Soft Country Feet Revisited

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Some months back I wrote an article, Soft-Country Feet?, where I suggested that hoof ailments such as hoof cracks, white-line disease and thrush, common to horses living in soft, wet environments could be reduced or eliminated...

Choose Your Weapons! The Right Tools Make Barefoot Trimming Easier

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Wandering around a farrier's supply store, whether in person or online, can be a little boggling. You really just need nippers, a hoof knife, and a rasp... but which ones?First and foremost, be prepared...

Trimming Tools and the Art of Maintenance

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There are many reasons for that development, but the fact is that more and more riders and horse owners are now trimming their horses hooves without the help of professional hoof technicians and farriers....

Heel-First Landing: A Good Indicator of A Balanced Trim

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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...

DIY – Maintaining Your Trim

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Sprung from the recent Easycare Webinars are discussions left and right regarding trimming and maintaining the trim, as well as the status of Duncan's bachelorhood (he is a hottie-patottie and could probably find 864...

Basic Hoof Care

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A horse is only as sound as her bare feet. Care and management of the barefoot hoof will vary, however, depending on the individual horse, her conformation and hoof structure, environment, climate and use. Whether she...

What’s Your Hoof IQ?

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So you think you know all there is to know about horses' feet? You've not only heard the saying "No foot, no horse," you claimed to have coined it yourself? Well, here's a chance...

Don’t Give Up!

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It's a known fact that having your horse barefoot is healthier than having your horse in shoes. Many horses will go their entire lives with shoes and not show any outward signs of damage but even...

Dr. Tomas Teskey’s Natural Hoof Care Clinic – Part 2

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I am one of the very lucky people that was able to go to Dr. Tomas Teskey’s hoof clinic and dissection in Hereford, AZ. It was a total eye-opener to me, having grown up...

Trimming the Mustang’s Feet: Eexcerpts from KBR Horse Health

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Mustangs are often referred to as wild horses, but since all free roaming horses now in the Americas descended from horses that were once domesticated, the correct term is "feral horse." The English word...