Skunk Creek Ranch & Horseshoeing, LLC

10/15/2024

Ever wondered how our anatomy compares to a horse’s? 🧐 Check out this colorful schematic of a human foot and a horse’s hind limb! Did you know that our heel is actually the equivalent of the point of the hock in a horse? 🦶➡️🐴

08/03/2024

Why does your farrier require you to stay on a schedule if you stay with him? Is he just wanting more money? Is he just taking advantage of you? Absolutely not. It’s all about keeping the horse’s foot as consistent as possible. Too many people think “oh, they don’t look bad so they don’t need done.” When in reality, if they do look good inbetween cycles, and they still look good when they are due next…that’s a compliment to the job the farrier has done.

For every 1 centimeter of extra toe, it’s an added 50 kilograms of force on the tendons. If you do the conversion, that’s 110lbs of extra tension!!!!! Think about the pain a horse has with toes that are 4-5” long. Or, on a horse that’s only done once or twice a year. So, when a farrier requires or asks that their clients stay on a schedule, it’s for the benefit of the horse. It’s our job as farriers to do what we can to keep our client horses both sound and comfortable.

06/09/2024

It was great to be able to be a part of the KFA cert this weekend!

05/05/2024

If there were any questions whatsoever, clips on horseshoes have been in use for centuries. This particular photo is from the Great War. There were also a vast number of nail holes to give multiple nailing options for each individual horse.

Great image from 1915 possibly stocking up for the horses heading off to war or getting them all shod before they left.

01/12/2024

International Equine Veterinarian Hall of Famer Jack Roth, a major figure in the hoof-care community, has died at the age of 80.

01/12/2024

Riley Kirkpatrick is going to do a demo at the Winter Clinic once again. Riley has turned just about every stone over in the blacksmithing world and it has been fun to watch his journey. Family, hunting, fishing, photography, Gavine and his Podcast. They have broke down the farrier industry to the nuts and bolts and interviewed countless points of view for us to re-exam again and again. With just about all our clinicians we have a basic theme, which is we as an industry need more fundamentals of skill sets and basics. Forging which was once symbiotic with trimming and fitting now has become an option. Some points of view actually think that shoe making sets you back in your way of thinking. This is not what we or our clinicians believe. Riley is going to talk about a plan of attack when moving metal. Make your way down to the Winter Clinic in Amarillo, TX @ Well Shod February 8th, 9th, and 10th. Education the way it should be, FUN!