Hoof Trimmers Must Read

Somewhere along the line, even the very part time Hoof Trimmer is going to run across a couple of issues with which he or she is not familiar. One of them is Founder of the Hoof – and Sinking.  The other is the need to estimate just how thick the sole is before trimming a pathological hoof.

Pete Ramey has two very good articles that will help with just this. The links to the pdf files are as follows:

Reading Sole Thickness
and
Sinking Coffin Bones

Even as a horse owner this is excellent information to have so as to be educated to what your hoofcare provider is actually doing or providing for your horse.

Enjoy!