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Dealing with Wounds on Horses' Feet

Fast and accurate assessment often required
By Heather Smith Thomas posted on April 1, 2011 | Posted in Anatomy
Often, horse owners call farriers first whenever there’s a problem with a horse’s foot. Farriers may find themselves being asked to do the first aid or wound assessment when a horse suffers a puncture, cut or some other injury to the hoof, coronary band or lower leg.
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Tee It Up

A T-square is a low-tech tool that pays off for farriers in making an accurate assessment of the foot
By Ron Perszewski posted on May 1, 2008 | Posted in Equipment

Much like the hoof gauge, using the T-square is a basic tool that can go a long way toward accurately assessing medial-lateral balance.


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Building and Using the Half Bar

A shoeing alternative that provides frog support in cases such as sheared heels or partial hoof-wall avulsion
By Nicholas B Denson posted on January 1, 2007 | Posted in Forging, Shoeing
The half-bar shoe is an aptly named frog-support shoe offering unilateral frog support while increasing ground reaction forces to one-half of the hoof (Figure 1).
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Help For That Last Furlong

Standardbred shoer says small improvements can pay off big at the track
By Pat Tearney posted on May 1, 2006 | Posted in Shoeing, Trimming
Steve Stanley, who shoes Standardbred racehorses at the Red Mile in Lexington, Ky., likes to say that "little changes go a long way" at the racetrack.
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