Justice is barefoot. Bob Bowker consulted several years ago to successfully get him out of lifelong therapy shoes for early age navicular degeneration/DDFT lesions. Was an early recipient of Tildren a

I have taken on the trimming aspect of Merlin's feet since the two failed farrier attempts. I have only be doing rasping and taking back the toes, mostly on his fronts and reducing the flaring. howeve

Hi all, There is a horse with P3 infection, bone loss and rotation (right front hoof). I can imagine only a few reasons why a horse would get an infection within the hoof. He didn´t step on a nail, hy

Maybe someone in this group can offer some constructive feedback. I have reached out to the main group twice. I will be trimming horses again this weekend and would like trim advice. maybe a bit beyon

My horse will be 8 y/o in Sept. He has recently developed bruising of the white line this spring/summer. He was just trimmed on June 25th and the farrier found the bruising in all 4 feet. The horse in

Hi everyone -- I've had a number of exchanges in the main forum about my horse Charlie, a 13yo OTTB I've had since 2016, who was diagnosed with laminitis/founder on June 7, 2022. I've received tons of

Just looking for brands people are liking and using. Jean Hinrichsen WI 2022 https://ecir.groups.io/g/CaseHistory/files/Jean%20and%20Merlin https://ecir.groups.io/g/CaseHistory/album?id=273256

Hi. Does anyone know of a farrier in the palm beach county area of Florida?

Hi Everyone, Is there a video I can find somewhere that shows Bowker's approach to long toes / underrun heels? ie. Backing through the white line? Can this be done when the soles are thin? Is this the

I have 3 of the blue inserts for the Easy Boot Clouds, size 3. If anyone can use them, I’d be glad to send them to you. -- Patti. SoCal 2020

Hi I've been trimming my 3 horses for the past 3 years but would like someone to do 2 of them for me. I plan on keeping on doing my riding horse (IR PPID) recovered founder from 2020. Mainly 'cause th

Hi My 30 year old mare, PPID not IR, is stiff behind when trimming. Other than bute is there a short acting pain/inflammation remedy that works for this? Thanks Amy in Va 2005

Hi all, Just wondering if from all the online trimming courses available, you know one that provides a certification. Thank you very much in advance. Maria Duran. Madrid, Spain.

Morning, I am looking at purchasing a new horse. The vet who did her Pre-purchase exam told me she had a club foot, he took rads of it and her other "normal" foot. I have only seen the bad one as a te

My mare was diagnosed with navicular a couple of months ago. She got a shot of Osphos and metal shoes recommended by the vet were put on. Has anyone found good glue on shoes or boots for navicular tha

I just updated Dalli's photo album with updated RF and LF photos that I took this morning. Last trim was last week and will be trimmed again in 2 1/2 weeks. Thanks for any thoughts.

Since I live in a rural area of SE WI and my current farrier is very old school and reluctant to learn updated trimming skills for laminitic horses. He Wanted to put reverse heartbar shoes on my horse

I would like to start trimming my own horse. I live in a rural area of SE WI and am having a hard time finding a farrier who knows what they are doing or willing to change or learn what Pete Ramey rec

On Friday, I went to try out a horse, an OTTB. He was advertised as barefoot. When I looked at him, the first thing I thought was how long and flared his feet were. The owner said he was not due for a

Hi all, I am working on a mare´s hooves since several months ago. The mare was unshoed 9 months ago and after being very sensitive, she is doing great now. Her hooves have changed to what begins to ap