MHS Sessions

BEGINNING TWO WEEK SESSION

This session is recommended for those students interested in trimming and shoeing their own horses with factory made shoes. This session includes learning beginning anatomy, conformational defects, faulty gaits, and proper shoeing techniques. The instructors will also teach basic forging, trimming, shaping, nailing and proper horse handling.

Students are responsible for the assigned text readings on the horses foot. All tools and text are furnished for the students.
Total number of hours in course: 70 hrs.

Hours in session: Monday through Friday 8:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m.
Upon successful completion of the Two Week Session students will receive a certificate.

BASIC FOUR WEEK SESSION

This session is recommended for those students interested in trimming and shoeing their own horses with factory made shoes as well as hand made shoes. This session involves learning basic anatomy, conformational defects, faulty gaits, and proper shoeing techniques. The instructors will teach proper horse handling, trimming, squaring toes, making flat shoes, heal caulks, and clips. Students will also learn to help correct common conformation defects and common gait problems.

Students are responsible for all assignments and homework. . All tools and text will be furnished for students.
Total number of hours in course: 140 hrs.

Hours in session: Monday through Friday 8:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m.
Upon successful completion of the Four Week Session students will receive a certificate.

INTERMEDIATE SIX WEEK SESSION

This session is recommended for those students interested in a part time shoeing program. Students will learn to shoe horses with factory made shoes as well as hand made shoes. This session includes learning intermediate anatomy, conformational defects, faulty gaits, and proper shoeing techniques. The instructors will teach proper horse handling, trimming, squaring toes, making flat shoes, bar shoes, clips, heel caulks, trailers, forge brazing and welding, and using pads. Students will also learn to help correct conformational defects and gait problems with corrective shoes.

Students are responsible for all assignments and homework. All tools and text will be furnished for students.
Total number of hours in course: 210 hrs.

Hours in session: Monday through Friday 8:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m.
Upon successful completion of the Six Week Session students will receive a certificate.

TWELVE WEEK ADVANCED FARRIER SESSION

This session is recommended for students who are wanting to become professional farriers. It continues on from the skills taught in the six week session expanding into learning more corrective and pathological shoeing. Students are taught the use of and proper application of toe weights, sliding plates, side weights, rocker toes, roll toes, scotch bottom, swedge shoes, and aluminum shoes. Students will also learn arc welding and oxyacetylene welding with the use of drill tech and borium as well as hoof building and hoof repair, and will also learn some tool making. Many different breeds of horses are shod by the students during the Twelve week Session.

Students are responsible for all assignments and homework. All tools and text will be furnished for students.
Total number of hours in course: 420 hrs.

Hours in session: Monday through Friday 8:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m.
Upon successful completion of the Twelve Week Session students will receive a diploma.