Hoof Balance and Trim

08/19/2026

When a client friend sends you a lovely picture of you trimming and you respond with this text. 😂

08/11/2026

Something I've learned about horses. Like everyone else I'm a work in progress. I suffer from ego and impatience so learning to give them grace and the option to say wait or no has taken me time to learn. When I'm hot and tired or perhaps in pain I want to revert back to my "let's get it done" mode. Horses are great communicators if you want to pay attention. Most often horses in my rotation achieve more trust because of the patience I try to give them.

08/07/2026

Well the npa post got a lot of interest. This hoof will come along nicely. I like to keep things simple. You can overcomplicate and overthink things. This sweet mare is doing better and the prior farrier had health surgery issues and couldn't take care of. Lack of farrier leads quickly to this. Through no fault of the owner who tried her best.

08/07/2026

Npa or negative palmer or plantar angle is rather common, but more commonly seen in hind feet. This is the front. The remedy is to pay attention to the sole and make corrections to where it needs to be. It seems simple and it is but you have to be able to read the hoof and horse. How far and how fast can you push the foot?

08/07/2026

Pre trim picture and x ray. What do you see?

07/27/2026

Although this hoof shrunk a little bit I wanted to show the relationship of the coffin bone to the sole.

07/27/2026

Got to have time for a ride. Alyzabeth Boyce you look good in that cowboy hat. Lol

07/16/2026

When you trim a wee wittle hoof💕 for the first trim in his life.

07/09/2026

07/01/2026

When you get to work with one of your favorite people. Plus we both wore the same color shirt lol