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Shoeing Horses with Founder or Laminitis

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Therapeutic Horse Shoeing Part Two When shoeing a horse with flat feet, the sole is trimmed slightly but the frog is not trimmed. The sole is prevented from dropping further by making sure that the shoe covers the entire wall and white line and covers but does not touch a small part of the outside [...]

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Common Conditions for Therapeutic Horse Shoeing

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Therapeutic Horse Shoeing Part One Your horse farrier often encounters horses with pathological conditions that require therapeutic shoeing. The most common conditions are contracted heels, ringbone, sidebone, navicular disease, founder, and toe or quarter cracks. There are several ways, or combinations of ways, to re-establish proper foot function in a horse with contracted heels. Frog [...]

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Make Your Own Horse Fly Repellent

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Stop Biting Horse Flies with Home Made Repellent During the summer month’s horse flies are an annoyance to our horses and their bites can be a major irritation. Fly rugs can provide relief and there are also a variety of horse fly repellents sold in equestrian stores. There are also simple horse fly repellent remedies [...]