All Blog Posts Tagged 'hoof' (8)

Florida: A Challenge for Farriers

“If you can be a farrier in Florida you can be a farrier anywhere.” …

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Added by Leueen Willoughby on February 9, 2016 at 7:30pm — No Comments

Cure for Laminitis?

When I was 10 I got Peppy as a Christmas gift. Shortly thereafter she was diagnosed with Laminitis. When I was 16, we had to euthanize her because the pain was past what she could handle. It broke my heart into tiny pieces to lose her. We were a great team in the show ring and together we won 27 ribbons.

Today I found an article that may save many horses and…

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Added by Danielle Zackery (Hoof-Ease) on May 2, 2013 at 7:47pm — No Comments

Maggie the long...

Well, it's summer and, well, Maggie was a bit over due (a week, mind) for the farrier. I've never seen (heard!) her forge like that. So, rather than tap tap tap tap tap our way even around the berry field, someone got a few days off.

Which leads us to Maggie the long of frame. Lesson last night, and, much to the chagrin of Miss Magnolia, it's time to shorten her up. Oh sure, she'll go fairly forward in a longer frame. The comment was sure, she's on the bit and nice, but…

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Added by MagsNMe on July 21, 2011 at 1:24pm — No Comments

Shoes...

Now I know it's not fashionable to have shoes on your horse, better for the hoof, blah blah. I've always kept front shoes on the big Mags, she toes in and works all through the winter. We briefly (it was a couple days before I could get them back on), had shoes off of her last winter. We aren't really going to try that again.

Maggie has great feet. Good solid wall, round, nice concavity, big ol healthy frogs. She's also 17hh of hard working dressage horse. My trainer suggested we try… Continue

Added by MagsNMe on April 29, 2011 at 12:08am — 1 Comment

Barefoot Rehabilitation for Navicular Syndrome/Disease - Kingsley Goes to Rockley Farm

Photo: Movement assessment on soft surface: Rockley Farm - Barefoot Performance & Hoof Rehabilitation

After about four hours of journey in a swift little horsebox, Kingsley, Pauline,…

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Added by Wiola Grabowska on October 11, 2010 at 5:07pm — No Comments

trouble picking my mares foot up

i have just bought a fell mare who has never been shod and is reluctant to pick her feet up.After 2 weeks with me I have managed to lift both back feet and the near fore, but no way will she pick the near fore up.I have tried reward with the other feet which worked and now she will pick these up without reward, but still the near fore remains planted.If I lean my weight against her she leans even harder against me and lifts her off fore as if to tell me there is a problem with the near but not… Continue

Added by marilyn danson on August 22, 2010 at 9:49am — 2 Comments

Cortisone and laminitis

Just a warning about the use of cortisone shots in horses that are prone to laminitis. IMO don't use it. Our 17 year old broodmare had a severe bout with laminitis 10 years ago and is probably insulin resistant. She has had hoof problems for years though not another severe bout with laminitis since the original. We had her hocks injected with cortisone to treat inflammation that was… Continue

Added by Hawk Hill on August 5, 2010 at 2:30pm — 1 Comment

Equine Science: Weekly News and Trivia Question - October 29, 2009

Welcome to this week’s slightly earlier edition of Equine Science News – I’m off to watch the dressage and show jumping competition Equita’Lyon in France this weekend and am flying to Geneva early Friday morning, but wanted to make sure that this week’s latest equine science news was still delivered to you all! So this blog post I’ll be chatting to you about laminitis, strangles and… Continue

Added by Chloé Sharrocks on October 29, 2009 at 4:00pm — 1 Comment