Dressage, Bare-ly.
In between conditioning rides, endurance rides, work and my home life, I embark on a 10-minute drive down the road, trailer and pony in-tow, every Wednesday evening. My route includes a three mile drive...
Transition Tuesday Returns
Back By Popular Demand
It sounds a bit tacky to say it, but I've been receiving quite a few requests over the last month to reinstate the Transition Tuesday blog posts I was writing for EasyCare....
The Horse.com Gives a Nice Nod to EasyCare Hoof Boots
To Shoe?
For many that isn't even a question for consideration. The answer is barefoot and booted! In an article just released on The Horse.com by Heather Smith Thomas (October 01 2009, Article # 15175), Heather talks...
Booting In Vermont
Well we have had several days of rain this week and our pastures are muddier than I have ever seen them. Then the sun came out and they graded the roads and they are...
Deconstructing Teskey – Part I
I had the good fortune to attend another Teskey clinic last week in Fort McDowell, Arizona. It was fantastic to hear him again ten months into my own barefoot transition. Teskey graduated from Colorado State in...
Essentials for Choosing and Keeping a Barefoot Riding Horse
I recently read a book, "Maintaining a Natural Horse", by Tim Ware. Tim does barefoot trimming, so understands the needs completely. He presents a program for keeping a horse barefoot and rideable. A basic understanding...
Barefoot Horse Turns Heads At The National Finals Rodeo!
If you are a rodeo fan you know there is no better place to be in December than Las Vegas! The WNFR or Wrangler National Finals Rodeo draws over 200,000 people and is the largest single...
Then and Now
This last year has been a huge year for me in natural horse care and natural hoof trimming. While I have trimmed my horses for the past several years, I haven't had to deal...
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...
Re-Thinking Horse Shoes
A world of information is available at www.barefoothorse.com. This following article makes us stop and think how important natural horse care is and finding the right protective horse boots that are available, starting with EasyCare, the leader in hoof boots!When we...