NORTH EAST ― The prospect of getting kicked or bitten might keep most people away. For Bill Spellman, it's all part of the job. Spellman, 40, has spent nearly 15 years as a farrier, trimming hooves ...

PEPPERELL — Dave Edmonds sells shoes. He measures the client, adjusts the shoe to fit, and completes the transaction by grooming the area. His clients have four legs. Edmonds shoes horses and has been ...

Keith Warner, owner of KW Horseshoeing based out of Great Barrington, is a second-generation farrier who learned the historic craft nearly 30 years ago while he was still in high school from his ...

"When shoeing a horse, you want to first evaluate what the feet look like from a general, overall standpoint. But I know Jake quite well so I'll just get started," Rennie said. He bends next to the ...

HAVILAH, Calif. (KERO) — Robert Head teaches the art of trimming horses hooves, which involves working with the horse, not against it. Video shows the process of trimming horse hooves on a ranch in ...

JOLIET, Ill. (CN) - A woman says she had to euthanize her mare after it got a bad toenail trim from a bumbling farrier. Joann Postic claims that Jeff Chaffee of Farrier Services crippled her painted ...

Without regular trimming, a horse’s hooves will continue to grow, eventually becoming so long that each hoof curls at the toe. In the wild, horses are constantly on the move and cover varying terrain, ...

Sweat dripped from Sonny Pistilli’s nose and evaporated on the red-hot horseshoe he’d taken out of a burning forge. He’d been pounding steel with a mallet for two hours, his hands like anvils from a ...

Sweat dripped from Sonny Pistilli’s nose and evaporated on the red-hot horseshoe he’d taken out of a burning forge. He’d been pounding steel with a mallet for two hours, his hands like anvils from a ...

For centuries, horseshoes have been seen as essential, but the question of whether all horses truly need them is more complicated than tradition suggests. From protection to comfort, there are many ...