Heartland horse shoeing school vs butler professional farrier school ?

If you can't afford a real computer how are you going to pay for horseshoeing school?

I'm on the road working my ass off in a nuclear plant saving the money for school and my fiance has my apple laptop to finish her RN degree negative comments just make me strive harder to reach my goal thanks

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And tom I didn't take yours or anyone else's advice lightly all you guys help is greatly appreciated I have decided to go to Kentucky horseshoeing schools 36 week course with apprenticeship.
Yea that's a lot of money and its gonna take some time to save it but if I'm gonna do this I'm gonna do it right.
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You mistake my sympathy for a negative comment. I feel even more sympathy for you now that I know you have an Apple computer. If you tell me you drive a Chevy and drink any kind of "light" beer I just might break down in tears.

Whats wrong with Chevys?

Nothing if all you are going to haul with them is an Apple computer and a six pack lite beer.

hey Tom, ive madetons of money out of my chevy! and save more of it by drinking light beer!

Well at least my taxes haven't been used to bail out any beer company.

NO lite beer for me. My Son is working at BJs Brewhouse while in school and is really high on the dark beers...

one of the most important items on a rig is an ice chest stocked with fine Ales, in case a client were to offer a light beer. The better clients get offered an Ale occasionally.

I see that you've pretty much made up your mind on where you wanna go. But just to offer my 2 cents... I went to Mesalands Community College and completed their 2 year farrier science program. It earned me a AAS in Farrier Science, which I transferred to New Mexico State University. I graduated in '07. I had already apprenticed for over 2 years in California, even though that was several years before. Mesalands is one of the only schools that offer an actual degree. The first year was taught by Doug Butler and the second was with Eddy Mardis. Doug seemed to be more focused on learning in the classroom setting and less hands on. You still worked on live animals and with the forge, but he just seemed to be a bit more geared towards working out of the book. Eddy was a fantastic teacher that was good at teaching. You could ask Doug a question and he'd know it, but I learned more, overall, with Eddy. We worked on horses everyday. We worked with gas and coal forges with backyard and ranch horses and then also with performance horses. Another thing I liked was that I can go back any time for a refresher at no cost to me. They are genuinely there to help you and they do care. Eddy also covered traditional shoeing as well as natural balance, whereas Doug wasn't interested in natural balance at all.

Your not to shoe to many horses out of a book

No but they hide some good stuff in there john

( Doug wasn't interested in natural balance at all.[/quote]) see there is wisdom in books

You cant beat getting under them and been showed by someone who knows how to teach

I aggree but it is limmited, knowing how and were to find what was lacking in there instruction when you continue on is invalubale

dont follow you Ray

No school or instructor can teach you all there is to know in this trade . A good education must also teach you how to find new and better ways of doing things after your on your own (books internet )

I'm sure the schools are fine but if a starting out guy would find a everyday working farrier that done the kinda work the future farrier dreamed of doing ...and paid that farrier to teach him..that one on one is hard to beat..and has to win out over so many people in one class...