Hoof care for horses

If you’re new to horse ownership, you may be wondering how to get started with horse hoof care. Check out our beginner's guide here!

Basic #hooftrimming Guide for #horseowners

If you’re dealing with your horse’s cracked, dry hooves, chances are there’s an easy solution that doesn’t require buying expensive hoof dressings. But it’s important to look for the root cause of the hoof issue,…

We put two homemade horse hoof conditioners to the test in drought conditions and track the results. Photos of the hooves before and after and of the conditioners.

Farrier Tom Curl explains the three most common hoof care mistakes and how you can avoid making them with your horse

Hoof care for your horse is an incredibly important element to keep your horse healthy, happy, and sound. Use these prevention tips to prevent hoof cracks.

Sophie is a twelve-year-old seven-eighths Hanoverian mare whose main job is dressage. She is also hacked out for an hour or two a couple of times a week. She is fit and robust, but she has recurring bouts of problems with her stifles. Immediately after being shod, she has no issues. But as she gets further along in her shoeing interval her rider notices that her stifles keep catching.

Everything You Need to Know to Care For Your Horse’s Hooves Horse hooves may seem like simple structures, but they are actually quite complex. They must be strong and stable enough to carry the horse’s weight yet sensitive enough to navigate challenging terrain accurately. The horse hoof is incredibly important to the animal’s life and […]

Thrush can be a concern for horse owners at this time of year, second generation farrier John McAteer advises on how to treat this common hoof ailment

Soaking Your Horse's Hooves https://www.proequinegrooms.com/tips/legs-and-hooves/soaking-your-horse-s-hooves/

Your horse’s feet have a story to tell. Learn to read between the lines and determine whether that story’s telling you ‘I’m OK’ or ‘Help me now!’

Thrush is a common bacterial infection that arises when horse hooves have been subjected to a lot of moisture or contact with wastes that contain moisture. Even horses that live in primarily dry conditions sometimes get thrush if their...

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FormaHoof Is A Horseshoeing Method That Can Replicate The Natural Biomechanics Of A Perfect Barefoot Hoof. Comfort Common Hoof Diseases!

This would have been nice to have around when the Greatest Racehorse of All Time - Secretariat was suffering with a hoof disease and eventually had to be put down.

By Kentucky Equine Research - The white line is the narrow, light-coloured band visible on the underside of a freshly trimmed hoof at the junction of the hoof wall and the sole. White line disease, an infection that causes separation of the wall, may be seen first at the white line but actually affects the zone of contact between the hard outer hoof wall and the middle layer of hoof tissue. It occurs most commonly in front feet but can occur in any foot.

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With a warmer than usual, but just as wet, winter, plus the rains of early spring, mud has been prevalent on so many horse farms[g1] across the country. And when there’s mud on the farm, there’s usually thrush in the hoof.