hello from from northern Vermont

[vthorseshoe]

I am a full time farrier and shoe only drafthorses.

http://www.nedrafthorseshoeing.com

I shoe animals used for logging, sleighs, hay wagons, riding drafts, working drafts,and one large stable of Belian Hitch horses.
I don’t shoe pulling horses used in competition.

I am the founder of Vermont Farriers Association and their first past President.

The only job I have had for years is shoeing. I do nothing else.

I believe in educating the public and the horse owner and put on a number of clinics and just came back from Ohio where i was invited to speak at the “International Hoof Care Conference”
November 8/9th i have been asked if I would care to speak at the 25th Farriers Conference at Cornell University.

I have produced a DVD on schooling your horse to come out of the stocks and stand quietly for the farrier or vet.

I aso have started a 3 day school where a farrier or owner can ride with me for 3 days and I will work with them on becoming more comfortable with drafts.
I will cover or work on almost anything that is needed to help you gain control of your animal without abuseing it.

That is it !!!
That is who I am.
What I am.
And what I do.
I enjoy answering questions and do my best to give you the most up to date information available.

I look forward to reading all your questions/answers/problems o this bulleting board.

Bruce Matthews 😉

[cdfarm]

Glad to see you got on the site without any problems!

Great Video, if we must say so!!!

Keep up the good work.

[vthorseshoe]

Yes I enjoyed looking over the site last night.
It is well done and a good venue for information and meeting folks of similar interests.

Sorry I missed you the other day George, but had a super visit with Mellisa and a wrm cup of coffee.

Glad you like the DVD.

Bruce Matthews 😀

[virtualgirl]

Bruce, I live in Newport, VT and would LOVE to spend 3 days following you around and learning all that I can about shoeing horses and anything else you have to offer. Unfortunately, I am scheduled for shoulder surgery this Friday, July 25, 2008, but would be most interested in setting something up for this Fall! Please contact me at your earliest convience. Thank you…..

[Mastro]

Hi Bruce,

your website is very intesresting.

I’d like to know if you are knowleadgable about donkey hooves care.

It’s NOT the same as horse hooves care and specialists in this field are rare…

If you have any info in this field, i’m interested. And i’m located close to Northern Vermont !

[vthorseshoe]

Hello and I appoligize for being absent from this site for a few months.
It has been a busy season for me and I am now heading a committee for the American Farriers Association and that is keeping me from sleeping ,much.

I just returned from a 5 day tour of Nova Scotia and Prince Edwards Island.
It was my birthday present to myself this year.

The person wanting to travel with me contact me 802-279-5367

The Canadian gentle3man in Sherbrooke with questions on donkeys, yes I have experience. I do the donkeys at Shelburne Farms in Vermont.
I do understand the difference in trimming a donkey and a horse.
Many don’t.

Once again I am sorry for being gone so long.

UPDATE on my DVD. It is selling very well and I have put on one clinic in Rhode Island a few months back and the end of this month I will be in Bethel, Ohio putting on a 2 day clinic on how tgo school your draft or horse to stand quietly for the farrier or vet.

November 8th I will be speaking at Cornell University and putting on a demonstration with my harness and schooling method in front of a houseful of farriers from all over the USA.

Contact me at vthorseshoe@aol.com if interested in my DVD.

Bruce

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