The farrier and natural hoof care barefoot hoofcare. Edss books and education materials for hoof care providers. Of the three ingredients to natural hoof care, continuous movement is the most important. I was introduced to bruce in late 2004 by one of our board members of the american association of natural hoof care practitioners aanhcp. The natural hoofcare practitioner about heavens hoofbeats. The nbhc book contains everything from detailed anatomy to. In 2004 he began his training to become a certified natural hoof care. This is not just pull the shoes and let the horse go barefootit is a program including diet, exercise, riding and shaping the foot.
However it is a great introduction to what nhc natural hoof care is. Natural environment information about how to provide a natural environment that will enhance your horses health and wellbeing. The hoof care today info pack is a combination of 2 basic level information products. Coulson equine services natural horse and barefoot hoof care. She is an instructor with the equine sciences academy and a mentor with pacific hoof care practitioners.
Such a horse can move rigorously and without pain over the roughest terrain, and without any hoof protection. Abc hoof care natural hooves public group facebook. Pete has written making natural hoof care work for you for horse owners, vets, and, of course, hoof care providers, wanting straight talk and reliable information on how to crossover into natural hoof care. Horse owners guide to natural hoof care by jaime jackson. Natural hoof care practitioners united states aanhcp. About that time i attended a clinton anderson seminar in which he devoted almost a whole session to natural hoof care. Hoof care today book 3rd edition formerly titled new hope for soundness. Barefoot horse brumby foot, wild horse hoof natural hoof care. This book is a valuable resource for those wanting to start or expand their knowledge about natural horse care. Contains articles, clinic calendar, and information on barefoot trimming. Simply put for those of us who dont know much on the subject, but packed with enough great info so that even those of us who know this subject well can still learn new things. On average, a wild horse moves 20 or more miles a day. Through professional networking and offering professional development opportunities, as well as mentoring new students and apprentices of hoof and healthcare professions, i am part of a small group of qualified hoofcare professionals in australia who not only have extensive practical experience of nearly two decades 0in the field but also have an indepth knowledge of equine podiatry which is. This guide, by pioneer jaime jackson, stands among the best natural hoof care guides, with enough photos and detailed drawings to help demystify even the hoof mechanisms of blood circulation and hoof wall.
Get guiding principles of natural horse care and salt for horses. Joints all about one of the most important parts of your horses body. It covers important concepts such as creating a natural habitat, equine nutrition, horse health, common aliments, natural hoof care, and natural horsemanship principles. It is only through human ignorance of the horses natural state that led us to the incorrect, and harmful, conclusion that shoes are necessary or useful. You agree that going barefoot is healthy for a hoof, and that pulling a horses shoes at least once a year to reestablish natural hoof growth is a good thing. Natural hoof care practitioners united states the nhc practitioners listed here received their training either through the aanhcp prior to 2009, or the isnhcp since 2009 when all training by the aanhcp was transferred to the isnhcp. However, the information and photographs that are used in this book to explain the concepts and goals in properly balancing the foot would be beneficial to any hoof care professional. Natural hoof care barehoof care is a new term, being used to describe the care and use of barefooted horses in all disciplines including high performance horses. While i still do not consider anything in the book remotely harmful, i have learned too much since 2000 and so have hoof researchers and the rest of the hoof. However, the information and photographs that are used in this book to explain the concepts and goals in properly balancing the foot would be beneficial to any hoofcare professional.
Jun 01, 2018 while his feet are not as in the text book perhaps the text book has more to discover. Natural hoof care practitioners united states the nhc practitioners listed here received their training either through the aanhcp prior to 2009, or the isnhcp since 2009 when all training. Lameness why your horse limps, and what to do about it. Principles and practices i studied paige poss work with dissections and anatomy, kc lapierres book the chosen road and his trimming dvd. Youve heard of it, but you know its not for your horse, because pick one or more its a fad. Sep 18, 2010 if you have ever heard someone speak against natural hoof care and say it doesnt work for one reason or another, more than likely continuous movement was missing from their program.
The book was about natural hoof care, and barb thought it might be something scott could do for their own horses. Nhc recommended diet for horses natural horse care. Iaep brings you the latest in hoof care and equine podiatry. Such a horse can move rigorously and without pain over the roughest terrain, and without any hoof protection except what nature has given him from birthright.
Pete ramey has several books, his first being making natural hoof care. Pete has written making natural hoof care work for you for horse owners, vets, and, of course, hoof care. Teeming with hundreds of exciting photographs, technical drawings, and interviews with horse owners and professional natural hoof care. Horseshoes are not used, but domesticated horses may still require trimming, exercise and other measures to maintain a natural shape and degree of wear.
Most farriers will do what is called a pasture trim. Unique items designed especially for natural hoof care. This keeps the hoof in the optimum shape at all times. At the forefront of this artful science is pete ramey, experienced natural hoof care practitioner. Hoof care today is a helpful tool for anyone looking for solutions to unsound horses, for horse owners interested in hoof care, or for people looking at starting a career as a hoof care provider. How to books and videos offer the concerned horse owner and professional care provide cutting edge information on the rapidly emerging science of applied equine podiatry, the whole horse health approach to modern hoof care.
When i discovered jenny edwards of all natural horse care it was like finding the pot of gold at the end of a rainbow. My work as certified natural hoof care practitioner is based on research on the lifestyle and the hooves of the wild horse of the u. Natural environment information about how to provide a natural. Natural trimming is based on the natural hoof shape of wild horses, combined with years of scientific research, for enhanced performance over all terrain, andor healing of common hoof problems. Nutrition simple, concise, and sound advice about something that is made way too complicated. Pete ramey, the author making natural hoof care work for you, offers clinics for farriers and horse owners. This book is an amazing resource for anyone who is interested in learning more about hoof trimming and general hoof care. For those who have only ever known conventional horse keeping methods, this approach may at first seem to go against almost everything you know. Horse owners guide to natural hoof care by jaime jackson the original foundation book of the natural hoof care movement. Features stepbystep instructions for the natural trim based on the wild horse model. Ramey uses wild horses who have virtually no hoof problems as an example of the ideal hoof, and explains how domestic horses should be trimmed to account for their domestication.
