Hi Everyone, Here is a preview of The Horse's Hoof Magazine Issue #31. The PDF online version will be released on Monday, June 16. The printed version will be...
Hi all, Been a while since I posted--busy year with a new colt to work and attempting to keeping all the others ridden. I would like some feedback on some...
The ride started at 6am and everybody was moving along smoothly until just past the photographer at 7am. We were on a single track, windy, rocky, technical...
Sounded like a rather TOO eventful ride! You need to get that shoulder
fixed. An easy fix these days...and a lot better than constantly dislocating
it! Meg...
Well, all I can say is WOW! I have some very limited experience in Endurance Riding, and I must say that on the whole you guys are the kindest, most helpful...
Yes, I definitely could have done without disasters 2 & 3. Actually it was the same shoulder that I broke all to hell 15 years ago in a horse crash coming off...
I have a three year old filly who has developed a quarter crack on her front toe. She had gotten a little long and I felt that more frequent trimming would...
Shoes will not necessarily make this problem better. For cracks of any kind
I usually bevel more so that the forces on the hoof wall are directed
inward to...
On old friend of mine had a mare that had a chronic hoof crack that no amount of trimming and correction seemed to be able to fix. She finally started treating...
... You might also try soaking in a lysol/water solution or use Pete's "goo" a 50/50 mixture of athlete's foot cream and triple antibiotic cream. My friend...
... On old friend of mine had a mare that had a chronic hoof crack that no amount of trimming and correction seemed to be able to fix. She finally started...
It's really not too much trouble to put on a boot with the lysol/water
solution and leave it on while you do other things. It's cheap and not that
much labor...
Thank you for the advice. I will try soaking to treat a possible infection and roll the toe a bit more to relieve the pressure. Typically the filly makes a...
... It's really not too much trouble to put on a boot with the lysol/water solution and leave it on while you do other things.  It's cheap and not that much...
... Can you post pics? Very Important Question: Is there new uncracked growth across the top of this crack? Has the upward pathway of this crack been stopped?...
http://sports.ph.groups.yahoo.com/group/barefoothorses/photos/view/62ff?b=1 Here are some photos showing how backing up breakover changes the effective toe...
Hi there, i am not a trimmer of a farrier so this advise is only from my pesonal experience. I know that a farrier can cut a v shape into the top of the crack...
Hi I just got through reading this amazing book. Did anyone else read it? Conny Discovering Natural Horsemanship: A Beginner's Odyssey Moates, Tom Discovering...
"Can you post pics?"I will try to get some pictures today. Very Important Question: Is there new uncracked growth across the top of this crack?The crack ...
Until a couple of days ago the filly was in a pasture that is partially sub irrigated so she was getting her feet wet to graze. She's now in a dry pasture but...
Hi Everyone, The Horse¹s Hoof Trimcast is a FREE DOWNLOAD from Apple iTunes. This is a 1/2 hour long step-by-step barefoot trimming video by James Welz. The ...
Hi. Does anyone have experience with the Easyboot BARE? It has been fitted properly by my farrier who is a barefoot specialist. But I am having the damnest...
Hi Chris: I would order the Up Buckle from Easycare as that makes it so much easier to put on. Also this will allow you to put it on the tightest setting...
what is a good method for thickening up soles...my horse gus,after 3 years of being barefoot still has sole issues....i do boot him,but galloping cross country...
Hello Mary, I had the same problem. After several years of training and completing over 20-50's using Old Macs my horse was still not completely barefoot...
... If your horse has been barefoot for 3 years, I'm imagining that the barefoot trim has been done, most of pathology is gone and you have some concavity? ...
... fitted ... after ... to ... is ... pace.. ... on ... roots, ... TRAILS ... Hi Chris Old Macs - they never come off! Here in New Zealand we have some of ...
Help! We have an 18 yr old OTTB with really flat feet. He has been barefoot for the last year. He was barefoot for the 2 years before we got him but his owner...
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