Walt Neel has worked for 4 1/2 years for Mike DeLeonardo. The Porterville, Calif., AFA Certified Journeyman Farrier makes a 200-mile trip to Salinas several times a month.
While farriers are dealing with the current economic storm, it’s clear that they are as concerned with the health of the horses they work with as with their own income.
Like a lot of people, I’ve avoided the insurance system whenever possible, usually only dealing with it when I have to renew my auto coverage and shop for the lowest premiums. I know there’s a lot of legislation on the running and taxing of the insurance industry that I just don’t care to untangle.
When a shoer who’s worked for Jim and Allan Ferrie for over 4 years decides it’s time to go out on his own, the brothers hand the farrier the shoeing work on 300 horses.
Greg Martin, CJF, of Boerne, Texas, takes the unique approach of marketing his hoof-care practice with a Christmas parade float in Boerne and Comfort, Texas. The award-winning float boasts a variety of surprising features.
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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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