Winter Horse Hoof Care

…horses that need wedges for proper balance. Fran Jurga is editor and publisher of the Gloucester, Massachusetts-based Hoofcare & Lameness: The Journal of Equine Foot Science, and writes the informational Hoof Blog, www.hoofcare.blogspot.com….

Hoof Care

…same. It’s old news to some, but the biggest problem we see with hoof care is the tendency to stretch the interval between farrier visits. You’ll sometimes read that a…

Best Foot Forward

…you through the basic anatomy of the foot, the nutritional influences on hoof wall quality, and trimming and other details of hoof care. Total Hoof Health Hoof health starts with…

Hoof Health and Wet Conditions

…of the hoof edges, can usually remove those damaged areas and take care of the problem. However, if the separation of the hoof wall from the sole extends up inside…

Summer Hoof Care

…good hoof dressing applied regularly, and We’ve had great success with Contender (www.kinetictech.net, 877-786-9882), Hoof Heal (www.cut-heal.com, 800-288-4325), Sole Pack (hawthorne-products.com, 765-768-6585), RainMaker (www.farnam.com, 800-234-2269) and Hooflex (www.absorbine.com, 800-628-9653). If…

Hoof Dressing Choices For All Hoof Types

hoof supplements July 1999). Exceptions To The Rule Although building the hoof from the inside is always the base of a hoof-care program, there are situations where extremes of environmental…

Hoof Help

…stearates, alcohols and glycerin, included: Hoofmaker, Hooflex, Hoof Saver, Reducine Hoof Dressing (no longer manufactured), Purina Hoof Moisturizer (now Sportsman’s Friend Hoof Moisturizer) and Hoof Quencher. In the third category,…

Is Barefoot Better?

…rugged ground. you show. You agree that going barefoot is healthy for a hoof, and that pulling a horse’s shoes at least once a year to reestablish natural hoof growth…