What We Know For Sure
Only a few weeks ago, I had the pleasure of working in the field with a good friend and respected colleague of mine, Michael Wharton. Together we collaborated on a dressage horse that neither...
Club Footed…With Boots
Hello, I thought I'd take a moment to share my story with you all, since having a club-footed horse can add to the difficulty of transitioning your horse barefoot successfully. I have a few...
5 Reasons Pegasus Would Not Be a Good Endurance Horse
I am a little embarrassed to admit this, but I was a huge Clash of the Titans fan when I was younger. Since then, the early 80's, I never gave much more thought to...
Natural Horse Products
2009 has been an amazing year for EasyCare. 4 new hoof boots were released... the Easyboot Glove, Easyboot Edge, Easyboot RX and the Easyboot Glue-On are really helping revolutionize natural hoof care. While we...
Hoof Prosthetics: Prince’s Unlikely Hoof
Submitted by Philip HimankaIn March 2016, a miniature horse gelding named “Prince” was diagnosed by Colorado State University veterinarians with right coxofemoral joint luxation (dislocation of the femur head from the hip socket, disrupting...
White Line Disease: Healing Through Nutrition, Hoof Care, and Booting
A case study by Casey Sexton of North Georgia Hoof CareIn August of 2019 I was referred to a client by our local equine vet. The horse had a bad case of white line...
Off The Track Thoroughbreds: All with Beautiful Rehabilitated Feet
Once and for all let's make a concerted effort to debunk a popular myth that thoroughbreds have shelly walls, thin soles, pencil thin frogs and for these reasons they need shoes. "The hell!" I...
A Beginner Building a Healthier Hoof
A Case Study by Casey Sexton of North Georgia Hoof Care in Atlanta, GeorgiaOn August 1, 2019, I was called in to work on a very lame Saddlebred. I arrived at the appointment to...
Boot Maine-ia
Now that EasyCare has launched its new blog platform, it will be much easier for Boot Maine-ia to hit the virtual newsstand! First, a short introduction.I've been riding endurance and CTR since 2003 with my...
Is Concussion Really A Problem?
"Your eye and ideas are not nearly as good as nature’s." James RooneyWe have all seen them, those insidious concussion rings that appear in the hoof wall following an endurance ride, gradually moving down...