I love when my clients ask me questions about what I am doing while I do a barefoot trim. It may look like your hoofcare provider just shows up, pulls their…
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Overgrown hind foot with dead and diseased frog material. My apprentice liked to tease me about how I have the nose of a bloodhound. I am pretty sensitive to the smell…
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Farriers shoe horses. They also trim horses, either before the shoe is nailed on or because the horse is barefoot. Barefoot trimmers trim horses, but some also shoe or apply glue…
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In all the places I have trimmed (Illinois, Virginia, North Carolina, and Washington), it seems to be pretty common for farriers to charge less for trims than barefoot trimmers. I’ve seen…
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One of the tools I keep in my bag is my essential oils. I started using them personally a few years ago and one day thought, “why not see what the…
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Suddenly you notice a new crack in your horse’s hoof! Wait, was that there yesterday? You pull out your cell phone, snap a quick picture, and send to your hoofcare provider…
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I once had no idea what good feet looked like. I knew my horse had feet, that she needed to see the trimmer every so often, and that I liked to…