Vulcan Farriery & Blacksmith

Vulcan Farriery & Blacksmith - Farrier Services, Handmade shoes, Therapeutic shoes.
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Hey team,It's been a very long time between posts but I will look to keep this more updated as I go through the year.The...
13/05/2026

Hey team,
It's been a very long time between posts but I will look to keep this more updated as I go through the year.

The biggest update I'm here to talk about is the move I'm making. After debating on which direction to take I've decided to challenge myself and move to the mighty Waikato (Don't worry I still support the crusaders).

I fully believe to keep growth happening you need to put yourself out of your comfort zone and push yourself into the unknown. So that's what I'm planning. I don't have any contacts, friends or family there but already I've had a great and positive response from the people I've reached out to and who have reached out to me.

It's very bittersweet as I will miss all of my clients that I've come to call friends and the horses (good and bad ;) ) but I know it's not a goodbye, it's an I'll see you later.

For now though if anyone does have friends or contacts up there both owners, farriers, vets and body workers feel free to send their details on!

As always it's been a pleasure to service Canterbury and Bandit and I are looking forward to the new adventure!

Much love,

Rhys & Bandit

Graduated the Heartland Horseshoeing Journeyman Farrier Course, safe to say the most challenging and fulfilling stage of...
26/09/2023

Graduated the Heartland Horseshoeing Journeyman Farrier Course, safe to say the most challenging and fulfilling stage of my life so far and extremely excited to get into the industry back in New Zealand.

I’ll be returning to Canterbury at the start of October and taking bookings from 16th October as the first 2 weeks are fully booked.

Feel free to message me with any questions you have!

Rhys

Another interesting day here in Missouri. Something that I haven’t seen in New Zealand but an issue that comes up a lot ...
04/09/2023

Another interesting day here in Missouri. Something that I haven’t seen in New Zealand but an issue that comes up a lot here.

White line disease.

Here we have done a resection of the foot and applied a W shoe. As long as oxygen is allowed to kill the disease this foot should grow back out to its normal self and be healthy again.

A couple of tidy ups that we did for some horses that were very overdue.This was a Morgan horse and had missed a few cyc...
04/09/2023

A couple of tidy ups that we did for some horses that were very overdue.

This was a Morgan horse and had missed a few cycles so we did what we could and will look to improve further on the next cycle.

Interesting day here in Missouri.First time shoeing Amish horses, the one I ended up doing had a severe case of scalping...
15/08/2023

Interesting day here in Missouri.

First time shoeing Amish horses, the one I ended up doing had a severe case of scalping. The scalping is where the borium/drilltek hits the hind feet and wears away the hoof wall until it inevitably gets to the coffin bone. From what we could tell we think he had worn through at least half to 2/3 of the hoof wall and was in some serious pain.

Due to the Amish using their horses for transport in carts they need borium/drilltek on their shoes to help with wear.

We made handmade shoes for this guy, with rocker toes on the front and extended heels in the hinds. Aim of the game was to make him as comfortable as possible. They have a local Amish who shoes their horses so we did the best we can and hope we get to see him again.

Extremely interesting to see these horses that are still used as they would be hundreds of years ago.

Hey everyone, I'm currently still in America at Heartland Horseshoeing school, but looking to arrive back in NZ for Octo...
06/08/2023

Hey everyone, I'm currently still in America at Heartland Horseshoeing school, but looking to arrive back in NZ for October 8th.

I'll be available for bookings starting Monday 9th October.

Feel free to flick me a message to get booked in.

Thanks!

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