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Re: [RC] trimming hooves - Lysane CreeThanks Cassie. I will be signing up to do the home study course from Equine Education Institute and I have a couple of cd-roms that I have been able to obtain on the hoof, hoof balance, etc. It is definitely a work in progress and I know there is sooo much to learn. I will look in my area to see if I can find someone who might be able to "coach me" a few times. I am not sure that the Strasser method is right for me as it seems to be a little extreme, although I am not saying it doesn't work for a horse with more serious problems like founder.
My horse does have one leg that turns out a little so I have to be conscious of that. While it hardly shows when her hooves are kept short, if she goes too long without a trim, her leg will become more obviously crooked the longer her toes get. So I make sure to keep up with trimming and have been getting her done every 6 weeks. Which is one of the reasons why I would like to do it myself - sometimes farriers are not always available when we need them :)
I do want to leave my horse barefoot as much as possible but for competitions I will most likely use easyboots. I just do not have enough (any) rocks to condition on and many areas that I would go to would have tons more rocks. We just have sand or dirt (or mud) trails.
Lysane
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