Comfort After a Fresh Trim
Written by Jordan Junkermann, EasyCare Product SpecialistMy 23-year-old Quarter Horse mare, Billie, has been shod for almost her whole life. I have kept her barefoot for the last two years as she's become semi-retired....
Natural Horse Care Called Carrot-Practics
From Natural Horse Magazine.With a little practice and a handful of carrots, you can get your horse to do his own chiropractic work on himself. Well, it's almost as good as chiropractic!Many veterinarians, equine chiropractors,...
Bringing Up Baby. Or, Lord, Give Me Strength.
Last summer, I got the crazy idea in my head that I wanted to raise a youngster to be my next superstar endurance/dressage horse. Yay! My very own baby to raise and start and...
Transition Tuesday’s Back Y’all!!
Ok well it's not exactly Tuesday but it was written on Tuesday so technically I'm not too far off. Kevin Myers began the series, Transition Tuesday, some time ago. Kevin chronicled not only the...
Heel-First Landing: A Good Indicator of A Balanced Trim
The barefoot horse movement and its veterinary researchers have come up with a reliable way to tell whether a horses barefoot hoof is well-trimmed overall.Traditionally, people understood the importance of breakover to a horse's...
Snow Days!
Keeping consistent with my recently decided goal of staying positive all winter, I have been trying to make something good out of something that we might normally complain about this time of year. We...
Keeping Up With the Trim
How often do you need to trim your horses hooves?The answer to this question will vary widely, because horses in different situations wear their feet differently.On one end of the scale, we have heard...
Which Hoof Had Glue-Ons?
There is a fantastic discussion going on at the Easyboot Facebook page. Garrett put up the photo below to see if the readers can guess which one has never had boots and which one...
What to Expect From Your Barefoot Trimmer
With the natural hoof care movement growing by leaps and bounds, many horse owners are seeking out barefoot trimmers. But just as in all professions, there are good and bad. Many people latch on...
From the Farm to the Track
I never thought I would ever trim for Thoroughbred race horses. After all, my barn is full of off-the-track race horses who have come to me with terrible feet. OK, so I currently only...