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Someone has put AFA as a farrier's qualification for the USA. Is AFA an actual qualification in the USA, or the awarding body? Readers should be able to find out what exact qualifications they should expect a farrier to have. - Please help. Ashfan83 11:04, 26 May 2006 (UTC)Ashfan83
T-bonham 02:24, 12 February 2007 (UTC)
Also it would be helpful if someone from the USA could give a rough cost of a set of four shoes and labour in $. Ashfan83 11:08, 26 May 2006 (UTC)===This page could use some rewriting!=== A whole lot of it seems to treat the horse as a pampered pet, instead of a working livestock animal. There's a lot of confusion between "must" and "should", resulting in inaccuracies. For example, the very first statement on the page is false: "A horse or pony requires a check at least once a day." Requires? -- horses can survive quite well without a daily check. I know people who have broodmare herds living out in pastures, which may only be seen once or twice a week in summertime. But they are in very good health, and many have lived to a ripe old age. If you want to say horses should be checked daily, fine (though that's opinion, and might run afoul of the NPOV restriction). What horses require is feed and water; we should start out saying that.
Also, a lot of this is written with British wording, and no indication what that means in other countries (like USA & Canada). For example:
I think we need to put some effort into this article. Basic info is here, but it could be much clearer. T-bonham 05:36, 12 February 2007 (UTC)
I was suffering from a cold & lack of sleep, and so was in a very bad mood when I wrote the above. Please overlook the snotty tone of that message. I think the points are still valid, but I didn't have to be so nasty about it. T-bonham 21:01, 12 February 2007 (UTC)
Shoeing and Hoof care
I am very concerned that this area has implied that only if the horse is a youngster or not in work then it can cope without being shod. Numerous long-distance horses are currently barefoot (and probably healthier for it). This section on horse care is very outdated.
Horses can be shod or unshod. The choices of this are completly down to the owner/rider and how much care and attention they wish to spend. Zarifagain 18:45, 25 March 2007 (UTC)
I am also very concerned that the writer of this article hasn't mentioned worm counts, that fields can be poo picked, rotated or grazed by different animals to reduce the possibilities of worms. Also that the writer hasn't explained the iprotance of worming for different types of worms during different seasons. Zarifagain 18:51, 25 March 2007 (UTC)
Did quite a bit of re-writing on the wormer section today. Added more details, and a lot of links for each type of worm, etc.
I'm still working on a table to show the 3-4 chemical classes of wormers, the individual chemicals in each class, and example brand names. Plus I hope to show what types of worms each one kills.
But now I have to go take a shower -- all this study on worms is making me feel itchy all over!
(When it's all added, the wormer section may be too long, also. Might want to consider splitting that out into another article.) T-bonham 11:15, 2 June 2007 (UTC)
Today I replaced the old list of wormer chemicals with a table listing the 4 chemical classes, the chemicals in each one, and some sample brand names. Possible additions to this would be
I have some of the info for this, but not all of it yet.
If I added this, I think the whole section would be too long and detailed. So then I would suggest moving all this to a new topic "Equine Worming" and reducing the content here to only 2 paragraph: horse parasite load/why worm, and 2 basic methods of worming. T-bonham 06:56, 14 July 2007 (UTC)
The writer has stated that each horse must have a dental visit once a year!! This is not strictly true. They have also mentioned that horses who do not like having their teeth rasped must be sedated - again not strictly true, and this decision would be down to the EDT and owner. Zarifagain 18:53, 25 March 2007 (UTC)
I would suggest instead of hysterical criticism, people help improve the article by adding WELL -WRITTEN, researched, verifiable material. Montanabw 01:31, 26 March 2007 (UTC)
I did a chunk of work on this article today. I threw out a lot of material that is better covered elsewhere, particularly on equine nutrition, which now has its own article, and I tried to skate a balance between barefoot and shod horses that won't get either side into hysterics. A lot of this article was centered on practices in the UK from the sound of things, tried to make is a little more international, but I'm in the USA, so may have just made it more US-centric. If there are Aussies or other forms of English-speakers on this board, please add additional terminology or whatever. Worms, vaccinations, and climate issues do vary a lot. There's nothing here on regional issues for Africa or India, be nice to add something. Overall hope it helped. Montanabw 04:04, 26 March 2007 (UTC)
Some minor edits:
T-bonham 08:15, 28 March 2007 (UTC)
T-bonham 08:56, 28 March 2007 (UTC)
OK, I've revised the First Aid Kit part, and added some items to it. T-bonham 03:40, 31 March 2007 (UTC)
Does anyone have any info on the benefit of electric therapy for horses?
