We switched farriers in late 2020, after having problems with the one we had used for over 5 years. The new farrier does both hot and cold shoeing, and barefoot. He wouldn't take us on as clients

Hi Barbara, Venice Turpentine has been around a long time as a sole paint. It can help to toughen the soles to some degree but can't replace a proper trim. It's not harmful. Usually, a sole is

I will add to my post by also asking if anyone knows anything about "Venice turpentine". I had a new-to-me farrier trim my horse today. He applied Venice turpentine to "harden the sole". And he

Has anyone ever heard of cauterizing (or "burning" as it was called) the bottom of the hoof wall allegedly to close the ends of the tubules thus holding moisture in and promoting strong walls and

Great news, Maria. Thanks for the update. -- Lavinia Jan 2005, RI Moderator/ECIR Support

Thank you Bobbie, We are a team, everyone is very supportive and working hard for him. I wish he can recover, he will be off antibiotics very soon.

That’s great news Maria, you are such a Angel for these horses. They are so blessed to have you.

Just wanted to say that Mandela has clearly begun to move the shoulder forward as if he was walking when he moves! I can´t believe it. He is better and his hooves are doing well by now, he moves like

Thank you for the suggestion. Unfortunately---no one in the area :(

Go to PHCP website. Look up members. -- Diann Kuzma One Hoof at a Time PHCP Practitioner Joined 2018

Hi----I am losing my trimmer of many years. Horses are in Napa, CA. Does anyone know of a good trimmer in that area? Thanks for your help.

Thank you so much Lavinia. Mandela is doing much better since on boots as I was guessing and the trimmer will not do the poriexpan protocol after telling him your opinion. He looks quite happy even

Looks like the EQ boots are similar to the Soft Rides, from what I can find on their website. They don't really show you what the actual pad looks like and I can't seem to find a description of what

Hi Lavinia, Yes there are sheets of poriexpan in different thicknesses. Just wanted to know the difference thank you. He will be on boots. He has EQ boots in the hinds and a glued floating boot in

Hi Maria, Had to do more searching on what porexan is. Looks like it is similar to what we call styrofoam. If you had it in a sheet, rather than a ball, I think it would work temporarily as it will

Hi Lavinia, Thank you so much for this detailed and helpful answer. We have three different opinions in all this voragine. Vets that say to put him down, vets advicing surgery and one who says, lets

I Maria, So sorry this boy is going thru this. It seems that you need to know what the condition of the joint/nerve is in order to be able to make realistic and responsible decisions regarding his

Sherry, thank you so much for your quick help. I enjoyed a lot the reading! I know sugar and betadine are drying agents, but I was imaginning that bit of moisture sealed and packed into a hoof with

Hi Maria, This might a translation challenge for us but this article on Sugardine might help:

Hi all, I need some opinions and help with a horse diagnosed with osteomyelitis in the left scapula-humerus joint. The horse is a rescue, he had a bad injury that got infected and the infection