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10/11/2023

12/07/2022

My name is April and I am trying to raise funds to help my husband to reap the benefits of … April Anne Markunas needs your support for Therapy of the horses

11/17/2022

ONE THING IN COMMON: I’ve always run a multi discipline farrier service. I’ve pretty much have shod every discipline under the sun. No matter what style people choose to ride, I’ve noticed we all have one thing in common and that’s the love for horses!

11/17/2022

10/22/2022

AHORA YA SABEN PORQUE EL MOÑO ROSA EN LOS CABALLOS DE CUADRA CAROLINA.
EL PRIETITO FUE DIAGNOSTICADO CON CANCER Y PRONTO EMPIESA SUS TRATAMIENTOS Y DEJA LAS MONTAS DE CABALLOS TEMPORALMENTE.
ESPEREMOS Y TODO SALGA PERFECTO PARA VOLVERLO A VER PRONTO ARRIBA DE LOS CABALLOS.
DIOS LO BENDIGA AL PRIETITO Y LE DE LA FUERZA PARA SALIR DE ESTA.

ESTOS TRATAMIENTOS SON MUY CAROS, ASI QUE VAMOS A AYUDAR Y PONER NUESTRO GRANITO DE ARENA.
AQUI TE PONGO EL LINK DEL GOFUNDME PARA QUE AYUDEN CON LO QUE GUSTEN PARA EL COMPA PRIETITO.
DIOS LOS BENDIGA A TODOS.
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10/11/2022

My name is April and I am trying to raise funds to help my husband to reap the benefits of horse… April Markunas needs your support for Therapy of the horses

10/11/2022

05/17/2022

12/27/2021

05/09/2021

What should be but isn’t!

If we take the same heel length & change the angle, we would have a totally different hoof & will have created alignment

As can be seen it has nothing to do with the toe length.

02/03/2021

Your Farrier will love this mug so much. Find the favorite breed here: https://cutt.ly/fjMXI1v

09/12/2020

03/18/2020

I'm writing this as a public service announcement to the horse community. I have been.a professional farrier for over 34 years and will share it to various horse Community pages please feel free to do so as well if you wish.
Where the coronavirus situation is concerned I urge all horse owners to think realistically and not emotionally.
I understand everyone's concern but I also understand that life must go on and that bills do go on as well.
Your local farrier is an independent business person who does not have the safety net that those who are not self-employed have through the government or business they are employed by.
That being said you are their safety net and they depend on you to make it from day today.

So I asked that if at all possible and your financial situation hasn't changed significantly, that you try not to postpone your normal farrier visits for both the benefit of your horse and the farrier who you depend on throughout the year.
If you were to ask to be postponed for a week or two and the people who are scheduled a week or two from now do not..... then more than likely you won't get your horses feet taken care of as needed for quite some time due to the backlog that this kind of issue creates.

Please think about a couple things in terms of your farrier coming to your farm.
By nature of the business the farrier spends his day pretty much Social distancing from everybody other than your horse.
Basically what he's touching is probably the dirtiest part of your horse . And your farrier is doing this on a daily basis and as such the farrier puts himself at great risk every single day of getting some kind of bacterial infection.

So trust me .... your farrier is in very much danger every single time he puts his hands on your horse; which of course you are as well.

So when you leave the barn after picking your horses feet I trust that you will wash your hands thoroughly which I can assure you I do more often now than I ever did before.

Also if you postpone your farrier until you deem it safe (whenever that is). When your farrier can finally get in there to work on your horse... by that time your horses feet will need additional work other than the normal maintenance you have been used to.
It would be unrealistic to expect your farrier to do the additional work needed to return your horse back to the well taken care of hooves that your horse used to have without additional cost to you. It will take him more time and more expertise to reverse the adverse effects and therefore should be compensated for that if that occurs.

So I urge you before you cancel your next farrier appointment.... that you be realistic in making that determination.
Your farrier is taking risk by going out and putting fuel in his truck and picking up supplies and all the other things are involved behind the scenes that the horse owner never sees and he's willing to do that without regard to his own safety , as a way to feed his family and take care of your horses feet.
Let's all be safe out there but let's also all be reasonable in our decision making process

03/17/2020

The AAEP have good suggestions for keeping us animal lovers and caretakers safe and healthy. Hope it helps all of us navigate this time safely.

**Please remember I see plenty of people throughout the day and while I don’t want to get sick, I even more don’t want to get anyone else sick!**

AAEP PROTOCOL
* Hand sanitization for all clients entering and leaving clinic/hospital
* Institute no hand-shaking policy. Hand sanitization between all client interactions.
* Limit number of individuals attending appointments to one owner or handler per horse. Additional owners can be asked to join the appt via video chat or speaker phone.
* Ensure those responsible for cleaning environment and equipment are using appropriate disinfectants.
* Prior to appts, communicate healthy practice procedures to clients. Reschedule appts of any client exhibiting symptoms of illness or those who have travelled to an area of active transmission within the last 2 weeks. If animal is in need or immediate care and the owner is ill, ask owner to arrange alternate handler/transport.
* Temporarily waive cancellation policies for ill owners.
* Conduct telemedicine rechecks for patients when possible.
* Reschedule client education seminars and other group practice events.

03/02/2020

New to horses? What do you see? Thanks for this Christoph Schork and EasyCareInc

03/02/2020

Farrier Myths and Misconceptions - the faster a farrier goes, the better they are at their job. Well ... not necessarily. "Nobody likes standing in the barn in the heat/cold waiting through any kind of visit from an equine professional, but speed is never the mark of a quality farrier. Farriers will vary widely in how much time it takes to complete a job, even if they’re doing similar kinds of trimming or shoeing and working on similarly well-behaved horses. Some farriers are perfectionists in every regard and spend a lot of time creating a polished look, while others might go in more for functionality. The time that goes into a job won’t tell you as much as the finished hoof does. If the hoof is level, balanced and properly supported, the farrier has done their job, regardless of the time they took to do it." Source: Cindy McCann @ The Farrier Guide. Photo by Jonathan Bean