Has anyone used Golden Wings horseshoes? If so, what has been your experience with them? I very much like natural hoof care (barefoot) and do not ever want to use steel horse shoes again. But, two yea

Hi, Does anyone know a good (or willing to learn) hoof trimmer who services the area about an hour south of Minneapolis, Minnesota? I have checked with Progressive Hoof Care, Hoof Rehab (who sent me t

my question concerns pads. are pads only used for laminitis? Majestic has no laminitis but the Farrier. for many years has put pads in his front shoes. For the past two trims or three trims trainer ha

Last time (5 wks ago) Hogan was trimmed, he was sore for a week. Would greatly appreciate markups for farrier. https://ch.ecirhorse.org/case-history.php?id=209

My mare Windy is sore on hard ground and has been for many years. Lately though she also seems short strided in my sand arena and I guess that would be foot sore too. She is fine on the lawn and runs

Hello, I have now added radiographs. I’m so disheartened. Can she even be rehabbed at this point? She is now moving better after being on metformin. Meredith

Hi, All- I need some help. My gelding has struggled with narrow, wizened looking front frogs for a long time. His right is always worse than the left. I've been very faithful these past few months of

Hi, My skilled and experienced trimmer wants to see before and after pictures of draft hooves. She wants to see a flaired, long toed footed draft who followed mark up suggestions and actually was succ

Hello, I am requesting trim markups please. I have posted new photos under hoof issues (hope that’s correct) https://ch.ecirhorse.org/case-history.php?id=178 And I have requested an appointment for ra

Hi. I'm thinking Dolly can start to spend some time out of her boots. She has been trotting and cantering on her own and the boots seem to get in her way. I'm not sure what the next step should be. He

Hello all, It's been quite some time since I've been here and am working on getting my new pony's info into the new database etc...and updating my signature and such. New pony, Sirsha, (just acquired

I saw styrofoam pads at ECSS Hoofcare products, but I'd rather have a sheet of styrofoam on hand that I can cut to size. What kind of 2" thick construction-grade styrofoam do you source at a big box s

Good Afternoon, I am requesting an evaluation of hoof x-rays for fronts and hoof photos all around. I want to be able to provide this information to my farrier. Crackers just had x-rays today and we a

Hi all, I am looking for a good video example of bringing back the toes from underneath. I've searched on YouTube but I'm not finding anything helpful. Does anyone have a good source? I would greatly

Hi everyone. I just was wondering if anyone has tried waterproofing the cloud boots? I was thinking I would lightly spray them with PAM on the outside fabric, avoiding the tred. Thanks. -- Trisha DePi

Hi! I know this isn’t hoof trimming related but it’s also not ECOR-related so not sure where the best place to ask this is. I need to get some relief from the mud for my horses. I’ve looked into the L

I read about taking good radiographs and I was wondering if, instead of a tack placed at the tip of the frog, can I tape a small flat washer to the spot? And will a strip of electrical wire taped to t

Does anyone have great transition (boots?) ideas for a horse with navicular? It has been 1 year since diagnosis and I tried many boot/pad/barefoot combinations before giving up and having shoes put ba

I have a used pair of Clouds, size 3. They’re too big for my horse. They are used but still have life left in them. If you’d like to “use them up”, I’d be glad to send them to you. -- Patti. SoCal 202

I’m a bit overwhelmed and looking for some clarification on caring for abscesses. Specifically an abscess brewing at the coronary band. After going through the posts, I’ve read to take caution with so