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Someone has put AFA as a farrier's qualification for the USA. Is AFA an actual qualification in the USA, or the awarding body? Readers should be able to find out what exact qualifications they should expect a farrier to have. - Please help. Ashfan83 11:04, 26 May 2006 (UTC)Ashfan83
T-bonham 02:24, 12 February 2007 (UTC)
Also it would be helpful if someone from the USA could give a rough cost of a set of four shoes and labour in $. Ashfan83 11:08, 26 May 2006 (UTC)===This page could use some rewriting!=== A whole lot of it seems to treat the horse as a pampered pet, instead of a working livestock animal. There's a lot of confusion between "must" and "should", resulting in inaccuracies. For example, the very first statement on the page is false: "A horse or pony requires a check at least once a day." Requires? -- horses can survive quite well without a daily check. I know people who have broodmare herds living out in pastures, which may only be seen once or twice a week in summertime. But they are in very good health, and many have lived to a ripe old age. If you want to say horses should be checked daily, fine (though that's opinion, and might run afoul of the NPOV restriction). What horses require is feed and water; we should start out saying that.
Also, a lot of this is written with British wording, and no indication what that means in other countries (like USA & Canada). For example:
I think we need to put some effort into this article. Basic info is here, but it could be much clearer. T-bonham 05:36, 12 February 2007 (UTC)
I was suffering from a cold & lack of sleep, and so was in a very bad mood when I wrote the above. Please overlook the snotty tone of that message. I think the points are still valid, but I didn't have to be so nasty about it. T-bonham 21:01, 12 February 2007 (UTC)
Shoeing and Hoof care
I am very concerned that this area has implied that only if the horse is a youngster or not in work then it can cope without being shod. Numerous long-distance horses are currently barefoot (and probably healthier for it). This section on horse care is very outdated.
Horses can be shod or unshod. The choices of this are completly down to the owner/rider and how much care and attention they wish to spend. Zarifagain 18:45, 25 March 2007 (UTC)
I am also very concerned that the writer of this article hasn't mentioned worm counts, that fields can be poo picked, rotated or grazed by different animals to reduce the possibilities of worms. Also that the writer hasn't explained the iprotance of worming for different types of worms during different seasons. Zarifagain 18:51, 25 March 2007 (UTC)
Did quite a bit of re-writing on the wormer section today. Added more details, and a lot of links for each type of worm, etc.
I'm still working on a table to show the 3-4 chemical classes of wormers, the individual chemicals in each class, and example brand names. Plus I hope to show what types of worms each one kills.
But now I have to go take a shower -- all this study on worms is making me feel itchy all over!
(When it's all added, the wormer section may be too long, also. Might want to consider splitting that out into another article.) T-bonham 11:15, 2 June 2007 (UTC)
Today I replaced the old list of wormer chemicals with a table listing the 4 chemical classes, the chemicals in each one, and some sample brand names. Possible additions to this would be
I have some of the info for this, but not all of it yet.
If I added this, I think the whole section would be too long and detailed. So then I would suggest moving all this to a new topic "Equine Worming" and reducing the content here to only 2 paragraph: horse parasite load/why worm, and 2 basic methods of worming. T-bonham 06:56, 14 July 2007 (UTC)
The writer has stated that each horse must have a dental visit once a year!! This is not strictly true. They have also mentioned that horses who do not like having their teeth rasped must be sedated - again not strictly true, and this decision would be down to the EDT and owner. Zarifagain 18:53, 25 March 2007 (UTC)
I would suggest instead of hysterical criticism, people help improve the article by adding WELL -WRITTEN, researched, verifiable material. Montanabw 01:31, 26 March 2007 (UTC)
I did a chunk of work on this article today. I threw out a lot of material that is better covered elsewhere, particularly on equine nutrition, which now has its own article, and I tried to skate a balance between barefoot and shod horses that won't get either side into hysterics. A lot of this article was centered on practices in the UK from the sound of things, tried to make is a little more international, but I'm in the USA, so may have just made it more US-centric. If there are Aussies or other forms of English-speakers on this board, please add additional terminology or whatever. Worms, vaccinations, and climate issues do vary a lot. There's nothing here on regional issues for Africa or India, be nice to add something. Overall hope it helped. Montanabw 04:04, 26 March 2007 (UTC)
Some minor edits:
T-bonham 08:15, 28 March 2007 (UTC)
T-bonham 08:56, 28 March 2007 (UTC)
OK, I've revised the First Aid Kit part, and added some items to it. T-bonham 03:40, 31 March 2007 (UTC)
Does anyone have any info on the benefit of electric therapy for horses?
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