No, you do not have to go home and trim your own horses. But you CAN become an INFORMED CONSUMER of hoofcare services.

The Sunday workshop has "working" and "audit" options. Working participants will learn to analyze a hoof and do a basic trim. Using cadaver hooves. You will learn how to use tools, a rasp, a hoof knife, hoof nippers. What gear is necessary for your safety and the safety of the horse.

(Tools and gear are available on loan for the day - you need not go shopping, just to learn.)

The instructor is knowledgeable, skilled, passionate and an outstanding instructor. A rare combination!!  She has rehabbed many laminitic horses and is a supporter of ECIR philosophy and protocols. She has attended a No Laminitis! conference.

If you would like to join us, please register using this link: https://mackinawdells2.com/registration.html

Once you have "put your name on the list," use THIS link to pay https://mackinawdells2.com/class-payments.html (just click on the icon for the class you are paying for: Beginner Trim - Full, or Beginner Trim - Audit, or Exploring the Equine Hoof.)

Thanks to learning from Ida Hammer, I took our donkey's feet from this: https://photos.app.goo.gl/hkDPmzHQfz8qWeXb7

to this: https://photos.app.goo.gl/YyzmnWpz43YhZxPa9

Perfect? No. His feet had been distorted and suffered internal structural changes from years of neglect. But he is not lame, he can walk and trot and zoom around comfortably. Before learning from Ida, I never imagined I could do something like this.

If you enjoy these introductory workshops and decide to "geek out," and become a "hoof nerd," we will host more advanced (and fascinating workshops) next year.

Contact me privately, if you have questions. maddogranch@...

Cindy Martin

Fayetteville, AR

NRC+, CIR, MPG, etc

ECIR member since 2009