Items Tagged with 'hoof trimming'

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Research Journal: May/June 2022

The information, ideas, and opinions expressed are those of the author and do not necessarily represent those of the United States Department of Agriculture.
  • Heel Expansion and Glue-On Shoes
  • Application of the Ridden Horse Pain Scale
  • Hoof Trimming Effects Hoof Impact
  • CBD for Joints

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Research Journal: July/August 2021

The information, ideas and opinions expressed are those of the author and do not necessarily represent those of the United States Department of Agriculture.
  • Hoof Kinetics of Laminitic Horses
  • Image Measurement Software Validated
  • Effects of Hoof Trimming on Gait
  • Horseshoes and Traction on Concrete

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Reader Commentary: March 2019

I’m writing to you regarding the article “A Non-Invasive Option for Correcting Foals’ Limbs,” which featured in the January/February 2019 issue of American Farriers Journal. The conservative, nonsurgical management of angular limb deformities (ALDs) by hoof trimming and/or glue-on extensions is well described in references such as “Adams’ and Stashak’s Lameness in Horses” (chapter 11).
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News & Notes

Rodeo Couple Turned Farrier Team Tackles Practice Together

Colby and Jess Smith of Alpine, Texas, met in New Mexico at Sul Ross State University in 2011. Colby did rodeo while studying farrier science, and Jess was a goat-tying and breakaway-roping competitor in school on a rodeo scholarship. After graduating, they went on the road and started their own farriery business, reports Texas Monthly.
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Q&A

Client Questions

What are some of the best or oddest questions you've received as a farrier?
We conducted a survey with the readers of American Farriers Journal's weekly e-newsletter in which we asked farriers what are the most frequent questions that they receive from novice backyard horse owners. The 103 farriers who contributed to this survey have a combined average of 66% of backyard horses on their books. Here are all of the questions by novice horse owners, ranked in order of frequency in the survey.
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Backyard Horses

What is the common hoof-care problem you find with your backyard horses? What do you attribute these problems to?
What is the common hoof-care problem you find with your backyard horses? What do you attribute these problems to?
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Ontario Farrier’s Association Clinic

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