WEPA Module 1 English
Module limited to 20 people
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Recognised continuous professional education for vets:
4 GST points per module / 2 days
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Approved as continuing education for the "qualified farrier" label from AM Suisse​
Dates:
20.03. + 21.03.2025
Duration:
2 days, each from 7.30 to 18.00
On Thursday evening there will be a fondue dinner afterwards.
Place:
Kirchstrasse 2, 9216 Heldswil, Switzerland
Themes:
− Functional anatomy
− Gait analysis
− X-rays
− Conformation assessment
− Hoof examination
− Angles measurements
− Lengths measurements
− Position of the coffin bone
− WTS concept
− Paring for shoeing and for bare foot
− WTS technique with template
− Fit the shoe, standard shoes and WTS shoe
− Mechanic grinding of the shoe
− WTS function
− Nailing
− Control
Each theory lesson is followed by a practical session.
Every farrier and every vet receive a hoof each. What has been learned in the theory lesson can be put into practice directly thereafter.
Costs:
Please bring with you:
Farriers: Shoeing material, shoeing apron, forging hammer, forging tongs
Veterinarians: Shoeing material, shoeing apron, x-ray apron
Hotels:
Hotel Taverne zur Linde, Bischofszell, Klein Rigi, Schönenberg a. d. Thur, Landgasthof Löwen, Sulgen
