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Reining Horses

Aug 29, 2019 by Pete Butler Category: Current Events, Equine Soundness, Farrier Careers 0 comments Tags: basic farrier training, Butler farrier schools, Butler Professional Farrier School, DBE Continuing Farrier Education, farrier careers, how to shoe a horse, individual horse care, reining horses, ways to make money with horses

Reining horses have recently been in the national spotlight due to the documentary competition television show, The Last Cowboy on the Paramount Network. The Last Cowboy boasted over 800,000 viewers in the first few episodes. “The show followed the lives of riders competing in the high-stakes sport of horse reining. The contenders were determined to […]

Coronet Injuries

Aug 22, 2019 by Pete Butler Category: Equine Soundness, Horse Foot Care 0 comments Tags: basic farrier training, Butler farrier schools, Butler horseshoeing schools, Butler Professional Farrier School, equine foot care, Farrier School, hoof care, hoof growth, Horse Foot Care, veterinary care

Horses’ hooves grow down from the coronary band to the ground at a rate of 1/4 to 3/8 inch per month (Butler 1976). At this rate, it takes approximately 8 months to a year for the horse to grow an entirely new hoof. When a horse injures itself near the coronary band, the evidence of […]

For Want of a Nail

Aug 08, 2019 by Pete Butler Category: Conformation, Equine Soundness, Horse Foot Care 0 comments Tags: Butler farrier schools, Butler Professional Farrier School, DBE Continuing Farrier Education, equine foot care, Farrier School, hoof growth, low ringbone

These last few weeks, I have been working in the tractor in the field to make hay. Cutting fields and baling hay can be fun…when everything works properly. However, there is a lot of time devoted to dealing with “breakdowns.” A part on the baler fails, a cutter bar wears out on the swather, a […]

Caring for Customers

Aug 01, 2019 by Pete Butler Category: Customer Service 0 comments Tags: basic farrier training, Butler farrier schools, Butler Professional Farrier School, DBE Continuing Farrier Education, farrier careers, farrier customer service, horseshoeing business tips, small business marketing tips

Shoeing horses is not just about taking care of horses. We need to take care of the owners too. Sometimes we forget that the customer is the owner and not the horse! On occasion, someone will call and say, “I want to change my career. I think I’d like to get into the farrier business […]

Inside the Foot

Jul 25, 2019 by Doug Butler Category: Anatomy, Equine Soundness, Horse Foot Care 0 comments Tags: basic farrier training, Butler farrier schools, Butler Professional Farrier School, DBE Continuing Farrier Education, Doug Butler, Essential Anatomy Kit, farrier careers, ways to make money with horses

Trimming and shoeing a horse’s foot can be a stressful experience to the careful beginner. No one wants to intentionally harm the horse. In order to gain more confidence about trimming the hoof, a farrier must learn what is inside the foot. Just like any good mechanic understands what is under the hood of the car […]

Draft Horses

Jul 18, 2019 by Doug Butler Category: Draft Horse Shoeing, Horse Foot Care 0 comments Tags: Butler farrier schools, Butler horseshoeing schools, Butler Professional Farrier School, competency in equine foot care, Doug Butler, Draft Horse Shoeing, hoof care, Horse Foot Care, ways to make money with horses

Draft or heavy horse shoeing is different from light horseshoeing. Draft horses move slowly. They often pull heavy loads. They are heavy and their feet need more protection than light horses. They are very strong, and though they are often gentle for most work, they sometimes resist shoeing. A heavier, thicker stock shoe is required […]

George Washington the Horseman

Jul 03, 2019 by Pete Butler Category: Horsemanship, Horseshoeing History 0 comments Tags: Butler farrier schools, Butler horseshoeing schools, Butler Professional Farrier School, DBE Continuing Farrier Education, equine foot care, Farrier School, George Washington, Horseshoeing History, ways to make money with horses

Happy Independence Day! This is a wonderful time of year to reflect on the great heritage of our country and our craft. We are indebted to our forefathers, who dedicated their lives to independence and freedom. George Washington was the commanding general during the revolutionary war. He was greatly loved by the men he led […]

Snake Bites in Horses

Jun 27, 2019 by Doug Butler Category: Equine Soundness, Horse Foot Care, Veterinary Care 0 comments Tags: basic farrier training, Butler farrier schools, Butler horseshoeing schools, Butler Professional Farrier School, DBE Continuing Farrier Education, Doug Butler, Horse Foot Care, horse owner guide, individual horse care, snake bites

Only about 10% of snakes native to the U. S. are poisonous. Most of these are in the West and South. However, rattlesnakes are found in all the lower 48 states except Maine. Australia has the most poisonous snakes, spiders, scorpions, and jellyfish. Several hundred horses are bitten annually by poisonous snakes in the U. […]

Stumbling

Jun 20, 2019 by Pete Butler Category: Conformation, Farrier training, Horsemanship 0 comments Tags: basic farrier training, Butler farrier schools, Butler horseshoeing schools, Butler Professional Farrier School, equine foot care, hoof care, horse owner guide, ways to make money with horses

Riding a stumbling or tripping horse can be aggravating and dangerous. Stumbling occurs when the horse’s toes do not entirely clear the ground and the gait is interrupted. All horses will inevitably trip occasionally depending on the ground they cover, but some horses stumble consistently regardless of the terrain. In the case of these “stumblers,” […]

Hoof Growth Rings

Jun 14, 2019 by Doug Butler Category: Equine Soundness, Horse Foot Care 0 comments Tags: basic farrier training, Butler farrier schools, Butler horseshoeing schools, Butler Professional Farrier School, DBE Continuing Farrier Education, hoof growth rings, horse care tips, Horse Foot Care, 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 […]

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