The principles of horseshoeing (P3) : the ultimate textbook of farrier science and craftsmanship for the 21st century /
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| Language: | English |
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Crawford, Neb. :
Doug Butler Enterprises, Inc.,
[2004]
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| Edition: | Ultimate enlarged edition. |
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Table of Contents:
- Perceptions and realities of horseshoeing
- Qualifications for farriers
- Horseshoeing opportunities
- How to get started
- Progressive skill levels
- Basic foot skills
- Pad selection and application
- Basic foot tool maintenance and use
- Geometric or structural foot balance
- Trimming and dressing the hoof
- Nailing
- Shoeing evaluation
- Overview of the horse's foot
- Horse foot conformation
- Foot dissection
- The nature of horses
- Horse handling and shoeing positions
- Horse behavior modification
- Horse identification and terminology
- Horse front-limb conformation
- Horse hind-limb conformation
- Front-limb unsoundness
- Hind-limb unsoundness
- Basic people skills
- The forge fire and heats
- Basic forging tool maintenance and use
- Forging exercises
- Shoe types, sizes, and foot shapes
- Hot shaping shoes
- Cold shaping shoes
- Basic shoe making
- Gas and arc welding; borium application
- Open shoe modifications
- Basic business skills
- Farrier health awareness and first aid
- Horse health awareness and humane care
- Hot fitting
- Functional or motion foot balance
- Diseases of the horse's foot
- Bones and joints of the leg
- Foot structure and function
- Foot sensitive structures
- Tendons and ligaments of the leg
- Horse gaits
- Correcting faults of conformation and gait
- Causes of lameness
- Diagnosis of lameness-soundness examination
- General treatment for lameness
- Advanced people skills
- Farrier-veterinarian liaison
- Advanced shoe making: fullering and calks
- Forge brazing and forge welding
- Making and fitting therapeutic shoes
- Advanced business planning
- Life balance
- Shoeing performance and sport horses
- Shoeing running racehorses
- Shoeing harness racehorses
- Shoeing gaited show horses
- Shoeing draft horses
- Shoeing mules
- Shoeing oxen
- Tool forging and metallurgy