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Deciphering Gait Irregularities

Not all faults are foot related, but farriers will often be the first people asked to do something about them.
By Heather Smith Thomas posted on July 1, 2011 | Posted in Therapeutic Shoeing
Gait faults are not always due to issues in the leg, but farriers will often be the first people to be asked about them by trainers and horse owners. Farriers can greatly enhance their value to their clients by learning to read shoe wear and how to differentiate between gait faults that are due to conformation defects, and those that might be related to a lameness issue.
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Making The Case For Building Your Forging Skills

These farriers say the forge is the foundation of good farriery and also will improve your shoeing business
By Toby Raymond posted on September 1, 2009 | Posted in Forging
The village smithy is a thing of the past. Today, the sound of steel against steel is more typically heard from an anvil hauled from the back of a farrier rig, more often from modifying a keg shoe than building a shoe from hot steel.
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Hoof Care on Parade

Hoof Care on Parade

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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