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Wayne Blevins Early Horseshoeing Career -
After graduating from New Mexico State University in 1970 with Bachelors degree in Business Administration, I enlisted in the U.S. Coast Guard and served for four years as a flight mechanic and Aviation Survivalman. In June of 1974, I attended the Midwest Horseshoeing School in Macomb, Illinois. The emphasis at that school was standardbred and roadster ponies, this helped immensely in learning the full spectrum of gait. As a breeder, trainer, and importer of the Paso Fino horse my shoeing specialty for many years afterward was the four beat gait. In 1975 I built my first Paso Fino Ranch on twenty acres in Mendocino County California and started a horseshoeing business. In 1980 I helped to form the California Paso Fino Horse Association (CPFHA). I was the Northern California Rep for the breed and also on the board of directors for CPFHA for about ten years. Again my interest was in the gait of the horse and developed shoeing and trimming techniques that worked well for my Paso Fino clients as well as the general pleasure horse customers that I served.
Wayne Discovers Nutrient Rich Blue Green Algae Supplement -
In 1996 I formed Gait And Lameness Evaluation Inc. for the purpose of studying and documenting gait with digital video, and moved to El Dorado County where the horse population was abundant. I have found that most shoers that stay with the trade eventually gravitate toward studying hoof diseases. I too found my camera and turned to documenting case studies of progress made and eventually focused on cases where Blue Green algae from Klamath Lake, Oregon was used as a nutritional supplement. I was so impressed with the quality of hoof material that I had to work with when this rich food source was used, that it became the main focus of my business the last ten years that I was a farrier. Eventually, I would only take on a rehab case if they would agree to feed AFA. After a few years of seeing consistent results, I had to take the next step to find other Farriers who would conduct controlled case studies, using this new food source for horses.
Wayne Blevins Founds E3Live™ For Horses -
The Brotherhood of Working Farriers Association (BWFA) stepped up to the plate and made case studies through the Farrier's National Research Center (FNRC). Many BWFA members became distributors encouraging their clients to use the product and seeing the same results I had. It was with the help of BWFA, its members, my wife Jeannie, and partner, Guy Franzi, that I came to develop a horse product, E3Live™ For Horses. Ralph Casey announced at the 2004 BWFA convention that of all products tested claiming to increase hoof growth, E3 Live™ For Horses was by far the best. Over the next year and one half, I have come to know many more of the BWFA members and have set up distributorships among a good number of them. I am now retired from the Farrier business due to health reasons but am full time working to make E3Live™ For Horses a household name around horsemen.
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