Inaugural Podiatry Symposium

31730 Sport Horse Way,Tangent OR 97389

04 February, 2022

Description

Michael Wildenstein, CJF, FWCF (Hons), will be presenting at Cascadia Equine Veterinary Clinic's Inaugural Podiatry Symposium February 4-5. Cascadia Equine Veterinary Clinic is hosting its Inaugural Podiatry Symposium February 4-5, 2022. Michael Wildenstein, CJF, FWCF (Hons), will be instructing on Conformation Evaluation and Shoeing to the Conformation at the symposium. The symposium is open to all farriers and veterinarians as well as students. Pre-registration is $100 and registration after January 28, 2022 is $150. Registration is free for all farrier and veterinary students. Michael is retired adjunct associate professor of farrier medicine and surgery in the Department of Clinical Sciences at the Cornell University Hospital for Animals. He is certified as a journeyman farrier by the American Farriers Association and is a fellow with honors of Britain's Worshipful Company of Farriers. He was inducted into the International Horseshoeing Hall of Fame in 2006. He learned to shoe from his grandfather while still in high school, a time during which he also engaged in horse logging. In college he studied forestry, biology and education. After a stint at teaching he decided to turn his hobby of shoeing horses into an occupation. He furthered his knowledge by attending Rocky Irons Farrier School in Turo, Nova Scotia, and the Farrier School at Cornell University in Ithaca, New York, then worked as a farrier for six years before moving to Denmark, where he took more horseshoeing courses and started a shoeing business. Michael was the resident farrier at Cornell from 1991-2010, earning a position of adjunct associate professor and taught farrier students, veterinary students and agriculture students, as well as worked on lame horses referred to the Cornell College of Veterinary Medicine. He specializes in the shoeing of lameness cases and heavy horses, and often lectures on these subjects throughout the United States and Europe. His methods are described in his videotape “Fundamentals of Draft Horse Shoeing" and the book "Draft Horses”, co-authored with Beth Valentine, DVM, PhD. Currently, Michael is providing educational seminars, videos, coaching and clinics for Farrier Products Distribution, Grand Circuit Products, Veterinary Professional Development and Sound Horse Technologies.