If you have been in the horse world for more than a few years, you have probably heard people talking about navicular with hushed voices. Navicular syndrome was always the…
Category: Hoof Care
In case you’ve missed all the latest Scottie news, we are currently suffering with a bit of a mystery lameness. The lovely non practicing vet at my yard has been…
This this heatwave, our horse’s hooves are suffering. They are dry, cracking and out growing their shoes very quickly. Needless to say there are daily posts on my social media…
Laminitis is the most well researched cause of lameness in the world. Despite all this research into this condition, it still affects hundreds of horses each year in the UK…
While away with work at the weekend, the social media famous clip on horse shoes came up in conversation. (If you haven’t heard of these, read my post about them…
I came across two very interesting and related articles about barefoot and farriery in dressage and how it affects a horse’s performance. In this post I have summarized both these…
I’m sure many, if not all of you, will have seen the video of these new shoes on social media over the past few months, if you haven’t you can…
I recently came across a very interesting article on barefoot management of horses and had a few thoughts on it I wanted to share. The article is written by someone…
Thanks to my work, I get to talk to lots of farriers, many of who are some of the best in the industry. So I thought I would have a…
Some of you may remember that last winter Scottie developed a new habit out of the blue, regularly removing his shoes! There were several factors for this, one being that…
This weekend work held a laminitis clinic and it was really interesting. There were several lectures by vets who have been researching laminitis and cushing’s disease for years, followed by…
I have finished my first week in my new job at a company which supplies to farriers. One of the products the company is really pushing at the moment is…
For those of you who follow mine and Scottie’s story, you will know that we have entered a couple of Best Condition classes and managed to place in both. However,…
Thoroughbreds as a breed tend to have pretty poor feet compared to other breeds. However, those who have raced tend to have even worse feet. This is largely due to…