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"Gregory's textbook of farriery" was published by Heartland Horseshoeing School in 2011 - Lamar, Mo, it has 696 pages and the language of the book is English.


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  • Title: Gregory's textbook of farriery
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  • Language: English
  • Number of Pages: 696
  • Publisher: Heartland Horseshoeing School
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  • Publish Location: Lamar, Mo

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  • Pagination: viii, 696 p.

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"Gregory's textbook of farriery" Table Of Contents:

  • 1- Welcome to the craft
  • 2- Safety and longevity
  • 3- Unwritten rules and ethics
  • 4- Farrier tools
  • 5- Your farrier shop
  • 6- Your mobile shop
  • 7- Anatomy introduction
  • 8- The foot
  • 9- Bones and joints
  • 10- Ligaments and tendons
  • 11- Vascular, nerve, and lymphatic basics of the equine leg
  • 12- Biomechanics
  • 13- Dissection
  • 14- Conformation
  • 15- Corrective shoeing theory
  • 16- Gaits
  • 17- Gait faults
  • 18- Horsemanship
  • 19- Equine psychology
  • 20- Good shoeing
  • 21- Trimming considerations
  • 22- Trimming a hoof
  • 23- Mediolateral balance
  • 24- Normal shoeing on normal feet
  • 25- Measuring feet for handmades
  • 26- Shoe selection
  • 27- Shoe modifications
  • 28- Clip fitting
  • 29- Hot fitting
  • 30- Nailing
  • 31- Clinching 101
  • 32- Modern farriery
  • 33- Bad shoeing
  • 34- Common sense in the shoeing vs. barefoot debate
  • 35- Myths of farriery
  • 36- Intro to forging
  • 37- Forging basics
  • 38- Exercises in the forge
  • 39- Tong making
  • 40- The basic hind
  • 41- The basic front
  • 42- Using concave to make shoes
  • 43- Lameness
  • 44- Causes of lameness
  • 45- Pathologies of the horse's foot
  • 46- Pathologies of the horse's limb
  • 47- Farrier's arsenal
  • 48- Straight bar shoe
  • 49- Egg bar shoe
  • 50- Heart bar, w-shoe and g-bar
  • 51- Patten bar
  • 52- Z-bar
  • 53- Aluminum fundamentals for farriers
  • 54- Hospital plate
  • 55- Extensions
  • 56- Treating lame and abnormal feet
  • 57- General thoughts on farriery and standards
  • 58- Starting your business
  • 59- Farrier economics
  • 60- Business plan
  • 61- Tips on teaching
  • 62- Practical test strategies
  • 63- Test questions
  • 64- Judging

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"... an incomparable step-by-step handbook on the farrier's craft ..."--Cover.

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