| The Kentucky Horseshoeing School was founded | | | | biomechanics, equine movement, and |
| in 1978 and is located in Mount Eden | | | | conformation. This program will teach |
| Kentucky. This school is focused on | | | | students how to properly trim and shoe horses |
| understanding balanced shoeing through a | | | | to achieve proper foot balance and maintain |
| combination of intense anatomy, physiology | | | | the limb. This course will go beyond the |
| and biomechanical training. The goal of the | | | | basic shoeing of sound horses with readymade |
| Kentucky Horseshoeing School is to produce | | | | shoes. This program will teach students how |
| the very best entry level farriers in the | | | | to build shoes and will teach them all of the |
| country. | | | | aspects of remedial and therapeutic shoeing. |
| | | | Besides learning how to use farrier tools, |
| Students can choose from a variety of | | | | students will learn how to make a variety of |
| different course lengths to suit what their | | | | different tools including forging tools. This |
| needs and desires are. The shortest course | | | | will incorporate both basic welding and |
| that is available is the two week trim | | | | farrier skills. |
| course. This course is designed for horse | | | | |
| owners who would like to be able to maintain | | | | Besides trimming and shoeing, students will |
| their own horse's feet in the absence of a | | | | also learn how to diagnose and treat a |
| professional farrier. This course places a | | | | variety of equine lameness by acquiring a |
| great deal of emphasis on basic limb and foot | | | | strong foundation that will help students |
| anatomy, functions of the foot, movement, | | | | sort facts from fiction in the field of |
| identifying problems and basic foot health. | | | | farrier science. Students will also learn how |
| Students will learn how to pasture trim, pull | | | | to read radiographs and communicate with |
| shoes, level hooves, and reapply pulled shoes | | | | owners and veterinarians to create the best |
| when their farrier is unavailable. | | | | treatment plan for each individual horse. |
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| The next course that is available is the | | | | Once a student has completed the twenty two |
| eight week basic farrier course. This course | | | | week course, they may choose to continue |
| is designed for owners who want to trim and | | | | their education by choosing to perform an |
| shoe their own sound horses. This course will | | | | internship. The KHS Farrier Internship |
| teach students how to use and maintain | | | | Program requires that each student maintain a |
| farrier tools, how to trim and balance a | | | | minimum of 80% average on all of their |
| horse's hooves, how to shape and nail | | | | practical and written work. Each student is |
| readymade shoes without the use of a forge. | | | | placed with a master farrier for a minimum of |
| Some of the basic forging techniques that | | | | six months. Students must follow the syllabus |
| will be covered are hot seating, forging toe | | | | that is provided by KHS and each student's |
| clips and punching holes in factory shoes. | | | | progress is monitored by KHS for the entire |
| | | | six month period. Most of the internships |
| The sixteen week advanced program is designed | | | | that are available are paid and many students |
| for people who want to become skilled in | | | | who have successfully completed an internship |
| trimming and hot shoeing horses. This course | | | | have been able to start their professional |
| will place an emphasis on using factory made | | | | farrier careers at the top of the pay scale. |
| shoes. In this course, students are | | | | |
| introduced to more advance practices like | | | | What a great program! I hope you enjoyed this |
| tool building and maintenance. | | | | little article and we ask that you might |
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| The twenty two week career track course is | | | | time please bookmark them and stop by and say |
| designed to produce comprehensively trained, | | | | hello at our horse forum. |
| entry level farriers. This is a performance | | | | |
| based curriculum designed for students that | | | | Thanks, |
| have very high expectations for themselves. | | | | |
| This course will take the student through an | | | | HorseChitChat. |
| in depth study of anatomy, physiology, | | | | |