Improve your Horse’s Soundness with Heel-First Landings
Healthy hooves require well developed heel structures to ensure optimum suspension and shock absorption. This is achieved by encouraging your horse...
What to Feed your Horse to Improve Hoof Health and Soundness
Targeted hoof supplements rarely work alone. However, if you feed your horse an overall balanced diet, he will have the best nutritional conditions...
Get your Horse Ready for the Retired Thoroughbred Makeover
Are you looking to enter your horse into the U.S. Thoroughbred Makeover competition or doing your own Retired Racehorse Project at home? This is th...
Lola The Retired Racehorse Chapter 10 “The 2019 Thoroughbred Makeover!”
Lola the retired racehorse is barefoot and competing in Scoot Boots for the Thoroughbred Makeover. She and I will continue to be barefoot advocates...
Will Scoot Boots fit my horse? I'm travelling the Barefoot Road.
David Wallace transitions his horses to barefoot and trail rides in Scoot Boots.
What can nature teach us about hoof care?
You've decided to pull your horse's shoes. Knowing that you're doing the best you can for your horse is all that counts when it comes to hoof care.
Interview with Susan Tomlin and Dancealong, Grand Prix Dressage Rider in Scoot Boots. New Zealand, December 2019
Shoes were not really working for Dancealong. Despite being on high quality hoof supplements and balanced nutrition he has a slow rate of hoof grow...
Scoot Boot- Helping to Push for Industry Change
I have several horses that can go without, but the cool thing about the boots that I tried, out of the all the boot designs, Scoot Boots are very d...
Lola the Retired Racehorse Chapter 9 “The Final Countdown”
It’s hard to remember that she has only been off the track for 12 months and that she has been in my life for just 11 of those. I can’t believe ho...
Boots vs. Skins vs. Traditional Shoes - have you weighed the options?
From an economic standpoint, the cost difference between boots or shoes is vast. So why are riders still choosing to spend double what they would u...
Lola the Retired Racehorse Chapter 8 “Finding That Happy Place”
Lola and I have been busy. We went to our fourth schooling Dressage show at the beginning of the month. Lola has been making great progress in...
Shoes on Horses
Well, did that catch your attention? Who shoes horses anymore anyway? Here we are on a HOOF BOOT site and I'm gonna talk about SHOES on Horses! Wh...