Farrier Focus Podcast

The Farrier Focus Podcast releases an episode each week with inspiring tips, techniques, and strategies to help farriers unlock the secrets to succeeding in their business. With informative interviews, stories, and ideas, you’ll hear real advice on what it takes to succeed in today’s competitive environment.

Seven Strategies to Prosper in Your Farrier Business - Dr. Doug Butler 01/19/2026

Learning to See and Assess Conformation in Horses - Dr. Doug Butler 12/10/2025

Etymology of Horseshoeing Terms 11/19/2025

Advanced Anatomy Applied to Therapeutic Shoeing - A Seven Point System for Discussing Cases and Working with Veterinarians 09/21/2025

Dr. Doug Butler on Functional Balance 06/04/2025

Dr. Doug Butler - Horsemanship for Farriers 05/01/2025

Dr. Doug Butler on Geometric Balance 04/12/2025

Lessons Learned from Horses - Interview with Dr. Doug Butler 10/02/2024

8 Diseases of the Horse's Foot and Their Treatment - Dr. Doug Butler 09/19/2024

Dr. Frank Gravlee and Dr. Doug Butler Discuss Founder 02/15/2024

How to Recognize and Treat Club Feet in Horses - Dr. Doug Butler 11/13/2023

How Farriers Develop the Ability to See to Better Understand Balance and Shoeing 11/02/2023

Cushings Disease and Founder Treatment with Dr. Doug Butler 09/22/2023

How to Diagnose and Treat Laminitis with Dr. Doug Butler 04/27/2023

Interview with World Champion Farrier Steven Beane, FWCF 02/24/2023

Dr. Doug Butler - Selecting Therapeutic Shoe Solutions 02/10/2023

Secrets of Six Figure Shoers - Dr. Doug Butler 02/02/2023

How to Increase Your Value and Double Your Income - Dr. Doug Butler 01/19/2023

How to Diagnose and Treat Abscesses with Dr. Doug Butler 12/30/2022

Dr. Doug Butler - Principles of Shoeing Gaited Horses 12/15/2022

Dr. Doug Butler on Navicular Syndrome 12/02/2022

Interview with Scottish Farrier Jim Ferrie, FWCF 10/27/2022

Interview with Fran Jurga, Founder of Hoofcare Publishing and Previous Editor of the American Farrier's Journal 10/20/2022

Interview with Margie Lee-Gustafson, CJF 10/13/2022

Developing Your Powers of Observation - Dr. Doug Butler 10/06/2022

Front Limb Conformation and Unsoundness with Dr. Doug Butler and Jacob Butler 09/29/2022

Interview with Pat Burton, CJF 09/22/2022

Interview with Allie Hayes of Horse Science 09/08/2022

Interview with Gerard Laverty, CJF, AWCF 09/01/2022

Interview with Farrier Walter Varcoe of EquineSkeletons.com 08/25/2022

Interview with Farrier Walter Varcoe of EquineSkeletons.com In this episode, we talk with Walter Varcoe about his work as a farrier and his interest in equine skeletons. Walter was a professional rider and equine manager for the New York State Department of Corrections as well as their only farrier until his retirement in July 2006. In addition to his normal duties Walter also served as their equine instructor, teaching inmates the proper care of horses as well as teaching many of the inmates the art of farrier work. This not only allowed the animals to receive better care, but taught a valuable skill that those men could use throughout their lives. During his tenure, Walter also ran the commercial composting operation at the Otisville Correctional Facility where the first horse to become a skeleton was processed. A patrol horse on duty had been kicked by another horse and had it’s leg broken. Unfortunately the injury was so devastating that the patrol horse had to be euthanized. It was from this incident that the first skeleton came to be. With the help of his crew the carcass was placed in a static aerated compost pile and allowed to compost for several months and over the following winter the first skeleton mount was built. That first mount still proudly stands today at the Otisville C.F. Horse Barn office, teaching others the value of equine skeletal anatomy. Later, another mount was crafted by Walter for the New York City Police Mounted Unit and it stands at their Remount Training Facility in the Bronx, NY. After his retirement from the Corrections Department Walter began a full-time career as a farrier. At the prompting of many of his NYPD friends Walter began doing small educational seminars using his skeletal displays. Those seminars were well received and Walter began to get more requests for speaking engagements and for the purchase of his unique articulated mounts. The demand for his expertise and his skeletal mounts has grown rapidly and has taken Walter all over the country as he lectures about equine anatomy. By using his unique mounts Walter can let participants lay their hands what others can only diagram in books or on posters. From schools to barns these mounts are being used to help people care for their horses better than ever. Walter continues to put what he has learned from these skeletons into daily use as he maintains his farrier business for select clients. You'll get a lot of insight from this episode about horse anatomy and from Walter's experiences as a farrier that can help you in your daily work. /episode/index/show/farrierfocuspodcast/id/6334447

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