bikina
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Does anyone know where you can learn basic foot management and emergency shoeing without paying through the nose for it?
Learning to shoe?!
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Tia
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Which country are you in?
There's one in Oklahoma where it takes a couple of weeks to do a basic course learning how to fit a shoe and how to trim etc. http://www.horseshoes.com/schools/okschool/contents/contents.htm
If you are in England then I believe it is illegal for anyone who is not a registered farrier to put a shoe on....although you are allowed to take a shoe off.
There's one in Oklahoma where it takes a couple of weeks to do a basic course learning how to fit a shoe and how to trim etc. http://www.horseshoes.com/schools/okschool/contents/contents.htm
If you are in England then I believe it is illegal for anyone who is not a registered farrier to put a shoe on....although you are allowed to take a shoe off.
Happytohack
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In the UK only a qualified farrier can legally shoe a horse.
bikina
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In Switzerland, there are courses in horse travel and trail riding, where learning to shoe in an emergency is covered in the syllabus. Is there such a course (even if not including shoeing) that is run in the UK? Have looked but couldn't finid one.
Tia
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Courses for what? Sorry am I being dense here?
Barefoot trimming?
bikina
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Courses for trail riding and all aspects of it - eg shoeing, camping, packing etc!