A Bi-Monthly Magazine
Borrowing From Yesterday To Do the Work Of Today
Offering Resources to Promote Self-Sufficient & Back-to-the-Land Living
Hoof Care
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Hoof Care Resources
Above: Cleaning and Inspecting
Resource Materials
Horse Care Books and DVDs
Visit our Bookstore for the most extensive collection of shoeing and farrier resources.
What Next?
(Tales from a Farrier) by F. Thomas Breningstall
Horse Hoofcare
- Trimming Draft Horse Hooves by Vicki Schmidt
- Four–Point Trim — Help or Hoax? by F. Thomas Breningstall
- Hoof Trimming Tools and How to Use Them by F. Thomas Breningstall
- Chipped Hooves by F. Thomas Breningstall
- Fix–It Shoeing by F. Thomas Breningstall
- Foal Feet Care by F. Thomas Breningstall
- Foot Dragging by F. Thomas Breningstall
- Frog Support Pad for Founder by F. Thomas Breningstall
- Knock–Kneed Foal by F. Thomas Breningstall
- Sand Cracks by F. Thomas Breningstall
- Feed and Water for Your Logging Horse by Greg Caudell **NEW
- Water and Hoof Health by F. Thomas Breningstall **NEW
Shoes and Nails
- Why Wooden Shoes on Oxen? by Bill Speiden **NEW
- Horseshoe Savvy by Vicki Schmidt
- Horseshoe Nails by F. Thomas Breningstall
- Horseshoes by F. Thomas Breningstall
- Cold Shoeing by F. Thomas Breningstall
- Hot Shoeing by F. Thomas Breningstall
- Winter Shoes by F. Thomas Breningstall
- Pulling Shoes for Winter by F. Thomas Breningstall
Shoeing Stocks
- Shoeing Stocks by Bethany Caskey **NEW
- Shoeing Stock Plans (illustration) by Bethany Caskey **NEW
- Build a Shoeing Stock by Joe Want
- Shoeing Stock on Skids by Joe Want
Behavior Problems
- What to Do When a Mule Kicks by F. Thomas Breningstall
- Safekeeping by F. Thomas Breningstall
Forge Work
- Anvils by F. Thomas Breningstall
- Gas Forge Welding by F. Thomas Breningstall
- Hammer Command by F. Thomas Breningstall
Learning Opportunities
- Choosing a Farrier School by Chris Gregory
Additional Resources
Above: Dustin Gean trims back the frog to the live tissue and cleans out the bars.
Teams for Sale
Post items of equipment or tack you may wish to sell, trade, or buy related to farming or logging with horses, mules, donkeys, or oxen.
A place to spend time with others interested in draft animals, self-sufficient living,
small-scale family farming and other aspects of our rich rural heritage.
small-scale family farming and other aspects of our rich rural heritage.
Home of the internet’s most extensive calendar listing of draft horse events
(frequently updated online)
(frequently updated online)
An online listing of businesses that provide products and services to the draft animal
industry as well as small sustainable farming activities.
industry as well as small sustainable farming activities.
Harness information, including a full line of custom harness and related tack.
by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
Above: The anatomy of a horse foot.
