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COURSE INFORMATION
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have three methods of teaching at the school: the classroom which
teaches you what to do, the forge area and field training which gives you
the opportunity to practice what you learned in the classroom. All
work done in the forge room and in the field is supervised by Tom and Lane.
However, all work is done by the students and we do not use dead feet here
at the school. We feel that an important part of becoming a horseshoer
involves handling the horse. "Dead feet" cannot provide the experience
needed to become a qualified farrier. A qualified farrier not only
knows what to do, he must be able to perform what he knows. |
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first week of class includes lectures in the mornings and forge work in
the afternoon. The lectures cover introduction and safety, horse
conformation and anatomy of the foot and leg. In the forge shop,
the students build the tools they need to use. We will work half
a day on forge work and the other half we will have lectures. You
will also begin normal trimming the first week. |
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| There are forty to fifty different types
of shoes used, both hand made and keg shoes. We concentrate on shoeing
the type of horses which provide the most business and income including
racing, barrel, cutting, jumping, equitation and pleasure and saddle horses.
In addition to conformation, anatomy, corrective and pathological shoeing,
the school teaches ways of getting first time and repeat business, setting
up a mobile shop and keeping books and records for taxes. In short,
you will learn how to handle your horse, your customer, and your business. |
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| At the end of the eight weeks you should
know how the horse travels, what makes him travel the way he does and,
if necessary, how to alter his gait.
Diplomas are earned at the school. The quality of
our school is reflected by each student's work. Each student, upon
graduation, will have learned enough to return home, ready to set up his/her
business and ways of advertising. |
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