Trimming Hooves for Heel Height and Vertical Toe
Well, that sounds weird -- trimming hooves for heel height. One would think, well, if you keep on trimming the heels they never get the chance to g...
What Do Healthy Hooves Look Like?
It occurred to me this morning, as I was again consulting with someone about her sore-footed horse, that there seems to be a lack of healthy-lookin...
What to do about BRITTLE HOOVES
What causes brittle hooves? What can you do about it? Find out here ... from diet to environment to even mental stress ... how do these things aff...
Runaway Heels and How They Slowly Crawl Back
I’ve often said that at least 70% of the horses I see have underrun heels. It’s so prevalent that a friend of mine stated that they believe that ho...
Have We Forgotten the Back Hooves?
If your horse is having issues with the stifle, the SI joint, the hocks (think of twisting hocks), or is feeling short-strided in the back or 'chop...
Contracted Heels?
Contracted Heels -- just what ARE contracted heels on a horse's hoof? Well, basically, if the heel measurement is less than the toe measurement, t...
Do Your Horse's Hooves REALLY Need Trimming?
What a question, huh? I can hear y'all shouting YES! to the title of this post ... but stop and think ... do they REALLY need to be trimmed every ...
Why NOT to Rasp the Entire Hoofwall
The periople lies just under the coronary band/hairline of the hoof capsule. Its role is to protect the softer new horn that is being generated to...
The Hairline Tells It All ...
Lyle “Bergy” Bergeleen wrote a book. It’s called, “The Hairline Tells It All”. I read it way back when it first came out and embraced it full hilt....
High-Low Hoof Syndrome
We hear about high-low hooves a lot. Most horses have fairly similar hooves all round. Similar in shape, size, functioning but some will have ones ...
How to Spot and Deal with Bruised Heels
Bruising on the heels of the hoof usually is caused by direct injury from rocks, irregular hard ground with pebbles, stones, etc. or other trauma t...
Hittin' up the Bars ...
A seamless fit ... the walls to the heels to the bars. They're all connected and all have a unique assignment as to support of the horse during w...