Last Updated on Tuesday, 17 January 2012 08:23
2-session webinar : Feb. 10th and 11th, 2012 5:00 p.m. – 8:30 p.m.
Using photographs, diagrams and illustrations, we will cover the following topics:
Last Updated on Saturday, 24 September 2011 05:20
Learn the ins and outs of using "the next best thing to barefoot" in a hands-on clinic taught by Dr. Cindy Nielsen, veterinarian and certified Epona shoer, Pacific Hoof Care Practitioner - Certified Member and Mentor
Last Updated on Saturday, 19 February 2011 05:29
Many horse owners wonder if their horse(s) can go barefoot, or even should. It is a well-accepted fact among top equine podiatrists that being barefoot is, in general, healthier than being shod. The purpose of this article, however, is not to debate shod versus barefoot, but to give you the results of my journey into natural hoof care.
Last Updated on Monday, 21 February 2011 20:28
First, let us take a look at some anatomical features of the equine hoof that will help you understand what has happened with your horse. Equines – and 
only equines (including horses, donkeys, mules, zebras, minis, ponies) – walk on the very tip of what is equivalent to our middle finger or toe. The photo below shows the bones in a horse’s hoof, and a human hand, with corresponding structures colored the same. MC3 and 2 are the “splint bones” or metacarpals 2 and 3, the remnants of the bones in the hand colored yellow and orange, on either side of the middle finger.
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