The American Horse Council (AHC) is seeking input from horse owners and industry suppliers, such as farriers, for its 2023 National Economic Impact Study.
I was taught in horseshoeing school the methods to evaluate medial-lateral balance (transverse plane) of a horse’s hoof by picking up the leg and sighting down the leg to check the perpendicular status of the heels to the plane of the hoof and leg.
Insulin resistance, insulin dysfunction and equine metabolic syndrome are among a collection of rapidly increasing endocrine conditions affecting the horse population in the United States today.
Wounds, cracks, or openings in the hoof capsule or sole due to abscess, hoof failure or puncture can be difficult to manage in the horse’s normal living environment.
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It’s unclear who invented hoof trimmers — a predecessor of nippers — or when they were invented, but the tool was appearing in the pages of the Official Gazette of the United States Patent Office since 1860.
I was taught in horseshoeing school the methods to evaluate medial-lateral balance (transverse plane) of a horse’s hoof by picking up the leg and sighting down the leg to check the perpendicular status of the heels to the plane of the hoof and leg.
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In this episode, Mark Ellis, a Wisconsin farrier who learned the ropes with Renchin, recalls Red’s relationships with area veterinarians, his legacy and the second career as American Farriers Journal’s technical editor.
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