Hi Gwen, If I post a photo of my horses front foot three weeks ago before it was shod (fronts only), please could you do your hoof critique thing so I can...
Hi, I have susbscribed to learn more about barefoot trims. Althought I have 2 shoeless horses only recently -in mid December- did I discover these trims. I am...
Hi Sally, After attending a Nancy Filbert workshop this past weekend this deal about learning how to trim is fresh in my mind. Nancy talked about the...
Gwen, Just remember the ripple affect in a pond after a stone has been thrown into it. It starts at a center and widens out from there. Nancy Filbert reminded...
Yep, I agree. With the case of the rescue, though, the person running the rescue was not interested in changing farriers at all. Heck, she was not even in a...
Welcome to Barefoothorses, Silvia! We have various opinions here of which we are all respectful. I know you'll like us all! *VBG* I'll look forward to...
Oh Gwen, You hit on a very important point about those who are in charge of rescue facilities! Some don't always see the 'light'. I'm reminded of the Humane...
A quick notice to let you all know that the date for the PROGRESSIVE EQUINE PARTNERSHIP TRAINING seminar has been changed from Mar. 20th to MARCH 27TH!!! Same...
Hi everyone! Gwen, thank for the welcome! I have added some photos of Chagall and Susto´s hooves. Maybe someone can give me any ideas about what is going on?...
... someone can give me any ideas about what is going on? Chagall is an Arabian and Susto, a pony of mixed breeding. A friend came and took these photos this...
... someone can give me any ideas about what is going on? Chagall is an Arabian and Susto, a pony of mixed breeding. A friend came and took these photos this...
Have added some mark ups on Susto's L and R fronts to your photo page. The red shows where I would trim more ... get right to the white line where noted. Clean...
I look at these photos and think "Wow - nice feet except need some trimming to get the toes back and some tweeking around the heels and frogs for dead ...
Just posted the 4 week trim photos of Penzance V-founder. What an amazing difference! This horse went from not wanting to move at all to running around like a...
It is almost time! March 20 - 22 with Nancy Filbert SHP, in Travelers Rest SC ( near Greenville SC, about midway between Atlanta GA and Charlotte NC ) email to...
There are a slew of Torsion Saddles (all of a sudden) for sale here: http://www.endurance.net/classifieds/SaddleFS.html KS...
Karen Standefer
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Hello Anne!! Thanks so much for your suggestions!! I will intercalate my comments. Hooves aren't soft because a horse walks on its walls. This is my poor...
-Hello Gwen! Thank you very much for your comments and for taking the time to review the not so clear photos I uploaded!! I will intercalate my answer ...
Hello Gwen! Thank you for your comments! Both yours and Anne´s are very helpful! I will intercalate my answers. Have added some mark ups on Susto's L and R...
Hello again Anne! Yes... will need to take the photos again... the light was going fast when we took them and there was no time left to rasp again... I chose...
... with ... horse (and ... sole away ... callous ... Gwen, What part of the sole callous are you referring to here? If you're talking about the toe sole...
... While I do feel the normal fear of learning something new on a live being, I'm certainly not trying to put a fear of failure before anyone. I don't, and...
... comments. ... think that ... the trim ... cutting as much ... layer. No, thinning the walls would not make them continue to flare. Flares form due to...
... fast when we took them and there ... fronts just to show the condition of his WL because that is worrying me quite a bit!! ... soaking ... soles ... ...
... fear of ... do ... SOMETHING. << ... being, I'm ... don't, and shouldn't, have ... Hi Sally, There's no accounting for how some people feel about reading...
Hi, Sylvia. First, both your horse's hooves look pretty good. Susto's bars are a bit too curved which means the hoof is growing a bit too much forward (hoof...
You'll achieve the same thing by correctly balancing the hoof/boney column and getting an even weight distribution over the whole hoof area. In my opinion,...
Hi Elaine, I'm very interested in learning about using a dremel on bars!! Last night I trimmed the bars on my mare's two front hooves. An hour and three...
... <snip> ... Jen, No, I don't see any problems using a dremel as long as the horse is ok with it. I've used the dremel on my hard pony hooves before and to...
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