Robert F. Wiseman - The Complete Horseshoeing Guide
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Here for experts, beginners, and do-it-yourself horse owners is all the information necessary to the modern farriers art of horseshoeing. In this second edition Robert Wiseman describes and illustrates not only basic shoeing techniques but also special shoeing procedures for the American Saddlebred, Quarter Horse, draft horse, parade horse, and race horse, among others. Hoof diseases and defects that cause lameness and sometimes complete disability are clearly defined, with instructions for the corrective shoeing methods necessary to each ailment. A specialized section on metalwork and handmade shoes will appeal to the devotee.
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Horseshoe Variations: This display illustrates some of the commercial, modified, and handmade shoes that can be used. There are hundreds of variations, but these shoes show the main principles involved.
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The Complete Horseshoeing Guide
Second Edition
by Robert F. Wiseman
Norman University of Oklahoma Press
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Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data
Wiseman, Robert F. The complete horseshoeing guide. Bibliography: p. 264. 1. Horseshoeing. 2. HorsesDiseases. I. Title. SF907.W65 1973 636.1'08'33 72-9279 ISBN: 0-8061-1049-X (cloth) ISBN: 0-8061-2719-8 (paper)
Copyright 1968, 1973 by the University of Oklahoma Press, Norman, Publishing Division of the University. All rights reserved. Manufactured in the U.S.A. First printing of the second edition, 1973. First paperback printing, 1995.
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I dedicate this book to my wife, who has been willing to forgo many of today's luxuries and share her husband for many long hours with horses in order that this book, which is the end result of those endeavors, may be written. Let it be our contribution to the horse industry of the future.
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Preface
This book has been written for both the professional farrier and the pleasure-horse owner who wants to do his own shoeing. I have tried to present a practical book of basic principles and methods so that, after studying it, you will be able to do a normal job of shoeing without damage to the horse or his action, and can understand the reason for doing what you do. At the same time I have tried to make it as detailed and complete as possible so that it may be used as a reference. Since the subject is a serious one, I have tried to show the humorous side also. Good books aren't written, they are rewritten. This revised edition is much more complete than the original.
Horseshoeing is an art and offers a real challenge to a man who loves horses and is willing to study and strive for improvement. There is always something new to learn and a better method to master. Shoeing provides pride of accomplishment, and a good farrier quickly earns the respect of those who know enough about his work to understand some of his problems. Shoeing is hard work, but once skill is attained and good equipment
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used, it becomes less difficult. It is said there is something about the outside of a horse that is good for the inside of a man, and the farrier knows this is true.
This book does not deal specifically with anatomy; the subject of anatomy, however, is basic to horseshoeing. Competence includes a thorough understanding of how a sound horse is put together so that an unsound one can be recognized and corrected.
Before proceeding, the reader should be aware that there are two methods of shoeing: hot and cold. In early days shoes were made from iron bars as they were needed. Later hot shoe "blanks" became available. These are heated and cut to size. At present, cold shoeing is the most common method because it requires less skill and equipment. The cold shoes available today are high-quality shoes and so cheap that it doesn't pay to make handmade shoes except when they are needed in special circumstances. Both methods of shoeing, however, are covered here.
This book had its origin in the desire to record for future generations information that is becoming lost in many parts of the world. I have based the material upon my own experience, instruction at the horseshoeing school I attended, the experience of old-time farriers, and associated reference material.
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