Doug Butler Enterprises, Inc. #1 Horseshoeing Educator

For more than 40 years, Doug Butler Enterprises, Inc. has been helping solve and prevent horse foot care problems by producing high quality, easy-to-understand books and other learning materials, presenting seminars and conferences, and offering advanced farrier skills training for farriers, veterinarians and horse owners.

Located at a new facility in Crawford, Nebraska., (formerly in Colorado), Doug Butler Enterprises, Inc. is committed to raising the standard of farrier education and humane horse foot care.

Books and Products
Whether you are a horse owner who wants to provide humane foot care to keep your horse healthy and performing well, or a farrier who wants to increase your skills and your income, or a veterinarian who wants to refresh or supplement your horse foot care education, you will find solid solutions for equine soundness in our Horse Foot Care Library.

From The Principles of Horseshoeing (P3), the most widely used textbook and comprehensive resource on the subject of horse foot care available today, to videos on shoeing specific types of horses, anatomy of the horse, and iron and forge work – you’ll find proven, reliable resources for raising the standard of horse foot care available from Doug Butler Enterprises.

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NEW! Butler Professional Farrier School
Butler Professional Farrier School offers basic and advanced farrier classes six weeks in length – the minimum time necessary to learn basic farrier skills. The first half of The Principles of Horseshoeing (P3) is used for the basic class, where students learn to work on sound horses; and the second half of P3 is used for the advanced class, where students learn therapeutic work on specialized horses. The world-class facility offers on-campus housing, individual forging stations for students to practice shaping and fitting shoes to live horses’ feet, and a focused environment that encourages learning. Classes are taught by Jacob, Peter and Doug Butler.

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Graduate-Level Professional Farrier Skills Training
Our graduate-level professional skills training program is designed for dedicated farriers who love this work, want to master the trade and desire to excel in every aspect of their profession. Professional skills development opportunities with Doug Butler include: Graduate-level Farrier Training classes, One-on-One Instruction, Small Group Workshops at Your Location, Home Study and Private Consulting.

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Farrier Focus® Conference
Presented by Doug Butler Enterprises, Inc., Farrier Focus® Conference is an innovative two-day conference of continuing farrier education for farriers, veterinarians and other equine professionals. The Conference is held every year in the fall. Butler Professional Farrier School is the 2007 Farrier Focus Conference® host. More Information
September 28-29, 2007
Butler Professional Farrier School
Crawford, Nebraska

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Free E-Book: So You Want to Be a Farrier?

Horseshoeing may look easy, but what appears to be simple is really quite complicated and very physically demanding. If you think you want to become a farrier this book can help you make that decision.

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