Trimming the Toed-Out or Toed-In Foot

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I wrote an article on how to maintain your horse's trim between your trimmer's visits for this week's On the Hoof entry. But I saw a horse yesterday that brought up an issue I...

Frog Talk – Part I

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What do frogs and bars have in common?  Answer: they are both most controversial among hoof professionals. Bars and frogs of the equine hoof are the most discussed tissues and there are about as many...

What’s the Right Heel Height?

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Wouldn't it make life so much easier if we had a hard-and-fast, always-and-never guide for trimming our horses' hooves? Unfortunately the hoof can't be simplified like that. The hoof is an amazing feat of...

Cracking the Code on Hoof Cracks

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What causes hoof cracks? There are many factors that contribute to the development of hoof cracks and understanding the cause is the key to developing a solution. Infrequent Trim Schedule The first factor and the...

Rounding the Corner

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Submitted by David Landreville of Landreville Hoof Care There are a lot of trim methods out there teaching how to address heel height without mentioning heel shape. The shape of the heels are meant to...

Horse Hoof Trimming Using a Disc Grinder

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Another Skeptic Converted to Barefoot Grinder Trimming by Carolyn Dierksen The story I would like to tell you here is about a new method of hoof care, introduced to me by Phil Morarre. I first...

Rehabilitation of the Insulin Resistant Foundered Horse: DHF Style

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We at Daisy Haven Farm, Inc, focus our practice on rehabilitation of the equine foot.  We do our best to be objective about the work we do on the horse’s foot and refrain from...

Floating The Heel

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Finally we have successfully rebalanced the hooves and achieved an accurate M/L balance, only to discover to our dismay a few weeks later that same M/L imbalance again. What went wrong with our last...

Oh. My. God. Becky. Look at Her Bulbs!

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Let’s take a peek at another facet of impaired function, the indicator of which, I affectionately call “Bulb Butt”. “Oh my God, Becky. Look her bulbs!” or “Do these shoes make my bulbs look big?” In...

Step by Step Trim Progression

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I talk a lot here about how to go about trimming a hoof, but this week, I wanted show a hoof at each stage of my trim. Before we start, though, I think this is...