Monthly Newsletter Archives

Have you ever thought about the tracks you leave? What about the tracks you haven't left yet?

Dawn Willoughby demystifies Clicker Training and shows its not just for trick ponies.

Our dealer of the month is a heartwarming story about Matt Jenkins. It is a great way to close 2011 with. And our customer photo of the month is a tip of the hat to a team of Shetland Ponies at the 13th Australian Masters Games.

Do you need support in making boot choices or troubleshooting? You can contact us at the EasyCare offices for free advice. You can also contact one of more than 100 Team Easyboot members across the world.

Please keep in touch: our goal is to help you succeed with EasyCare products and your booting needs.

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Have you read about Garrett's reflections for 2012?

Bryan Baire of Palmetto Farrier Service is our dealer of the month. He succeeds in melding the booted and shod worlds in a way we can all aspire to.

Did you know the Tevis glue-on boot success rate was 99.3%? Read about what we did to assure a booting triumph.

Our customer photo of the month is a tip of the hat to Team Easyboot member Gene Limlaw and photographer Kevin Lange.

And Kris Goris writes a humorous piece on the economics of going from shoes to boots and how it might affect certain areas of public spending.

Do you need support in making boot choices or troubleshooting? You can contact us at the EasyCare offices for free advice. You can also contact one of more than 100 Team Easyboot members across the world.

Please keep in touch: our goal is to help you succeed with EasyCare products and your booting needs.

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Have you read about Garrett's distallation for gluing success?

Dawn Willoughby talks in interesting detail about the role of the frog in the health of the barefoot hoof.

Susan Gill and Jenny Moncur take on the Shahzada - quite spontaneously.

Our very own Debbie Schwiebert reports on her week-long mentoring experience from the road. Shoein' Shop is dealer of the month. And our customer photo of the month will make you want to get out onto the trail in Wyoming and just ride.

Do you need support in making boot choices or troubleshooting? You can contact us at the EasyCare offices for free advice. You can also contact one of more than 100 Team Easyboot members across the world.

Please keep in touch: our goal is to help you succeed with EasyCare products and your booting needs.

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Have you heard about Garrett's dialogue with the race track? He's making progress.

Christoph Schork recounts his recent win and best condition award at the AERC/AHA National 100 mile championship event.

Dawn Willoughby reports on the findings of Dr. Robert Bowker on the findings of equine movement.

Echo Valley Ranch, Inc. in Auburn, California, is the EasyCare Dealer of the Month.

Make a point of looking at Catherine Peterson's photo of Soldier in our customer photo of the month.

Do you need support in making boot choices or troubleshooting? Remember, you can contact us at the EasyCare offices for free advice. You can also contact one of more than 100 Team Easyboot members across the world.

Keep in touch: our goal is to help you succeed with EasyCare products and your booting needs

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This month, Christoph Schork talks about horse management from the perspective of the EasyCare system.

Dawn Willoughby's series continues with a step-by-step guide of what to expect when we transition our horse to barefoot.

Chad Montee is our dealer of the month. His path to hoof care has been an interesting one.

Sabrina Liska and Star Thornton discuss the evolution of (slowly) falling in love with an Icelandic Pony.

Be sure to check out Kainoa in our photo of the month. This horse literally selects the best boots for the job.

Do you need help? Remember you can contact us at the EasyCare offices, or one of more than 100 Team Easyboot members across the world.

Our goal is to help you succeed with EasyCare products and your booting needs. So please keep in touch.

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This month, Garrett Ford tests a padding system for the Easyboot Glove that leaves no glue residue in the boot.

Dawn Willoughby walks us through a step-by-step evaluation guide for your horse's hooves.

Janet Pucci connects Australia with the US in our Dealer of the Month feature, and Kaite DeFrancesco teams up with Melissa Margetts for our Customer Photo of the Month from Telluride, Colorado.

If you're waiting on inventory from us, July 12 will be a good day for you.

And remember, if you want user tips or product guidance, we've assembled a group of very capable individuals across the globe in Team Easyboot 2011.

Would you like to enjoy a 10% discount on EasyCare products? Click 'Like' on the Easyboot Facebook page, then click on the Facebooters tab to the left for instructions on this limited time offer.

