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HomeTag "barefoot trimming"

Driving and Clinching Horseshoe Nails

Sep 28, 2010 by Butler2318 Category: Equine Soundness, Farrier training, Horse Foot Care, Horseshoeing 0 comments Tags: barefoot trimming, basic farrier training, competency in equine foot care, Farrier choices, hoof care

Driving horseshoe nails accurately, consistently and safely is a difficult task for the beginner. Some persons have abandoned horseshoeing altogether and become barefoot advocates because of their lack of confidence and skill in this area. It’s sort of like throwing out the baby with the bath. There are times when nothing but nailing on shoes […]

FAQ #16 – Can you tell me what to look for when looking at the heel?

Apr 22, 2010 by Butler2318 Category: Equine Soundness, FAQ's, Horse Foot Care, Horse Owner Tips, Horseshoeing 0 comments Tags: barefoot trimming, competency in equine foot care, farrier fundamental training, individual horse care

“Doug, I attended your Horse Expo seminar this past March in Lincoln and really enjoyed your lecture.  I never thought that I would have to bring out notes from what you talked about in such a short amount of time, but we ended up having a horse go lame on us this spring.  We saw […]

The “Shoeless Experiment” Cripples Horses by Doug Butler

Mar 26, 2010 by Butler2318 Category: Customer Service, Equine Soundness, Horse Foot Care, Horse Owner Tips, Horseshoeing 21 comments Tags: barefoot trimming, competency in equine foot care, equine foot care, farrier customer service, horse foot care tips

More than one hundred years ago farriers were confronted with the same problems as farriers are facing today. The “shoeless experiment” was then proposed as a one size fits all solution by “the barefoot people.” (See page 2 of William Hunting’s, The Art of Horseshoeing, published by W. R. Jenkins in New York, in 1898). […]

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