Dressage On Glue-Ons

08/16/2026

Evening visit 🐴💗💜🦄

08/07/2026

📐Coronary band trajectory

Look for 15-22 degrees.

A higher angle means the hoof is likely broken back (negative palmar / plantar).

A lower angle means the hoof is likely broken forward (club).

08/04/2026

♎️Base Proportions♎️

A long toe leverages the dorsal structures (top of hoof), reduces support for the caudal structures (heel), and puts undue strain on the navicular area!

Bring hooves in balance by improving base proportions.

08/04/2026

📐Measure! 📏

Accurate measurements can help identify imbalances, prevent lameness, and guide how I place a shoe. 🤓

06/30/2026

🦄 Can horses recover from founder? Yes. Sometimes. It’s a long road that requires patience, consistency, and attention to biomechanics.

🦄 This horse foundered last year. He was in clogs then back on steel. He remained lame despite being out of the acute phase.

🦄 Enter the EasyShoe Triple D:

🦄 Trimmed to lower the heels and bring the toe lever back

🦄 The 3 degree wedge and roller mechanics alleviate strain on the DDFT

🦄 The soft rubber midsole cushions impact and spreads load evenly

🦄 This sweet and brave guy walked off much more soundly

Onwards!

06/29/2026

EasyCare Inc. did it again!

The Ultra Triple D shoe is fantastic:

💙 triple density for comfort
💙 no wedge so customize as needed
💙 easy to apply as always

This OTTB is a happy camper 🐴💙

06/02/2026

When the feet are trying to tell us something else is bothering the horse….

THE SYMPTOM IS IN THE FOOT. THE CAUSE IS OFTEN SOMEWHERE ELSE.

A horse becomes footsore.

The natural assumption is that the problem must be in the foot.

Sometimes that's exactly what's happened.

An abscess is in the foot.

A puncture wound is in the foot.

A crack is in the foot.

The problem and the symptom occupy the same place.

But not always.

A horse lands toe-first.

What you see is in the foot.

The cause may be hock arthritis.

A horse starts wearing one foot faster than the others.

The symptom is in the foot.

The cause may be a change in how the horse is loading its limbs.

A horse repeatedly loses a shoe from the same foot.

The symptom is in the foot.

The cause may be a movement pattern that has changed because the horse is uncomfortable elsewhere.

A horse develops bruising in the same area over and over again.

The symptom is in the foot.

The cause may be altered movement from joint disease higher up.

A horse develops contracted heels.

The symptom is in the foot.

The cause may be persistent avoidance of loading part of the limb because something else hurts.

A horse grows noticeably uneven feet.

The symptom is in the feet.

The cause may be asymmetry elsewhere in the body changing how those feet are loaded.

A horse struggles on hard ground.

The pain shows in the feet.

The cause may be endocrine disease affecting the lamellae.

A horse develops laminitis.

The pain is in the feet.

The damage is in the feet.

Yet the process often begins with insulin dysregulation or other hormonal disturbance long before the foot shows it.

A horse develops recurrent abscesses.

The symptom is in the foot.

The cause may be chronic lamellar damage that has been present for months or years.

A horse struggles to turn.

The symptom may look like foot pain.

The cause may be the hocks.

Or the stifles.

Or somewhere else entirely.

A horse doesn't want to go forward.

The feet may be blamed.

The cause could be orthopaedic pain.

It could be gastric disease.

It could be respiratory disease.

It could be something else altogether.

The point is not that the feet are unimportant.

Quite the opposite.

The feet are often the first place the horse reveals that something is wrong.

But they are not always telling us where the problem started.

One of the most valuable habits in equine healthcare is learning not to stop at the first thing you can see.

The foot matters.

But it is attached to a whole horse.

And sometimes the foot is not the problem.

It's the messenger.

05/20/2026

Just Turbo, the wonder pony and me ☺️

Because Turbo is one of my favorites 🥰

Don’t tell the others 🤫

They are all my favorites 🤗

Thanks for trusting me with your herd 🧡

05/07/2026

🆘 Retained sole and bars…

A healthy hoof is constantly shedding and renewing itself. When the sole and bars fail to exfoliate naturally, they build up into hard compacted layers that interfere with the hoof’s normal and healthy function. This is not just a cosmetic issue.

Retained sole and bars can cause bruising, sensitivity on hard ground, altered stride, increased risk of abscesses, and distortion of the hoof capsule.

Bars are meant to provide support, not to grow long, fold over, or press into the sole.

A build up of hard, retained sole and bars locks the hoof in place, reducing shock absorption.

✅ Trimming retained sole and bars must be done only to the level the horse is ready to give, never forcing exfoliation.

✅ In this case, the hoof clearly gave away the retained sole and bars. I simply had to lift the retained layer.

✅ This horse chewed and licked for minutes on end after his trim.

Onwards!

05/05/2026

🐴 Comebacks happen.

🐴 Laminitis tried to take his future.

🐴 We answered with grit, patience and great support.

🐴 Months of rehab, slow walks, regular X-rays, ultrasound for navicular issues, and super hoof care —- and now Louis is back in regular work, turn out and the show ring.

🐴❤️ Here is to Louis, who makes every moment worth it.

🐴 Louis sports the EasyCare Triple D because it provides even more cushion than the standard composite shoes and a built in wedge for DDFT and navicular relief.