NORTH EAST ― The prospect of getting kicked or bitten might keep most people away. For Bill Spellman, it's all part of the job. Spellman, 40, has spent nearly 15 years as a farrier, trimming hooves ...

Hoof grasped firmly between his knees, Chad Hoffart deftly slices dead sole off of the bottom, then grabs the nippers from his nearby toolbox and begins trimming the horse's foot. This is the 25th ...

Tobias Ellis, head farrier at the University of Illinois College of Veterinary Medicine, trims a horse's hoof while prepping it for a new shoe at the college in Urbana. Tobias Ellis, head farrier at ...

Founder or laminitis is a common disease of the horse's foot that can cause chronic lameness or even death. The laminia is a connective tissue that attaches the hoof to the coffin bone (see diagram 1) ...