Ask anyone who suffers from arthritis what it's like, and you'll hear just one word repeated and repeated - pain. And you won't have to look very far to find people to ask. In some cases, you don't even need to ask - you can tell just by watching them move; they don't like to because it hurts.
To shoe or not to shoe, that is the question. Answers vary widely, and often without objectivity. Steve Kraus has developed a protocol that tries to shed light on whether a horse should be shod.
A trio of farriers kicked off Thursday's sessions of the International Hoof-Care Summit with business tips that promises to boost efficiency, save time and keep you healthy.
Randy Luikart got the ball rolling for the second day of the International Hoof-Care Summit with the Burney Chapman Memorial Lecture. The Ashland, Ohio, farrier stressed the importance of the weight-bearing phase during equine locomotion.
Donkey taxi owners and horse-drawn carriage drivers must pass regular inspections under a new code of conduct that ensure that the animals are fit to ferry tourists around Mijas, Anadalucia, Spain.
After 35 years, the dissonant clang of hammers striking metal will fade into deafening silence at the World Championship Blacksmiths' Competition at the Calgary Stampede.
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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