February 2016 ENewsletter

March 1, 2016 Guest User

This is your reminder to Go directly to www.bwfa.net to read the latest news. …… and apply for your Members Only Password to get into the private section and update your current information with the office here.

You can also……
Visit our Facebook page at https://www.facebook.com/theBWFA and send us a message on Facebook if you’d like to be added to our private “BWFA-Members Only” group to join in on the daily discussions (if your membership is current).

Farrier licensing is still the topic. Walt Talyor mailed us his third letter which is up for all to read. BWFA Members have responded. Daniela Schatz was born and raised in Austria and came to the U.S. about 2000, and gives her opinion about his points and contradictions. LC Bishop of Alabama, a farrier with a professional working background in other fields gives a very poignant view of the government involvement in a trade. Butch Thomas, long time member, is very passionate about what is happening in his state of Ohio and ask for your assistance.

These comments are only located in the Members Only Section.

We thank the members for their support in signing up for this new section. You will be the ones we call on first and receive notices first.

Again….
BWFA Renewal Dues: There is no doubt that farriers should belong to a group to prove their education and credentials to your customers and others.

If your renewal dues and information is not updated in our system…..you are no longer a member! Same goes for Lifetimers, if you are not current, you are lost. If you have new info, email and face book, let us know.

Retired and no longer shoeing members are important as well. Your opinions still count!!

Our Business Card Referral page on the website is a great way to get clients without the owners calling or emailing our office daily. So get those cards to us.

January 2016 ENewsletter Notice

January 26, 2016 Guest User

January 2016
BWFA Member ENewsletter Notice

Find the latest news here in the 2016 ENewsletter Section!

Farrier Licensing is being discussed all over farrier blogs, website, at conventions, etc. This is not the first time in the last 27 years. The BWFA membership responds in our “Farrier Licensing” section. We are sharing this one section for the public to view and comment.

After reading the letters we have posted, you should have an immediate reaction. Tell us what you think via email at farrierhdq@aol.com or join our BWFA Members Only Facebook Group by sending us a private message at https://www.facebook.com/theBWFA. There it is in black and white.

Beware of surveys on Farrier Licensing. AFA depends on their limited membership; the AFJ depends on its same readers and conventions. How many owners will that truly represent? Are these surveys coming from farriers or owners who are politically or government influenced? Or are they from the hard working owners and farriers who paid their own way through school and operate their own small business?

There was a renewal surge in the last part of 2015 due to the license scare. There is no doubt that farriers should belong to a group to prove their education and credentials to others. If your renewal dues and information are not updated in our system, you are no longer a member and may be missing out on important updates and information that will affect you. Same goes for you Lifetimers, if you are not current, you are lost.

If you read your history and talk to the “seasoned farriers” you will find that the BWFA has been the first to implement many new ideas and that is why the AFA has beat us up so bad in trash talk on the internet. For instance, the integrative topics we offer at the FNRC, the CFE credits offered at the FNRC and offering more BWFA horse owner clinics and more school education to more farriers has all been copied by others. Any ole timer can tell you that.

This new Equine Podiatry group being formed by AAEP vets sounds like how Walt Taylor will get in through the “back door” to his farrier licensing plan.

We are reaching out to our members in the U.S. and abroad for comments.

As a member of the American Horse Council since 1992, we will keep abreast of any conversations related to farriers. Our letters have gone out to congressmen and women all over the U.S. Be assured that the BWFA voice has been heard in the past and will be in the future.

January 2016 BWFA ENewsletter

January 1, 2016 Guest User

BWFA Member ENewsletter Notice

You can also……

Visit our Facebook page at https://www.facebook.com/theBWFA and send us a message on Facebook if you’d like to be added to our private “BWFA-Members Only” group to join in on the daily discussions (if your membership is current).

Farrier licensing is being discussed all over farrier blogs, website, at conventions, etc brought up again by AFA Member Walt Taylor. This is not the first time in the last 30 or more years. BWFA/AFA member Barry Denton has been in the business for 30 plus years and has a good remark for Mr. Taylor. A newcomer BWFA Farrier has a comment and a concerned owner whose BWFA farrier told her about it. A good variety.

After reading original letters we received in 2015, you should have an immediate reaction. Tell us what you think. There it is in black and white.

Another letter we received Jan. 20, 2016 will be posted in February…trying to take back some of his remarks taken negatively.

Be cautious of surveys on Farrier Licensing. Are these surveys coming from farriers or owners who are politically or government influenced? Animal groups who will have their own agenda? Government offices that just see visions of dollar signs by way of farrier licensing fees for their states with no idea how intricate this TRADE, yes trade is. Comments should be from the hard working owners and farriers who paid their own way through school and operate their own small business all on their own !!!

BWFA Renewal Dues: There was a surge in the last part of 2015 due to the license scare. There is no doubt that farriers should belong to a group to prove their education and credentials to others. If your renewal dues and information is not updated in our system…..you are no longer a member! Same goes for you Lifetimers, if you are not current, you are lost. If you have new info, email and face book, let us know.

As a member of the American Horse Council since 1992, we will keep abreast of any conversations related to farriers. Our letters are going out to congressmen and women all over the U.S. Be assured that the BWFA’s voice has been heard in the past and will be in the future.

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