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WELCOME
Hoofcare Specialties LLC was formed to serve the needs of our equine friends and work partners.Our goal is to help horse owners learn about keeping their horses sound, and to offer farrier services and clinics with that goal in mind. Your horse's welfare is our number one concern.
Patty Stiller instructs the Equine Lameness Prevention Organization's FULL TIME PROFESSIONAL FARRIER SCHOOL Next session approximately early May through June 2012
FOR COMPLETE INFORMATION ABOUT THE FARRIER SCHOOL AND REGISTRATION GO TO :
www.elpofarrierschool.com
Come visit me at the Equine Lameness Prevention Organization booth at Kansas Equifest in Feburary 2012 http://www.equifestofks.com/
I will also be doing a talk there again.
Patty Stiller CNBF, CLS, CI, CE is a farrier with 30 years experience in the field.
She is a Natural Balance Certified Lameness Specialist and Certified Instructor and Examiner with the Equine Lameness Prevention Organizaton.
Natural Balance principles were originally developed by farrier-researcher Gene Ovnicek and has continued to be refined over the years as ongoing hoofcare research from around the world becomes available.
Patty has extensive experience shoeing and treating many hoof pathologies including navicular syndrome, laminitis, ringbone and severe hoof wounds .
She has worked with numerous veterinarians in California and Colorado, including at the the University of California Davis Veterinary Medicine Teaching Hospital .
Patty was the Farrier Science instructor at Pikes Peak Community College in Colorado Springs, CO. for three years from 2006 through 2008.
She has been a clinician and speaker for many horse clubs and events over the years, including most recently the Kansas Equifest in 2011.
She is now teaching five day horse owner hoof trimming classes as well as teaching full time farrier instruction through the non profit Equine Lameness Prevention Organization. For information about the ELPO see www.e-hoofcare.com
Some of the Pikes PeakCommunity CollegeFarrier class in session
Patty (seated) assisting Dr Kiersten Becker DVM from Germany at a farrier round table
Patty also offers hands on five day hoof trimming classes in
Colorado . These in-depth classes will give horse owners a solid start into the science of hoof trimming. They cover anatomy and function of a horses lower leg and hoof, teach proper hoof form and how to recognize and achieve it . Participants will do a basic simple hoof trim on live horses using the Natural Balance method.
More information can be found in the "One week classes" page.
PRIVATE TUTORING
If you are already doing some hoof trimming and want a "tune up" on your skills, or want to expand you knowledge to include Natural Balance principles, Patty will now travel to YOUR location anywhere in the contiguous 48 USA states and give you a personal 'one on one' all day hoof trimming coaching session! Prices vary by travel costs.
See "Clinic and classes" page for more information.
Check out the Articles page. Patty will be posting original articles on many aspects of hoofcare, especially covering lameness issues.
The articles will be changed every so often, so check back every once in a while! I can assure you they are interesting. If you have suggestions on a subject that you would like to have covered, please Email us . Feel free to print the articles for your own personal use, but not reproduce them electronically or use them anywhere else.
To contact Hoofcare Specialties , call (719) 372-6703, or email pstiller@bresnan.net.