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General:
Certified Journeyman Farrier, American Farrier’s Association
Registered Journeyman Farrier, Guild of Professional Farriers
Approved Examiner,
American Farriers' Association Certification Program
Editor
Professional Farrier,
No Foot / No Horse
Official Farrier:
Alltech FEI 2010 World Equestrian Games, Farrier Supervisor
RK3DE
(Rolex Kentucky 3-Day Event), Farrier Crew Member, 2008-2011
Awards & Honors:
Clyde Stringer Education Award, Indiana Farriers’ Association
Clinician of the Year, S.H.O.E.
Best Instructional Article, American Horse Publications
Journalism Award, American Farrier’s Association
Publications:
American Farriers' Journal, America’s Horse, Anvil, Appaloosa Journal, Arabian Horse Interactive, National Foundation Quarter Horse Journal, Practical Horseman, Professional Farrier, The New Zealand Farrier
Lecturer/Clinician:
Alltech FEI 2010 World Equestrian Games
FOSH (Friends of Sound Horses)
Equitana USA
Equine Affaire
Hoosier Horse Fair
AFA Annual Convention
Draft Horse Classic
AAEP/AFA Developmental Workshops
AFA Education Committee Workshops
Purdue University Veterinary School
United States Pony Club
Farrier's Association of Washington State
Centaur Forge
Upper Midwest Horseshoers’ Association
Anvil Brand
Land of Lincoln Horseshoers' Association
River City Roundup
Midwest Farriers' Association
Michigan Horseshoers' Association
Indiana Farriers' Association
Music City Horseshoer's Association
Tennessee Professional Farrier's Association
S.H.O.E. (Southeastern Horseshoers on Education)
Non-Farrier Background:
B.S.E. (English & History), University of Central Arkansas
M.A. (English), University of Central Arkansas
A.B.D. (Rhetoric) Purdue University
Director, Developmental Writing Program, Purdue University
Assistant Director, Writing Center, Purdue University
Coordinator, Instructional Computing, School of Liberal Arts, Purdue University
Composition and Literature Instructor, University of Central Arkansas
Composition and Literature Instructor, Purdue University
Composition Instructor, Indiana University--Kokomo
Composition Instructor, IV Tech
Board Member, National Writing Centers Association
President, East Central Writing Centers Association
Publications: 20+ articles in journals such as College English, College Composition and Communication, and The Writing Center Journal; essay in Henderson's Thor's Hammer: Essays on John Gardner; essay in Wallace & Simpson's The Writing Center: New Directions; Instructor's Manual for Weiser's Basic Composition; etc.
A brief anecdotal history:
I began shoeing my own horses while in high school; soon, I found myself shoeing for friends, then acquaintances, then strangers. After a couple of years at this, I determined that, since I was actually taking money for my services, I should attend shoeing school and get a better grasp of what it was that I was engaged in.
After attending Oklahoma State Horseshoeing School in 1977 and studying with Reggie Kester, I quickly realized that I didn't know quite so much about what I was doing, and I began to earnestly pursue the study of farriery. Back in Arkansas, I attended college, ran a fair business, and learned what I could by chasing a great farrier named Jim Linzy around the state.
As I got more involved in higher education, I had less time to devote to a horseshoeing business, but I continued to shoe part-time. More importantly, I had access to inter-library loans, which allowed me to pursue the academic and theoretical aspects of farriery. When I established Ground Control Farriery Services here in LaFayette, IN, and went back to full-time farriery in 1993, I was able to apply much of this study. In 1996, as I found myself engaged in occasional blacksmithing projects, I thought it appropriate to incorporate that aspect of my work into the business name, and Ground Control became Foxtail Forge & Farriery.
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