I will not lower my standards to argue with people like you. I know thats what you like to see, so you can sit here on the computer all day and be...
I have not posted on this site for quite some time due to smartasses like you "Mr. Perry". I am fully aware that the 21st century has plenty to...
Justin, just this last weekend I sat in on a surgery performed by Dr. James Tilley in Hotsprings, AR where he orthoscopicly(spelling may be wrong)...
I need to add that the board should be made up of Farriers, not vets. We need to own our trade ourselves.
It would take a board, much like a vet board, that would oversee it. The schooling would have to be standardized nation wide. Only farriers that...
Mikel, There are already several farrier certification tests in place so that is a start. A FARRIER ran entity could be created to oversee Formal...
Karen, A Farrier (not Government) ran system is what we need in the U.S. There should be some set of rules as to who is allowed to teach...
Take a heat on each branch and put a hind shape in it. It is too wide right now. You have the shoe made now just take a few more heats to shape...
Looks good man! 3/8 x 1 is an awesome section to work with.
That's exactly what I've been thinking.
Have your farrier build and fit a Sidebone shoe. It usually helps with these and it is a realistic approach that will allow you to still trail ride...
Ray, try making one and tell us about the labor involved!
It doesn't matter to me because I'm going to hot fit no matter what.
Ray, All I know is that I used to shoe cold and when I started learning to do hot work I started to notice a change in my horses hoofs. I don't...
Ray, Common Sense tells me that when one sticks a hot object to something, it cauderizes it! ........... I don't always need scientific evidence...
William, I think quarter cracks are man made unless like you said a foot could have an old injury that makes it difficult to treat. I think when a...
Ray, I think that a trimmed foot, left barefoot or shod, will seal itself within some amount of time. I just think that I does not hurt for us to...
I worked on a World Champion Halter horse last yr that was purchased with a quarter crack. (I threw the World Champ part in because everyone always...
I have never read any scientific info on weather hot fitting seals the tubules or not, but it is fact that when we trim the wall, we open them up....
Trim a foot and sit it on a concrete floor and see if it don't create a wet spot.
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