Thank you for expressing interest in the Oklahoma Horseshoeing School.

The Oklahoma Horseshoeing School was founded in the summer of 1973 to place within your reach a trade with which you can earn $200.00 to 300.00 per day working with horses.

Since its beginning, the Oklahoma Horseshoeing School has trained men and women from all areas of the world. More than 95% of Oklahoma Horseshoeing School graduates go on to become gainfully employed in the horse industry.

With an investment in equipment and an education at the Oklahoma Horseshoeing School, you can be a successful, independent businessman doing the work you enjoy most.

If at all possible please make it a point to visit here. Your education may very well affect the entire rest of your life. If you have any questions please feel free to E-mail us us, or give us a call.

Learning the basic front & hind hoof shapes at the anvil.

Horseshoeing students begin shoeing on their first day of class.

The Basic Horseshoeing Course is a two week course that provides a sound basic foundation of horseshoeing skills. It is designed for the person who plans to shoe part-time while maintaining his present employment or attending college.

The intent of this course is to teach you to shoe your own horses and perhaps build up a part-time clientele. Many graduates of the Basic Horseshoeing Course have built their clientele into a full-time business; however, we do not recommend this. If you want to be a professional horseshoer, we would like to have you in school for at least eight weeks - longer if possible.

For those of you who are on vacation from work, rest assured that upon successful completion of the two week course, you will have learned sound basic horseshoeing. You may return to school to continue your education at any time. Upon graduation from the Basic Horseshoeing Course, if you work at shoeing horses, you will be able to turn out the same high quality work you learned at school at the rate of one horse shod per hour within one month's time.

REQUIRED SUPPLIES FOR BASIC HORSESHOEING COURSE: Students must have hand tools, textbooks and manual. The required hand tools and text are itemized in the Required Tools section of this Site. You may bring your own tools with you or you may purchase all or any part of them at school.

Students learn to shoe a lame horse with a bar shoe.

After the anatomy lesson is learned from the book, it must be learned on the horse.

The Professional Horseshoeing Course is designed to begin at the basic level and develop you to the point where you feel comfortable practicing your craft for the public and charging a fair price for your work.

Forge skills become more important as you acquire larger accounts with more horses; some of which will require handmade shoes to satisfy a customer. If a customer has ten horses and only two of them require more specialized skills, your ability to do that work gets you the whole account. If you can't do the work, then you don't get that account. As a professional shoer you will want to work for larger accounts so that you can spend more time working and less time driving. Also, remember that more specialized work commands a higher fee.

Upon graduation from the Professional Horseshoeing Course, you will be competent to shoe almost any type of horse for whatever special requirements the horse may have with few limitations. At the Oklahoma Horseshoeing School this is considered to be entry level, full time professional horseshoeing.

REQUIRED SUPPLIES FOR PROFESSIONAL HORSESHOEING COURSE: Students must have hand tools, text book and manual. The required hand tools and text are itemized in Required Tools section of this Site. You may bring your own tools with you or you may purchase all or any part of them at school.

Student making a handmade bar shoe at the anvil.

You will learn specialized skills that will enable you to command a higher fee.

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