Category Archives: Hoofcare

The Perfect Hoof?

The “Wild Horse Hoof” … yes, still held as *the* hoof by which to model our hoofcare.

However … to my professional colleagues I ask — what domestic horse, in today’s world, eats nothing but live, fresh forage, no artificial drugs or chemicals, travels upwards of 20 – 30 miles a day over 200 square acres of varied terrain, lives in family groups within a herd of hundreds and has NO human interference?

I’d venture to say that each one of you answers the same – NONE.

10 Secrets to Healthy Hooves …

OK Folks — sending in the first order for PRINTED COPIES of “10 Secrets to Healthy Hooves” tomorrow … if you want your order to go in with this one,…

Question of the Day

Question of the Day from an online Horse/Hoof forum: My farrier has told me that [Dobbin] needs a supplement to strengthen her hooves. She said there are lots out there…

Study of what goes on in the Equine foot during movement … excellent!

Equine Hooves Inside Out

10 weeks (60+ hours) of  TOTAL IMMERSION in the studies of the Equine Hoof ​ (Plus hours more of studies at home!) Journey every other Saturday for 10 weeks to PENZANCE in…

Natural Hoofcare

ust finished our last Natural Hoofcare 101 class for this year. New one starting up in January … check it out: http://www.horsecourses.net/educational2011.html You CAN learn to trim your own horse’s hooves!…

I’ve added some tips on my Face Book Natural Hooftrimming page. Please feel free to join us there: http://www.facebook.com/groups/201527069893473?ap=1

NICE HOOF!

Wow — what a nice, nice hoof!  Curly belongs to a gal who took trim instruction from me — I’m so proud of Nicole. She does an awesome job!  Keeping…

NO HOOF = NO HORSE

No other statement could be more true. Preventing hoof disease and health problems should be the goal of every horseowner. This online course will help you do just that. If…

Please Think on This …

Think on this — 3 decades ago, heck even 2, Cushings and IR in horses were considered to be ‘old horse’ diseases. COPD was not a prevalent disease nor was…

What *is* Diagonal Imbalance of Horse’s Hoof?

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Homeopathic Treatment for Acute Laminitis

This is the 2nd most common time of the year for many horses and ponies to ‘go laminitic’. While there are many causes for laminitis the major one seems to…

It’s Not About the Horse

It’s not about the horse, Folks — it’s about understanding the Equine thinking, behavior, language and fitting in with their world instead of trying to fit them into the human world.