Hoof Care Resources

cleaning and inspecting horse hoof
Above: Cleaning and Inspecting
Resource Materials
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
Shoes and Nails
Shoeing Stocks
Behavior Problems
Forge Work
Learning Opportunities
Additional Resources
trimming the frog
Above: Dustin Gean trims back the frog to the live tissue and cleans out the bars.
Teams for Sale

 

 

Find and/or list a Horse, Oxen, Mule or Donkey Team 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.
Home of the internet’s most extensive calendar listing of draft horse events
(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.
Harness information, including a full line of custom harness and related tack.
by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow

horse hoof illustration
Above: The anatomy of a horse foot.

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