Enjoy the soothing sights of a farrier expertly shoeing a horse's hoof. The precision and technique involved in this craft are both satisfying and impressive. Trump suffers major blow in Ukraine poll ...

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 ...

When you watch Steve Shutler pick up a horse’s hoof in preparation for a shoeing, you can tell he’s made the same practiced motions at least a thousand times. Shutler is a horse shoer, or farrier, as ...

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 ...

Farriering is an age-old profession and has been vital to horse care for centuries. Even though most do not travel via horse and carriage anymore or rely on a horse-drawn plow to farm their fields, ...

Ross Smith, Moose Jaw, Saskatchewan, Canada, has shod horses for 40 years—a career that led him to develop an innovative tool for balancing a horse’s hoof when trimming and shoeing. “I grew up on a ...

DICKINSON, N.D. - Horseshoes, and the people who shod them, have gone hand-in-hand with the rise and fall of nations since time immemorial. Historical evidence of horseshoes and horse husbandry exists ...

Spencer Ray of Buhl takes joy in the physical work of shoeing horses, and feels a sense of accomplishment when a job is done. Just don’t expect him to pass the skill along to the next generation. “I’m ...

Should horses and similar animals wear horseshoes or go “barefoot?” It’s not a facetious question. Horse owners have strong opinions on both sides. Sometimes it’s hard to imagine that nature’s own way ...

PHILADELPHIA — 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 ...