Basic Farrier Course

The Basic Farrier Education Course familiarizes students with the principles, procedures, and skills necessary to develop a professional farrier practice. 

Cases will be taken as they present themselves in class. Given that it is impossible in an 8-week program to physically work on every type of case one may encounter, all cases will be discussed via classroom instruction. 

Principles covered are: Basic barefoot trimming, basic shoeing, performance shoeing, corrective shoeing, anvil/forge work – shoe modifications and hand-made shoes – learning to move the steel, horsemanship skills, equine conformation, diseases of the foot, lower limb anatomy, biomechanics of the horse, dissections, and much more.  

This is not a simple “cut off the long and nail something onto the short” horseshoeing program. Likewise, we do not teach using only the “numbers”. This program is heavily science based and focused on the bio-mechanics of healthy equine movement.  

Our goal is to teach you to read a foot and think thru a protocol by developing a “feel”, using the 5-Guidelines for evaluating hoof health, hoof-mapping techniques, common sense, the knowledge we will teach you, and your skill as it develops. Students will be exhausted both mentally and physically, but if the student applies one's-self, you/they will learn more than they thought possible. The most successful graduates learn how to explain to the client what you are doing and more importantly WHY you are doing it. 

The course offers 320 hours of horseshoeing instruction over an 8- week basic farrier course. 

TOOLS:  Basic Hand Tools must be purchased separately and may be purchased at the Dealer of your choice. 

​TOOLS INCLUDED WHILE IN CLASS:   

We provide large tools such as forges, anvils, grinders vices etc., while you are in class.   

Tuition: $12,000 

Class meets 9am-5pm, Monday-Friday.  

Class size is limited to 8-10 Students. 

Maximum time to complete the class is 8 weeks.  

After hours study and forge practice are encouraged.