The Importance of the “Before and After”
We love to do before and after photo comparisons. They're fun and educational for us trimmers and also for our clients, the horse owners. I'm often surprised at how much has changed.I usually take...
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...
Get a Grip
When you understand the hoof as a complex, flexible, living structure and then consider a shoe as a rigid cast, it's easier to imagine what the rest of the horse must do to compensate...
3 Ways to Treat Navicular/Heel Pain Using the Easyboot Glue-On
By Jon Smedley of Trim and TrainThere seems to be a lot of discussion surrounding the condition of navicular/heel pain. What exactly is it, and what qualifies as a diagnosis? Regardless of that discussion,...
What Happens When an Abscess Goes Untreated
By Nancy Frishkorn BA, CHCP (reposted from September 10, 2013)If you own horses, chances are good that at some point either you or someone you know spent many hours tending to an abscess. An...
Under Pressure – Dealing with an Abscess (Part Two)
Submitted by EasyCare Product Specialist, Kelsey LobatoAfter discovering an abscess and finding out the cause, start treatment and possibly a prevention program. The treatment program will depend on the type of abscess your horse...
The Challenges of Spring Grass: Laminitis and Founder
Submitted by EasyCare Dealer, Dawn WilloughbyOriginal Post June 2, 2011In most cases, owners can prevent the ravages of laminitis (inflammation of the laminae between hoof wall and coffin bone) and founder (pulling away of...
Under Pressure – Discovering A Hoof Abscess (Part One)
Submitted by EasyCare Product Specialist, Kelsey Lobato.An abscess is a bacterial infection of the connective tissues between the hoof wall and the sole of the hoof. Abscesses can be triggered from a number of causes,...
Easyboot Stratus Pad System: Get that Laminitic Horse Comfortable!
The Easyboot Stratus and the pad system are a collaboration between EasyCare/Polyflex Horseshoes and Garrett Ford/Curtis Burns. We have been working to bring a new concept to market that will help horses. The comfort...
DHF Case Study: Laminitis and Canker
This is one of those cases that stays with you; that you think about even when you're not with the horse. The initial description from the veterinarian was "Every time the owner picked out...