Achtung, Leeches!
Medicinal leech use dates back over 3000 years. In Egypt, India, Ancient Greece and Ancient Persia the Hirudo Medicinalis, what the medicinal leech is called, was used extensively for healing and therapeutic treatments. Hippocrates...
Every Hoof Has A Story
We’ve all heard the joke, “Talk to the hoof!” But what we really need to do is listen to the hoof. Every horse’s hoof has a story to tell. If you look and listen,...
Fitting Zahara’s Spare Part
Submitted by Stacey Maloney, Team Easyboot 2012 Member
Last summer my Competitive Trail Riding prospect, Zahara, broke my heart when she suffered a pretty bad heel bulb laceration - twice. Instead of spending the summer...
Don’t Be Negative
We all know that being negative is considered a bad thing, and it's no different for the horse's hoof!
A negative palmar (front), or negative plantar (hind), angle in the hoof refers to the orientation...
A Quick Curricular of Navicular
“Navicular” is a dreaded word. It is often not discussed unless the conversation addresses navicular syndrome or another disheartening hoof ailment. While navicular syndrome may be frightening, the navicular bone is a good thing!...
5 Ways to Help Your Horse Escape Hoof Discomfort with TheraPads
We all know that feeling - the one you get after you’ve walked all day in a pair of new, flat shoes on hard floors. The dogs are barking, and no matter how many...
Peggy’s Perfect Horse Hoof Boot Would Be…
Lightweight, fairly easy to put on the hoof, comfortable for my horse, economically priced, and it would last at least two years of trail riding.
My mare Reba foundered in 2005. Not your typical founder.......
My Horse Has Retracted Soles?
Ever have a horse with pretty healthy feet, and yet after a normal trim, just like you’ve given the horse a dozen times before, they are very footsore? Of course the horse is miserable,...
Life During Founder Rehab
Submitted by Christin Ganey Davis
I was introduced to the barefoot and booting way of life in a very unexpected way. Our dressage horse, Chase, escaped from the barn with his sidekick during the night. Somehow, Chase...
Do You Boot? P3 (Coffin Bone) Surgery
My 5 year old Arab/QH had to have a section of his P3 removed this summer becasue of an infection. The vet mentioned putting on a hospital plate but the foot looked so sore...
