on shoeing to overcome numerous gait and lameness issues.
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Raising your Prices as Your Hoof-Care Practice Grows

Being able to charge more for your work is based on how you established your practice, as well as how well you’ve reinvested in it
By Jeremy McGovern posted on September 1, 2012 | Posted in Business Practices
The business end of working with performance horses doesn't appeal to everyone. If that is your case, but you would prefer to work within these various disciplines, Esco Buff suggests joining a multi-farrier practice. Besides avoiding the aggravations that can accompany a business, you will be closer to a guaranteed salary than if you are a business owner/operator.
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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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