Farrier Associations
American Farrier's Association
The Brotherhood of Working Farriers Association
The Guild of Professional Farriers
Other Resources
Doug Butler Enterprises, Inc - Doug is the author of the classic text Principles of Horseshoeing II, the defacto gold standard for those preparing for the certification exams.
The Farrier and Hoofcare Resource Center - This site is the definitive resource for farriery on the web today. Includes discussion forums, online chats and seminars, educational resources, extensive marketplace links to suppliers, information on current hoof research and a wealth of other hoof care and horse health information. If you frequent only one farriery site on the web, this should be the one.
Hoofcare and Lameness - This site will keep you up-to-date on new research, new products, and what's new in the hoof world. Features excellent writing, high quality graphics and a daily blog by the editor of Hoofcare and Lameness magazine.
Hoof Science Equine Hoof and Leg Models - If you haven't seen Allie Hayes' equine and bovine hoof models-- these are preserved specimens of actual legs and hooves-- or even if you have, take a look now.
Recommended Reading
- Principles of Horseshoeing II by Butler
- Elements of Farrier Science by Canfield
- Limbs of the Equine by Leroy Amos
- Farriery by Hickman
- The Principles and Practice of Horseshoeing by Holmes
- Lameness in Horses by Adams
- Hickman's Farriery by Hickman and Humphrey
- American Farriers Journal March/April 1988
- Farrier Science Study Guide and Workbook by Butler
- Adams' Lameness in Horses by Stashak
- 1992 AFA Convention Daytona Beach Lecture by Balch
- 1992 AFA Convention Daytona Beach Lecture by Bramlich
- 1993 MEFA Meeting Sharon Center Lecture by Moore
- The Lame Horse by Rooney
- Biomechanics of the Lame Horse by Rooney
- Horse Foot Studies by Pollitt
