Pick Up Artist: Teaching a Horse to Lift his Hooves
A horse who refuses to pick up his hoof at your request is the picture of obstinacy. And an owner pulling and pushing to try to lift the immobile limb…
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Thrush Treatment for Horse Hooves
Thrush is a common pain-in-the-neck ailment. It’ll normally respond rapidly to correct treatment (the classic ”squirt and done” routine rarely works) and, like everything else, it’s best if you catch…
Hoof Help
…genes, just what can be done to improve on Mother Nature? Clip and Save: Hooves 101 Hooves are comprised of a dead protein called “keratin.” The hoof is a viscoelastic…
Barefoot Horses Work For Pete Ramey
…hooves in their care consistently get better and better as time goes by. I know this sounds too idealistic, but the horse world has mistakenly accepted the deterioration of hooves…
What’s Your Hoof IQ?
…circulation to the hooves, thereby stimulating hoof-wall growth. When a horse stands still, on the other hand, the static load on his hooves inhibits circulation and slows new growth. Q:…
Life after Equine Laminitis
The more researchers learn about laminitis, the clearer it becomes that it’s not a disease just of the hooves. The events that culminate in the inflammation of the soft tissue…
Is Barefoot Better?
…make bad hooves better, and even excellent. It may also create hooves capable of supporting a horse–with rider–over most types of terrain. And (this is the most intriguing part) it…
Teach a horse to accept farriery work
…to be particularly fearful about having work done on his back feet. I’m able to lift, handle and pick all four hooves, and I do this with him on a…
Horse Hoof Supplement Helps Problem Feet
…size without much, if any, attention paid to good hooves. But you can usually keep feet that seem prone to chipping and breaking in good shape by scheduling regular trimmings,…
Hoof Smarts
Look around the next time you’re at a competition and note the number of horses that compete on mismatched hooves. Some hooves are visibly at different angles or have heels…