Hi Maria, As to sharpener, I was using a sharpening stone on my hoof knife, but you can't get into the hook with that. Farrier supply stores sell sharpeners for the hook, but I found that they were re

Both of my riding horses (they both get about 30 minutes of dressage training a day) have developed false soles this summer for the first time. It's been hot and dry for the last 2 months. They both h

Thanks, I saw someone making that claim and it seemed kind of fishy to me.

Is there any scientific evidence that too much calcium in the horse's diet causes sidebone? In other words, will an excess of calcium, calcify a ligament in the horse's body instead of being excreted

Also from Pete Ramey: I just watched these two videos of his talk at last years AFA conference and found them very informative: Reading the hoof and Reversing Hoof Capsule Rotation and Distal Descent

Both my horses had the top layer of their frogs peel off in the last week on all 4 hooves. About a 1/4" was lost. It came off while I was cleaning their hooves and I only had to run the side of the ho

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 h

Thank you both. That makes me feel a bit better. She's such a sweet mare - has a great personality. I was really worried about her future comfort. I didn't stress the navicular change because the vet

I'm not sure if this is the appropriate place to pose these questions, because it's not related to IR or PPID. Ella's been dealing with lameness on and off all summer in her RF. It started in June and

OK - thanks I'll just stay the course and hope it drains soon. She's had 3 abscess (4 if you count this one twice) since last August and none before that. Is there anything that I could do to prevent

I uploaded a picture to Ella's photo album. Could just be a coincident that she got a cut on the same day. There is no wound, swelling or tenderness anywhere else in the limb that I can find. She seem

Ella was moving better and looked sound until yesterday, when she came up lame again. In the same hoof - right front. Yesterday morning she was barely putting any weight on it. I put her in hoof boots

I've posted a complete set of hoof pictures here: Ella's Photos. Let me know if you can work with them or if there are any that need to be redone. Thanks

I'd appreciate some advice on my mare's trim. She has a slightly crooked right front foot. She's been like that as long as I've had her. I bought her at 5, she's now 9. I'm not sure if she was born th

Thank you Case and Lavinia, I hadn't thought about the traction. When I first laid the crusher, it wasn't as course. So maybe some of the finer stuff has washed off as there is a slope to the paddock.

Hi Lavinia, Sorry - I had forgotten to set up my signature for this group. I've already posted case histories. There have been a few changes to their diet in the last 2 months that I need to update in

I'd like a recommendation on the type of gravel that I should top my turn out paddock with. There is already a 1 foot base that had some bigger pieces of stone in it and some finer gravel. Most of it