Therapeutic Horseshoeing for theTreatment of Foundered Horses

UPDATE: May 2008
I am holding a Horse Shoeing Informational Clinic
for Horse Owners on May 24, please register by May 17.

I am limiting my practice to a Semi-Retired status. I have built a new shop in Liberty Hill, Texas and will continue to work on horses brought to me at a reduced rate. As long as they can behave. I am available to help any farrier or veterinarian anywhere with problem cases. I bring with me a network of Veterinarians and Farriers as advisors when needed. - Ron

The past ten years have been a real struggle to see these two professions cap their ego's and concentrate on treating hoof related injuries or illness and establishing an on-going maintenance program. The 2007 AAEP convention in San Antonio, Texas brought Equine Podiatry into the open. More and more farriers are getting involved in Podiatry programs as this concept is encouraged by more and more vet clinics. The American Farriers Association is now offering a new class of certification to all Journeymen Farriers, " Therapeutic Endorsement ".

Ron Marshall, a fourty-eight year veteran farrier, certified with the American Farriers Association (# 4959), is teaming up with veterinarians and AFA certified farriers to provide a state wide equine podiatry network.
Education of horse owner and trainer is just as important as educating vet and farrier as we move into the high tech phase and the TEAM APPROACH to corrective or therapeutic shoeing. Did you know ? Hoof and Joint Care in Older Horse Transition Horses to Spring Pasture Gradually Simple Steps to Keeping Your Horse's Hooves Healthy Did You Know the Hoof is a Smart Structure? With the ability to take acurate measurements of the position of the internal structures, it is possible to reposition bone angle, measure and document sole depth, compair internal changes as the internal structures are manipulated from one x-ray to the next and from one shoeing period to the next. These measurments are the key to controlling the position of the internal structures as new hoof develops and maintaining proper alignment and position of these structures througout the rest of the horse's career. see Correspondance	UPDATE: May 2008 I am holding a Horse Shoeing Informational Clinic for Horse Owners on May 24, please register by May 17. I am limiting my practice to a Semi-Retired status. I have built a new shop in Liberty Hill, Texas and will continue to work on horses brought to me at a reduced rate. As long as they can behave. I am available to help any farrier or veterinarian anywhere with problem cases. I bring with me a network of Veterinarians and Farriers as advisors when needed. - Ron The past ten years have been a real struggle to see these two professions cap their ego's and concentrate on treating hoof related injuries or illness and establishing an on-going maintenance program. The 2007 AAEP convention in San Antonio, Texas brought Equine Podiatry into the open. More and more farriers are getting involved in Podiatry programs as this concept is encouraged by more and more vet clinics. The American Farriers Association is now offering a new class of certification to all Journeymen Farriers, " Therapeutic Endorsement ".