Laminitis (Founder) Article

Laminitis is very painful so much so that a horse with it will barely be able to walk, and sometimes they will not be able to walk at all! For clarification, founder is a laminitis turned chronic. Laminitis is acute inflammation of the lamina which is the structures that holds the hoof to the coffin [...]

Glue on Shoes – Big Brown has them

Big Brown the Kentucky Derby Winner has a type of shoe that is glued on to the bottom of the hoof. Now you may ask yourself why glue instead of nails?
There are several reasons that glue on shoes are preferred for some horses even big horses like Big Brown.

Horses that have damaged hoof walls
Hoof walls [...]

Horse Hoof Health

The most important aspect of the health of a horse’s hoof is how it is trimmed.
Oh there are nutritional supplements that help and there are hoof applications that help and how you ride and what type of surface all helps in determining the health of the hoof but THE most important is how it is [...]