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Day With A Clinician Program Continues To Help Spread Hoof-Care Knowledge

International Hoof-Care Summit attendee, Delta Mustad clinician team up to tackle horses’ lameness issues
By Blake Brown posted on December 1, 2013 | Posted in Education
As part of its commitment to continuing education programs for farriers, Delta Mustad Hoofcare Center once again sponsored a "Day with a Clinician" door prize for attendees at the 2013 International Hoof-Care Summit. This year's winner was David Goedde, from Belleville, Ill.
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Shoeing with Conformation in Mind

Taking note of seemingly minor points of how a horse stands and is put together makes a big difference in achieving balance
By Blake Brown posted on September 1, 2012 | Posted in Shoeing, Trimming
Bryan Baire, owner of Palmetto Farrier Service in York, S.C., and I met for breakfast at a little restaurant in York, a short distance from his home.
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The Consequences of Bad Shoeing

Hoof-care errors often result in losing a client, but there can also be costs to horse owners, trainers and the horse
By Blake Brown posted on September 1, 2012 | Posted in Lamenesses
It’s time for all of us who shoe horses to take the time to ask ourselves an important question about how we do our job.
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Solving the Mystery of Lost Shoes

Educating your clients about how this happens will enable your business to run more smoothly
By Blake Brown posted on March 1, 2009 | Posted in Clients
Lost horseshoes are a nightmare for horse owners as well as horseshoers. For the horse owner it never fails to happen at the most inopportune time.
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They Can’t Get Enough On Balance

The topic of how to shoe a horse for his own conformation always comes up whenever farriers, vets get together
By Blake Brown posted on May 1, 2008 | Posted in Education, Trimming
For several years, farriers in Northern California have been holding farrier-veterinarian forums to help improve communication between the two professions.
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Farrier-Veterinarian Forum Bridges Communication Gap

The chance to talk directly to one another pay off in understanding
By Blake Brown posted on January 1, 2008 | Posted in Clients

In 2002, a veterinarian friend stopped in the shop where I was working as the resident farrier for a large equine medical center. She had a simple question: “How do I get farriers to take the time to communicate?”


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Rock And Roll Shoe Cures A Horse’s Blues

Lame foot now grows heels
By Blake Brown posted on July 1, 2007
Apache was presented to the veterinary clinic where I was the resident farrier in 2003. The horse, who stands nearly 16-hands high, had a right front lameness. He also has high-low syndrome, meaning that one foot has a long toe and a low heel and the other foot has a short toe and a high heel.
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Saving a Mutilated Foot

Complex modification of keg shoes is the centerpiece of this successful case study
By Blake Brown posted on December 1, 2006 | Posted in Therapeutic Shoeing
Snow Star was first presented at the Loomis Basin Veterinary Clinic in Loomis, Calif., where I was the resident farrier, in February 2004. She was evaluated for lacerations to the left hind leg and foot.
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