Description:
Using a combination of lectures and hands-on labs, this course will offer the professional horseman and horse enthusiast up-to-date information and experience in the care and management of the equine hoof. Participants will learn to recognize quality farrier work and gain understanding on how to trim and shoe a horse. Instructors will offer ideas and techniques used to maintain the hoof in a healthy state. Topics to be covered will include: equine hoof anatomy and physiology, equine limb form and function, creating the balanced foot through trimming, strategies for improving and maintaining soundness, basic and corrective shoeing, and selection of farriers tools. Hands-on labs will include: evaluating equine movement, trimming the hoof, & shoe the hoof. This course is designed for the horse owner ages 19 and older seeking to further their knowledge concerning care and management of the equine foot and basic hoof trimming. An unlimited number of participants can attend Day 1 which includes lectures. Participants wishing to participate in the laboratory sessions and actually trim and show a horse should enroll for both Days 1 and 2. Participation on Day 2 is limited to the first thirty students on a first come basis. Completion of the course will not qualify participants to be a farrier. Individuals seeking to become a farrier will need to acquire additional training. Participants completing the two-day short course will receive 1.3 Continuing Education Credits through North Carolina State University. Visit http://www.cals.ncsu.edu/an_sci/extension/horse/SC_Clinic/SCmain.htm for more information