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Meet Abigail!

Abigail has recently started apprenticing for Cody a couple days of the week until she goes to farrier school. You can read some more about her below and what she’s learning right now. “Working with horses has always been a dream for me. As long as I can remember, spending time around horses has been …

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The Pursuit of More

One of the many things I love about this trade is that there is always more to learn. While a person could always assume that they know much while knowing little, this profession has the opportunity for a boundless amount of learning. DFS is built on the foundation of education, this year is no exception. …

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Working Wounded

Unfortunately near the end of November I ended up with a laceration on my hand that made it so I couldn’t swing a hammer or use the hand to squeeze at all. Something like this really makes you stop and appreciate how much we take for granted in being able to do daily tasks. Since …

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IFA Fall Clinic 2020

While most of our work at DFS is based around traditional trimming and shoeing techniques on sound horses, most especially english sport horses, there are times that we need to work on horses with extra special needs due to some type of pathology. When these needs arise it is imperative that we have the education …

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Shoe Type & Selection

When it comes to selecting the appropriate shoe for your horse there are literally hundreds if not thousands of options in different types, styles, and brands when it comes to keg (machine made) shoes. While every brand has several different styles of shoes each with different features, shoes can really be broken into just a …

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Giving Back

At Dixie’s Farrier Service, we are committed to living out our core values. In doing so, we are driven to give back to our community, both the horse world as well as the general community. In the horse community, we are happy to offer multiple free education events each year. We have presented at various …

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