Showing posts with label Virginia. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Virginia. Show all posts
Sunday, March 25, 2018

Silent Anvil: Danny Ward, Horseshoeing Teacher and Friend to Farriers

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Horseshoer Danny Ward circa 1990 with part of his impressive collection of hammers at his school in Martinsville, Virginia. (Photo © Hoofc...
Friday, July 29, 2011

Get well, Jessie Ward!

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It's hard to keep a good farrier down, as the staff at a Tennessee hospital are learning. We interrupt this blog to send out a he...
Sunday, November 21, 2010

Video: Virginia Tech Vet School Farrier Volunteered at World Equestrian Games

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It wasn't long ago that this blog was announcing that Travis Burns had been chosen as the first resident farrier to work at the Virgin...
Friday, March 05, 2010

Friends at Work (But for how long?): J. C. Maloyed at Virginia Intermont College

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5 March 2010 | Fran Jurga's Hoof Blog at Hoofcare.com Virginia farrier J. C. Maloyed has survived back surgery and 25 years of ups an...
Thursday, January 21, 2010

Virginia Tech Hires Full-Time Farrier for Veterinary College Post

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20 January 2010 | Fran Jurga's Hoof Blog at Hoofcare.com T ravis Burns will leave his employment with the multi-farrier practice Forgi...
Wednesday, December 16, 2009

Danny Ward Teaches Horseshoeing as a Sound Survival Skill for a Lame Economy

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16 December 2009 | Fran Jurga's Hoof Blog at Hoofcare.com Danny Ward's Horseshoeing School is featured on Blue Ridge Public Televi...
Tuesday, April 21, 2009

Friends at Work: NBC News Says "Thank Goodness" for Paul's Willingness to Share His Knowledge with Farrier Interns

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by Fran Jurga | 21 April 2009 | Fran Jurga's Hoof Blog Please allow time for NBC's "Thank Goodness" video to ...
Sunday, December 21, 2008

The Silent Anvil: Mr. Watson

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Update: Final plans will be announced in the next day or so about a memorial service to be held in Gordonsville, Virgnia, most likely on Sat...
Friday, February 29, 2008

Laminitis Research from the Field to the Feed Room

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Research by Bridgett Byrd (M.S., PhD candidate) at Virginia Tech, was used to create this graph. It shows that pastures at certain times of ...