Natural hoof care is the practice of keeping horses so that their hooves are worn down naturally and so do not suffer overgrowth, splitting and other disorders. The essential hoof book susan kauffmann and christina cline. If you have ever heard someone speak against natural hoof care and say it doesnt work for one reason or another, more than likely continuous movement was missing from their program. Teeming with hundreds of exciting photographs, technical drawings, and interviews with horse owners and professional natural hoof care practitioners across the u. Natural hoof care is now being recognized as the most important new direction in horse care. This book covers a basic, common sense approach to understanding good foot function, how to read hoof distortions that can lead to lameness, basic. I am declaring the book making natural hoof care work obsolete. One of the few natural hoofcare trimmers providing barefoot only hoofcare for horses and owners for 26 years. This is an excellent book for educating the public, wellwritten with exceptional photographs and.
Specializing in balance, disease of the hoof, rehabilitation within and understanding how the hoof functions and develops to better protect and care for this vital. Natural hoofcare book is critical of farrier practices. This ebook covers a surprisingly unknown despooking technique that takes advantage of the horses natural herd dynamics of selfpreservation rather than item specific desensitization using flags, plastic sheets, treats or what have you. Professional quality tools carefully selected by master trimmers to suit all skill levels. Making natural hoof care work for you by pete ramey softcover, 168 pages pete rameys first book about the many horses both shod and lame he has successfully brought into. With natural hoof care we are mimicking the hooves of wild horses. The guide to natural hoof care is more user friendly and designed for the lay person. Without a doubt jenny possesses more experience and knowledge in all areas of the natural horse than anyone out there. This is the book that launched a thousand trimmers or more. Also check out the references in my article the mustang hoof, in particular pete rameys web site and his new book on the care and rehabilitation of the equine foot, and the numerous other resources available in book form and on the web e.
This is the new, updated and fully revised edition of jamie s original and classic work on natural hoof care. The essential hoof book was written for the horse owner. Simply put for those of us who dont know much on the subject, but packed with enough great info so that even those of. Books and videos about the fast paced science of applied. A quick read that gets right down to the nuts and bolts.
As a natural hoof care provider, my goal is to use my tools to do what the rocks and varied terrain would do naturally. She began working with thoroughbreds at age 16, and got her trainers. Natural hoofcare book is critical of farrier practices by randy s luikart posted on may 1, 20 posted in education, trimming j aime jackson is well known for his persistence and teachings. Making natural hoof care work updates updated 7105 pete ramey i am declaring the book making natural hoof care work obsolete.
She is an instructor with the equine sciences academy and a mentor with pacific hoof care. A great book for anyone wishing to know more about natural hoof care. This traveling through rocky and varied terrain wears the hoof and keeps it hard. Specializing in a variety of horse hoof problems including sore feet, laminitis, founder, navicular, thrush, hoof wall cracks, club feet, heel contraction, and thin hoof walls. Specializing in balance, disease of the hoof, rehabilitation within and understanding how the hoof functions and develops to better protect and care for this vital organ. Okanagan school of natural hoof care kristi luehr is a natural trimmer, and founder.
Everything you need for quality barefoot hoof care. If you are looking for a major anatomy lesson or a long treatment on why and how horses should live. While i still do not consider anything in the book remotely harmful, i have learned too much since 2000 and so have hoof researchers and the rest of the hoof world to consider it a valuable resource. The natural trim is more for student and professional trimmers. It took me three or four times reading the book before the concept really sunk in, said scott. At the forefront of this book is pete ramey, experienced natural hoof care practitioner. Natural balance hoof care is more than just a book about hoof care.
For example, jaime jackson, a noted expert on natural hoof care states, the equine species is genuinely adapted to go barefoot. It is a holistic approach to hoof care which takes into account the living conditions and the terrain that the horse encounters on a regular basis. In her career, she has worked on thousands of hooves of every size and description. There is a great deal of assumed knowledge in his latest book. Serving the natural horse care community for over 30 years. Natural hoof trimming benefits all natural horse care. Jamie goes over these concepts in detail in his paddock paradise book. This book is one of several he has written on natural trimming andor horsemanship.
Natural hoof care and barefoot hoof trimming aim to mimic natural wear so is often carried out on a more frequent basis than traditional pasture trims. If you like jackson youll like, welz, and pete ramey too. Maureen tierney has been a horse lover since birth and a natural barefoot trimmer since 2001. Gene ovnicek is a pioneer in the study of wild horse hoof form and function find out more on all natural horse care gene ovnicek a pioneer in the study of wild horse hoof form and function. Institute for the study of natural hoof care practices with jaime jackson in the usa and europe. She holds certification with the canadian farrier school as well as the oregon school of natural hoof care. Reviewed in the united states on december 20, 2012. Back to nature hoof care gives horse owners an alternative. Natural hoofcare is about more than just a trim method, however. A handson manual for natural hoof care all breeds of horses and all equestrian disciplines for horse owners, farriers, and veterinarians ramey, pete on. Nowadays more and more people are starting to realize that a change of keeping and shoeing their horses is needed and possible. It is a comprehensive learning system that is developed to offer practical information for everyone from horse owners interested in the maintenance of their horses feet, to seasoned farriers looking for useful information that will compliment their current hoof care knowledge.
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