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Shoeing Right: Advice to Horse Owners from a Working Farrier

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If you are looking for a well priced, informative, easy to read, well illustrated and explained, step by step manual on how to shoe your horse... This is the book for you.

I have bought 4 books, so far, on horse shoeing. This one, "Shoeing Right", is by far the most recommendable: Every part of shoeing a horse is explained and illustrated (with clear, good quality pictures - not just drawings). The next best thing would be a live course on horseshoeing.

I bought several horseshoeing books to help me understand and care for my barefoot horse. This along with "Maximum Horsepower" gave me the best insight into the farriers craft.

It clearly explains hoof balance and angles, discusses the farriers craft, training and costs (something that should get anyone who has complained about shoeing costs thinking!).

I found this book an excellent guide and will use it for reference for many years to come.

This little book does a wonderful job of explaining shoeing basics. If you find yourself utterly mystified by what your farrier does, this will sort you out, and help you to understand the basics of both a proper trim and shoeing (as necessary). Plenty of helpful information even for barefoot extremists, too :)

As a first time horse owner, this book was my introduction to horseshoeing before calling a farrier. The book was an excellent introduction, building on horse anatomy and balance, discussing the theory behind trimming and shoeing, as well as many of the problems that a horse can develop. The presentation was very logical, interesting, and well written. This is not a book that teaches you the techniques to do the trimming and shoeing yourself, but it gave me a good knowledge base to help judge the quality of the farrier's work.

Having been around horses for many years I got this book as a primer on shoeing and trimming. I was pleasantly surprised by the thorough nature and easy to follow flow of this book. Great pictures and a good study of hoof anatomy make this a must have. Buy it to see what your farrier is doing ( or should be doing) or as a starter on doing it yourself.

This is a very basic primer and guide on horseshoeing but not a step by step guide as one review led me to believe and not helpful as I want to do my own trimming. Don't even care about shoeing but only 10 pages of general info on trimming which I already know from years of owning horses and working with farriers. I would hire a farrier to do shoeing yet. Very few pictures and those are in black & white. I learned a lot more with more pictures from Don Baskins' book, Well Shod by western horseman. This one doesn't but even Baskins' book explains more about the shoeing process. I probably know enough to do a basic trim but i just want to know more about avoiding nipping and cutting to far which neither book really does. Guess I'll try another book for more of a step by step process.

But there were not enough rules of thumb. The book did little for me personally to demystify the shoeing practice. No real tips on forging or on technique of any type, which is what I was looking for. Good glossing overview, no insider information.

A horse without sound feet is like a boat without a paddle: pretty to look at, but he ain't going nowhere. If you care about your horse's health & well-being you'll want to educate yourself about all four of those feets.. it is unlikely your horse will communicate to you when your farrier is, well, a horse's patootie. This book should provide you with enough information to discern if your farrier falls into that catagory.
David Krolick is the real deal- he has years of in-the-trenches experience. His writing is intelligent and concise. The book explains the fundamentals & helps you understand what the heck your farrier is trying (or failing)to accomplish. The diagrams and drawings are helpful. He provides you the basic knowledge to ask intelligent questions & make some educated decisions for your animals.
Plus - I know him and he's a swell guy! :-)