Observations on ‘No Regrets’
Lessiter shares personal takeaways at the annual conference that pushes men to take stock of their lives – in business and in the home – and ‘to show up, step up & grow up.’
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Are You Mentoring? Or Managing?
Week at the International Hoof-Care Summit spurts the question & importance of the nuanced terminology
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50 Years of American Farriers Journal
Reflections on Hoof-Care Milestones Over 5 Decades: Lessiter Media’s President, Mike Lessiter
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2004 Product Survey: Gas Forges: Evolutionary Improvements Bring New Choices In Forges
Changes in the hot-fitting farrier’s “travel companion” have heated up in recent years
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Machine Provides Hammerless Shoe-Shaping
Farrier Red Renchin's home-built machine shapes shoes to unique hoof shapes and sizes for 350 horses
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For Better Or For Worse
A wife for a business manager might drive some farriers to the marriage counselor, but it’s a profitable match for Brian Raines and wife, Pamela
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