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Skip to - What is Good Horse Shoeing? - Table of Contents Free Horseshoeing GuideIs your horse being given the proper hoof care he or she requires? This is a very important question to consider when owning a horse. There are so many very important issues in providing adequate care for your horse's hooves and that's what horse hoof care .net is about - providing you with proper information on current up to date issues in equine hoof care management. Proper Horse Shoeing is one of the foundations of your horses health. A horse that is shod properly will avoid a vast number of lame conditions - as opposed to one that is not shod properly being subjected to a wide array of lameness and health disorders. Here's just a few conditions that can occur due to improper shoeing:
And that's just a few of the conditions that can occur with a poorly done horse shoeing job! As a horse owner, you must be able to assess the quality and relevance of your horses shoe settings. This is a must needed skill. It's very hard to find the answers to questions regarding a proper horse shoeing job. There are so many different opinions out there for the horse owner to come upon, it's important to point out the solid foundational knowledge that has been evolving over the years for the faithful servants to our horses feet. Farriers are blessed with a huge amount of informational sources, some historical, some scientific. It is with this knowledge a farrier is able to professionally asseses each horses situation and provide adequate horse shoes adhering to proper size, shape, angle, traction and numerous other factors for the fit. Obviously, the task of learning the intricacies of the art of farriery is not the goal of every horse owner. But as horse owners we can learn to assess the quality of a horse shoe setting. There are many indicators and signs to look for when a farrier does a horse shoeing job of poor quality. A proper horse shoeing guide for horse owners would be a fantastic way for any person owning a horse to learn to judge their horseshoe settings. All it takes is the knowledge of these signs and you will take your horse ownership to the next level - increasing your horses health and lifespan as a result. Taking proper care of your horses hooves means to not willingly allow him or her to be subjected to a poor horseshoeing job. But - really, how do you know, know if your horses hooves are being taken care of right? Only with correct specific horseshoeing information designed specifically to help you, the horse owner, learn how to properly assess your horses horse shoe setting. 
An old-time smith of 39 years has decided to give back to the community by making some of the observations and insights he has found during his career available. His name is John Emsley and here are just a few of his experiences:
As a horse owner, we all want to know true, sound principles for keeping our horses lives healthy, long and enjoyable. John saw the need for relevant information addressing specific issues that he or a fellow horse owner had. Being a farrier and educator, John has developed a way of cutting to the root of the problem and addressing the question specificly without confusing the issue. Over the years, John has taken note of many questions and through the experience of caring for 10s of thousands of hooves, keeping in the mind the greater good of overall equine health and well-being wrote many an insight into the horse industry. As far back as 1975 - John wrote a guide named "What is Good Shoeing?", and continued to write for several newspapers and magazine publications across the Canadian landscape. Currently John has brought his "What is Good Horse Shoeing" book into the year 2008 - fully revising for clarity, updating in knowledge, and electonically digitizing. It is now available to you online right here and only here. As well, John has agreed to give freely his body of work entitled "Horse Tales" to the equine community. This is a work centering on insights and observations from a professional farriers perspective. There are gems in here that every horse owner should read about. If you do nothing else, at least pick up Horse Tales, it's absolutely free of charge, simply enter your first name and email address in the form above and you should get your first issue right away. Check your inbox every week thereafter for another issue. This will definitely boost your horse sense!
John Emsley Interviewed on Horseshoeing
Now John has developed a proper horse shoeing guide for the horse owner. It's called "What is Good Horse Shoeing?" and addresses this issue in a fantastic way. Through the answering of questions that are directly related to the original question, John provides the horse owner with the knowledge and tools needed to properly assess their horse's shoe settings. As was previously stated, this book is completely updated, revised and digitized for 2008. These are core principals that all horse shoeing may be analyzed by - in simple, easy to understand terms. To quote the front page "Written especially for horse owners in layman's language." This is entirely true. John has constantly fielded a barrage of questions regarding his profession as a farrier. From educating horse owners in the proper care of their horses in clinics, public events and general barn talk, to educating farriers that take up this profession, John has constantly made the process of explaining this art called farriery simple and straight to the point. There are 15 key topics in this book that a horse owner should know when assessing a horseshoeing setting. Additionally, John has created a Shoeing Check List and Shoeing Record for horse owners to print out and take to the barn for reference when looking at a particular shoeing job.
Without further introduction: Contents - What is Good Horse Shoeing?
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