Our goal is to help you succeed with EasyCare products and your booting needs. So please keep in touch.

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The Easyboot Trail is a hit. If you're having trouble getting product, please give our customer service team a call and we'll discuss what other trail options might be available to you.

Dawn Willoughby writes about the choices we have as horse owners to offset the effects of founder and laminitis. It's a great read.

JoAnne Pavlis and MileMakers are our dealer of the month.

Our Team Easyboot 2011 is fully assembled. Click here to read all about them.

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The Trail is the destination. April 25th saw the official launch of the new Easyboot Trail and we haven't looked back.

This month, Garrett Ford talks about change and eludes to some new developments planned in the EasyCare stable in 2012.

Arizona Backcountry Rider, Sabrina Liska, reviews the Easyboot Trail on a gaited horse and a mustang.

Marty Schiel reports from Australia on horse trainer Carlos Tabernaberri.

And we feature hoof care practitioner Randy Hensley as our dealer of the month.

Keep track of Team Easyboot 2011 by subscribing to the Team Easyboot blog. It contains real stories and tips from real Easyboot users all over the world.

Have you read Duncan McLaughlin's thermographic study of shod versus booted horses yet? We'll be digging deeper into some of the questions raises.

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There may be grass growing in your pastures this month, but there is no grass growing under the feet of the EasyCare peeps. Our first thermography white paper has been published with some fascinating results to use as a basis to plan your eqiune management strategy for the year.

We've started the 25-day countdown to the release of the new Easyboot Trail on 4/25/11. If you are a trail rider or a backcountry rider who enjoys up to 25 miles of riding per week, you'll want to take a long hard look at this aggressively priced hoof boot.

The 2011 $10,000 Hoof Boot Contest is underway with its very own Competitive Trail Division.

And we're madly preparing for the launch this summer of the new Easyboot Glove W.

Are you coming along for the ride?

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Spring is definitely in the air on this side of the hemisphere.

So although you may not be Skijorking in your Easyboot Gloves the way Monika Abstreiter is in this photo, you are no doubt getting some hours with you favorite equine friend.

February was short in days, but not in activity. Garrett Ford and Brian Mueller both spent time at various corners of the globe, including participation at the Functional Hoof Conference in Australia and a whistle-stop tour across Europe to meet with some of our international dealers, ending with participation at the annual BETA trade show in Birmingham, England. Brian says it was the best yet.

March should be more of the same, starting with a few good days at the annual American Endurance Ride Conference, then Garrett and Debbie Schwiebert will participate at the American Hoof Association conference at the University of Auburn in Alabama.

We're putting together our event calendar for 2011, so if there is an event you would like us to consider attending, let us know now so we can consider it.

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As many as 100 million people are being affected by a colossal snow storm in the United States. What better backdrop for us to pause and reflect? At EasyCare, we've been doing a lot of reflection, and using it as a basis to plan 2011. Garrett Ford is the keynote speaker this week at the Functional Hoof Conference in Melbourne, Australia. He joins Professor Robert Bowker, Duncan McLaughlin, and scores of other bare hoof proponents from around the world for five days of presentations and discussions on hoof care in today's world. Duncan is making a presentation of the findings from his thermographic imaging study of barefoot and shod performance horses. We'll be publishing the white paper in our March newsletter.

After the conference in Australia, EasyCare representatives will attend BETA (the British Equestrian Trade Association) in Birmingham. If you're attending, stop by at Stand B7.1 and hook up with people from EasyCare and our partners at Trelawne Equine.

Thank you for participating in our customer service satisfaction survey: the response was overwhelming - both in numbers and in data: 65% of our customers say they are “certain” to remain with EasyCare; 23% are very likely. 64% of our customers rate our service as “excellent”; 25% rate our service as “good”. The data we collected will help us shape our policies and procedures for the current year.

The results are in from the 2010 Hoof Boot Contest and we've announced an expanded 2011 Hoof Boot Contest. If you haven't already signed up to become a member of Team Easyboot, be sure to check out our new team approval platform and submit an application.

Finally, we'd like to tip our hats to California based hoof care practitioner, Maria Siebrand, who is fighting the good fight. We're with you, Maria!

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