Hoof Care

The Tevis Cup is arguably the most difficult endurance ride in the world. The 100-mile ride is completed in one day over extreme mountainous terrain, ending in Auburn, California. Upon completing the challenging ride,...

A couple of weeks ago, a friend visited from England. She has just decided to take her endurance horse barefoot and compete with him in boots. It sounds like she has found a sympathetic...

By late May 2009, Roo was declared "A Perfect Fit", footwear-wise. I'd figured out to trim off toe and smoosh his back feet into a smaller pair of Gloves, and I'd discovered that he...

The day dawned gorgeous and frosty and my plan was to ride. So I get on the phone and call friend A."Hey do you want to ride today?""Oh I can't I have the farrier...

The AERC and NATRC Convention and Tradeshow was held over the past weekend in Reno, Nevada.  Both AERC and NATRC are horse associations that focus on trail competitions over difficult distances and challenging terrain.I had...

A few weeks ago I loaded up the new pony, Charmy-Schmarmy, and took him to kindergarten. Not only is this a huge step for him, it's a huge step for myself- an obsessive-compulsive, worrying...

There are two ways to look at things- you know, the whole glass half-full, glass half-empty saying. While I try to look at things in a positive manner, sometimes I find myself focusing on...

Onward we travel to Zurich, Switzerland. This would be my fifth hoof care clinic in this beautiful country of the world within the last three years.Crossing the border close to St. Gallen at Lake...

Most barefoot horses do not have perfectly matching feet. Why? Often, the shapes of the coffin bones inside them are very different. When the bone angles vary by up to 15°, is it any...

Caring for a barefoot hoof correctly calls for more than simply leaving off a shoe and filing the toe down every few weeks.A healthy hoof in its natural environment does not just shorten itself....