March 2009 graduate of Kentucky Horseshoeing School's 24 week career path course, the longest offered at the time. I completed an American Farrier's Association PreCertification Workshop while attending school, passing my shoe display and written tests. Southeast Missouri's only AFA Certified Farrier. Apprenticed for a year and a half under John Voigt, from Carbondale, IL.
�I do only hot shoeing,
with most shoes being clipped to help hold hoes on.
�I handmake ALL my therapeutic shoes. It allows a custom fit and nail hole placement when the horse needs the support most. Therapeutic shoeing is not a time to compromise fit.
�I offer adding drill tech to the shoes, if requested.
�I'm by no means the cheapest, but I honestly believe I offer the best VALUE in the area, in terms of knowledge of equine anatomy and biomechanics, shoe making, and knowing appropriate shoes for given conditions. If I make a recommendation, it is for the benefit of the HORSE, not my pocketbook.
