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12/24/2021

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10/26/2021

The life of a farrier.

You get your toes broken and what do you do? Get your boot back on and do five more horses before the end of the day. 😬

09/29/2021

09/07/2021

Spoiling your horse is nothing to brag about, yet many, maybe even you continue to do it.

You can take incredible care of your horse and not spoil them. There is a difference and in fact impossible to do both.

A few years back a student asked me in a clinic what I meant by ‘spoiling a horse’. This was a fantastic question. Many times I’ll refrain from certain terms because they can cause people to put up barriers but at times you have to call a spade and spade, call out the white elephant in the room per se, and create a path to move forward. The horse was downright spoiled.

I’ll share with you what I shared with her.

By definition, to be spoiled is to be: harmed in character by being treated too leniently or indulgently.

None of us want to harm our horses. Yet many are way too lenient or overly indulgent in their horses (and maybe kids too).

Our horses need us to be their leader.
Our horses need us to be consistent.
Our horses need us to be disciplined.
Our horses need us to be willing to provide guidance even when they haven’t asked for it.
Our horses need us to be willing to give them responsibility.
Our horses need us to be willing to hold them accountable.
Our horses need us to be willing to deploy empathy when they need it most.

Our horses need us to be willing to make changes within ourselves so we can better serve them as the leader they deserve.

Those that will say these are human constructs that horses aren’t able to understand, I say false. It is how you present each of these things to your horse that makes all the difference. If presented correctly a horse can easily understand them.

It’s our responsibility to ensure our horses are set up for a lifetime of success within a domesticated environment which we brought them into. Spoiling them will never serve them and nearly every time- these habits don’t start with the horse, they began long before in our own lives. That’s where we must start.

-Colton Woods

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08/22/2021

Borrowed from Dr. Kenneth Marcella DVM:

Just a cautionary mention- With the intense heat that we have been having and our almost nightly thunder showers, the grass right now has been growing like crazy. As I drive around I see everyone cutting their grass over and over and that tells me that we have so much new grass growth that is going to be extremely high in carbohydrates. We have treated 3 new laminitis cases in the last 48 hours. Usually we are fairly safe through the middle of the summer until the later fall because the grass has normally browned out and the intense Georgia heat typically keeps grass growth to a minimum-but not this year. Be careful and watch out for overweight horses grazing exceptionally lush pastures, and even normal pastures that they're usually fine with may be more problematic this summer!

John Duncan APF-I

2004 graduate of Oklahoma Horseshoeing School

Specializing in performance horses

08/16/2021

A few pics from a long weekend of shoeing.

07/21/2021

I have openings in the Pontotoc, Tupelo and New Albany area.

07/09/2021

https://www.quarterhorsenews.com/2021/07/from-the-archives-doc-bar/

A failed racehorse, Doc Bar found glory through his progeny in the cutting, reined cow horse and even reining disciplines.