This Week: Hoof-care professionals across the country and the ocean are sharing what they know with others in the industry through social media, webinars and videos. Here are a few of our favorites.
A pair of unrelated events has slowed the bid to regulate farriers in British Columbia, but progress continues in the push to establish a national farrier apprenticeship program in Canada.
One year after Kwantlen Polytechnic University’s advanced farrier-training program was put on the budgetary chopping block, a revamped curriculum has been given the green light by the institution’s senate.
In this episode of the American Farriers Journal podcast, brought to you by Pennwoods Equine, Executive Editor Jeremy McGovern talks with Grant Moon about the legacy of the late Douglas Bradbury of England. We also talk with Kim Lacey about her experience on the American Farrier’s Association Exchange Program and British Columbia farrier and educator Gerard Laverty about voluntary registry and reformatting farrier education in the province.
In this episode of the American Farriers Journal podcast, brought to you by Pennwoods Equine, Executive Editor Jeremy McGovern talks with Grant Moon about the legacy of the late Douglas Bradbury of England. We also talk with Kim Lacey about her experience on the American Farrier’s Association Exchange Program and British Columbia farrier and educator Gerard Laverty about voluntary registry and reformatting farrier education in the province.
One year after Kwantlen Polytechnic University’s advanced farrier-training program was put on the budgetary chopping block, a revamped curriculum has been given the green light by the institution’s senate. Classes begin Oct. 26, 2020.
As the Western Canadian Farriers Association awaits the British Columbia government’s next move in creating a governing body for non-veterinary animal health care, farriery officials are putting their ducks in a row to ensure they are prepared to control their industry.
Horses that are nervous, lame or irritable aren’t the most pleasant to trim or shoe — and they can be downright dangerous. Sedation is commonly used in these types of horses so that a farrier and equine veterinarian can work safely. In fact, 90% of farriers say they shoe sedated horses, according to a recent American Farriers Journal poll.
Just 3 months after cutting off registration for its advanced farrier-training program because of budgetary concerns, Kwantlen Polytechnic University is taking it off the chopping block.
AFA Rocks In Reno
The American Farrier’s Association (AFA) held its 47th annual convention, “Rocking In Reno,” in Reno, Nev., the “Biggest Little City In The World.”
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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