Hi Everyone, Happy Holidays! Here is a preview of The Horse's Hoof Magazine Issue #33, Winter 2008. The PDF online version will be released on Dec. 21st (1st...
Merry Christmas! I hope that you and your horses are all warm, happy, and well fed today! I've gotten together with several other equestrians, and we're all ...
I haven't been to your webite lately Gwen it really looks great and has a lot more info, I though you had tons of info before, but it is even better now. You...
Oh! Thanks so much, Carol. :) Yeah, I've been revamping and redesigning and working on getting a bunch of articles up ... Q & A's that I've answered over the...
I actually have 3 websites but the barefoot one is: http://www.barefoottrim.com The others are: http://www.thepenzancehorse.com and http://www.horsecourses.net...
You CAN learn to TRIM YOUR OWN HORSES! New Classes added for Winter Semester at Penzance Online Equine Educational Center www.horsecourses.net. Check 'em out! ...
Thanks I want to take some courses!! I will be getting high speed internet soon but not in time for the Jan.5 classes.I hope more will be offered.In the...
Hi Rachel ... Pete Ramey's "Making Natural Hoofcare Work for You" is the other text which we use in this course. I have had many students take this course who...
Gwen, Introduction to Equine Herbal Remedies says it is the week of Jan 5th though February 9th. I am interested in the class but just wondered what day and...
Tentatively January 21st at 8:30 EST is the start of this class. I'll be posting it on http://www.horsecourses.net as soon as its solid. ... Thank you so much...
Thanks.I plan on taking the next course around & will purchase the other book I need.I am very excited!!! I also need to purchase a hoof stand I have...
Hi,I have attachend pictures of my mares feet.She has been getting natural foot care for sometime now beginning July 2007 & I am concerned because her feet are...
... I am by no mean an expert, just a backyard trimmer, but it looks like Denny's heels are too high but I can't really tell from the pictures. Do you have...
Rachel: How long since the last trim? These feet look very overgrown and due for a trim. I also see some serious infection in the back of the foot. Have you...
Rachel, I've found that with horses with contracted heels, the best thing to do, is
not do too much. I'm rehabbing a herd of horses whose feet were in...
Thanks everyone.Here is a side view I will try to get better ones tommorrow.I watched a short film with a natuarl trimmer teaching to trim the bars.She...
The picture is fairly low quality but I'd say that the heels are definitely
too long. Bars should be trimmed when excessively long, but I've found that
as...
Hello Everyone, I have just returned from the Denver WESA tradeshow where I had the opportunity to meet with Garrett Ford of EasyCare. We talked about and...
... to trim the ... that sole ... next step ... I think I've watched that video too. That part made no sense to me when sole isn't that strong compared to...
I've personally seen more problems created by over trimming of the bars than
not trimming. Soles dropping due to no support etc. My horses rarely get
their...
This discussion leads me to a question.  Background: When lowering the heels I slowly back them up but don't lower them any shoter than the frog. Still...
I usually leave the frog along unless there are little flaps that will catch
the dirt and bacteria or in cases of founder, where a frog that's overgrown
will...
... don't lower them any shoter than the frog. Still the frog begins to develop that crack in the sole sulcus. Once this crake develops it seems like...
The March internet adoption will run March 11-25, 2009. Applications will be open March 9-23. We will start posting photos the week of March 2. We will have...
Hi guys. I am cross-posting this to most of the lists that I'm on in an effort to get as much input as possible. I had read some disturbing things about the...
I know of one lady that gave it to her horse here in Ok and he had an
allergic reaction another lady on a mini site mentioned her horse had a
terrible reaction...