I’m still very interested in your advice if you have time. ☺️🤓🧐 -- Joella Foust

-- Diann Kuzma One Hoof at a Time PHCP Practitioner Joined 2018

-- Diann Kuzma One Hoof at a Time PHCP Practitioner Joined 2018

Hi Susan, That's going to be a tough one as the majority of the boots are designed to be used on feet where the trim is pretty optimal, which means the heels are the appropriate height. Your best bet

I am a big fan of the Easy Care pads, all 3 densities. The softer ones conform more over time, the firmer ones retain their shape better but still squish when weight is applied. The interlocking

Hi Rebecca, You need to rocker/bevel the back of the heels but leave the vertical height of the heel buttress alone. Also need to rasp the wall out of weight bearing in the heel, leaving only the bar

I am interested in this topic as well, as I am currently working with a good barefoot trimmer with ground parallel/negative angle in my boy's back feet with underrun heels all around. Lavinia what is

Joella, there are All types of pads. Easy boot has comfort pads, 3 densities. Another company is HoofPads? Can not quite remember. I have had clients use yoga mats, the puzzle mates for long term

Can anyone suggest a hoof boot for a horse with high heels and a steep angle? She has a bit of high low syndrome. I've sent pictures to scoot boot and they told me that their boots won't work for my

HI Joella, I am a big fan of Flex Hoof Boots. I did 8 miles last weekend through mud, creek, off trail, rocks, hills basically the whole gambit. My mare did not take a wrong step and some areas were

Hello! Lavina, thank you for your wonderfully informative comment to my last question! I learned a lot which was my goal ☺️ So thank you! ☺️ Regarding pads, what types of materials would

Hi Bobbie, It sounds like his toes can come back even more than they already are. The squaring-off is due to him wearing them down himself as he breaks over the center of the hoof - a perfectly normal

Computer took a bit to update. Yippie -- Diann Kuzma One Hoof at a Time PHCP Practitioner Joined 2018

Thanks, done, i hope

Lavinia The recent topic of toes makes me wonder about my big geldings fronts. Lately his toes look like someone just literally squared them off. He’s never been lame but he is getting arthritis in

Hi Diann, Unfortunately, signatures do not carry over from group to group.You need to create a signature for this group the same way you did for the Main ECIR Group. Just click on Subscription at the

Good question, Joella. In feet like these, all the necessary support structures in the back half of the foot are lacking in some way, including the digital cushion, lateral cartilage, frog, heels. The

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I had/have a few clients like this. The heels are way to low, like crushed/run forward. I try using glue on; boots 24/7; Hoof Armor, anything to stop heel wear. I do not know enough about wedges to

Good evening all, I have been contemplating a brain teaser topic, at least for me. if a horse has negative angles on rads (hinds) but the external pastern to hoof angle/grain is barely brocken back