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Measuring Feet For Handmades

This skill is vital, not only for earning certification but for better shoeing
Measuring feet for handmade shoes is a complicated and controversial subject. As is so often true in this industry, any way you get a well-fit shoe on a horse’s hoof is the right way.
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Book Notes

Dispel The Myths Surrounding Laminitis

Allen Photographic Guides—All About Laminitis
Most people know at least one horse or pony that has suffered from laminitis. It’s an all too common condition causing much pain and suffering and there are many myths associated with it.
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Two Trimming, Shoeing Viewpoints

Two Certified Journeyman Farriers, Lynn Jean and Randy Luikart, offer their knowledge on biomechanics, trimming and proper balance
Shoeing success demands solid, proven shoeing and biomechanics knowledge and a questioning mind.
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Video Reviews

This exclusive series of American Farriers Journal reviews by Bob Smith will help you select the latest videos on shoeing techniques, hoof care ideas and new products.
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Shop Talk

More Concerns About Licensing
While it dealt with equine massage therapists, a bill introduced last summer in the California State Assembly could have had serious ramifications for horseshoers. Fortunately, the bill was killed in committee, thanks to the efforts of Bob Smith, a farrier and owner of the Pacific Coast Horseshoeing School in  Sacramento, Calif.
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Online With The Farriers' Forum

More debate over certification standards
Farrier Kim Hillegas of Oakhills, Fla., touched off quite an online debate when she posted a question regarding American Farrier’s Association (AFA) certification standards vs. the shoeing needs of the individual horse on the American Farriers Journal message board. We featured some of the edited comments from that debate in our September/October issue and decided to include a few more this month.
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Loads Of Information On Shoeing All Types of Horses

The “How-To” Horseshoeing Book From Minis to Draft Horses, And Everything In Between
Forty of the very best and most practical “how-to” shoeing articles from the 25-year history of American Farriers Journal have been chosen for this unique book.
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Farriers' Roundtable

Q: “With the extreme drought last summer in parts of Texas, Oklahoma and New Mexico, how did you deal with extremely dry hooves?”
Q: “With the extreme drought last summer in parts of Texas, Oklahoma and New Mexico, how did you deal with extremely dry hooves?”
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