hoofcast

Periodically I find myself on the other end of a call with a client seeking a nonexistent 'tool' in my bag of tricks. It can be awkward to expose one's own ignorance on a topic, not to mention uncomfortable. In these instances, I suspect most farriers don't make it a habit of turning away 'good' clients and some of them reply, "Oh sure, I do that, or use that product all of the time." Shoeing sometimes requires a certain degree of salesmanship; I believe the Irish call it malarkey. Given...

In Global Views, Godolphin Flying Start trainees provide insight into practices experienced and observations taken on their worldwide travels. Second-year trainee Amelie Lemercier tells us about innovative farriery. Some great leaders around the world are consistently embracing innovation and new technologies to lead the industry forward. As Godolphin Flying Start trainees, we are lucky enough to learn about those innovations through lectures and presentations, when passionate people are more than happy to share with us what they have been working on. From veterinary school in Dublin, farriery school in Kentucky...