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Nov 30, 2017 by Pete Butler Category: Anatomy, Best Business Practices 0 comments Tags: Butler horseshoeing schools, Butler Professional Farrier School, competency in equine foot care, DBE Continuing Farrier Education, Doug Butler, equine foot care, farrier customer service, low ringbone, ringbone

With the holidays approaching, we are offering a discount on the Hands-On Teaching Models and Study Aids collection at Doug Butler Enterprises, Inc. The Ringbone model which typically retails for $120 is now available at the reduced price of $99. The Foundered Foot Model which retails at $79 is now available for $59. This promotional […]

Reading the Hoof

Nov 30, 2016 by Doug Butler Category: Anatomy, Horse Foot Care, Horse Owner Tips 0 comments Tags: basic farrier training, Butler horseshoeing schools, DBE Continuing Farrier Education, Doug Butler, hoof care, Horse Foot Care, horse owner guide, individual horse care

Often farriers are asked about the rings on the horse’s foot. They have the potential of giving us twelve months of information about a horse’s health. Visible rings indicate there has been some disturbance in the metabolism of the horse affecting the keratinization of the hoof. The indentation or ring is formed sometime before it […]

Case Study – Horse with Low Ringbone

Oct 27, 2016 by Jake Butler Category: Anatomy, Conformation, Farrier training, Horse Care, Horse Foot Care, Veterinary Care 0 comments Tags: competency in equine foot care, DBE Continuing Farrier Education, equine foot care, exostosis, farrier customer service, Farrier School, fractured extensor process, fractured P3, hoof care, Horseshoeing School, how to shoe a horse, Jake Butler, low ringbone, radiograph, ringbone

  Farriers are presented with different horse feet scenarios.  Often these come as a last resort from horse owners.  This was a horse that was injured 4 months ago.  The owner was not sure how the horse injured himself.  There is a bulge at the coronary band and the right front foot is beginning to […]

Essential Anatomy Kit

Jan 30, 2015 by Butler2318 Category: Anatomy, Customer Service, Essential Anatomy Kit, Farrier training, Horse Foot Care, Horseshoeing 0 comments Tags: Butler farrier schools, Butler horseshoeing schools, DBE Continuing Farrier Education, Essential Anatomy Kit, farrier customer service, Farrier purchases, Horse Foot Care, horse foot care tips

In the mid 70s, Dr. Doug Butler went to Cornell University to get an advanced degree because he wanted to further his understanding of the horse.

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