Barefoot Baird - Farrier

04/12/2024

Booking calendar is open untill 2027
Sorry for the tech qlitch that stoped people booking but we are ready to book again !!

29/05/2023

New dates up online

23/05/2023

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11/05/2023

Some wise words from a man I admire

Built Up, Not Propped Up

Hoof balance cannot be immediately improved with a trim, a shoe, or a wedge. The hoof capsule is either balanced around the coffin bone or it isn’t. A good trim carefully respects the insensitive live calloused layer by only removing dead horn. This reveals how well the hoof capsule is balanced around the internal structures. Using shoes and/or wedge pads may help establish a pre determined favorable PA and/or HPA, but it won’t change the balance of the internal structure within the hoof capsule. That relationship is fixed until the old hoof capsule grows off and the new hoof capsule grows in. This is the process that the hoof care provider is influencing with every trim and/or shoeing application. At the rate of 1 mm every 3 days, It takes the wall approximately seven months to regenerate itself from the hairline to the ground, granted the HCP is applying a proper trim. Shoes and/or wedge pads inhibit flexion and cause toe loading so the soft tissue at the back of the foot ( digital cushion and lateral cartilages ) becomes disengaged and atrophied from lack of use. The bigger problem that is caused by chronic toe loading is erosion of the solar rim of P3. This reduces concavity ( live sole depth ) which is vital for function and comfort and makes it more difficult for the horse to engage the soft tissue. Simply put, flat trimming and quick fix shoeing practices result in flat hooves that lack the springiness needed for comfort and buoyancy during performance regardless of whether the PA or HPA is favorable.

The only way to sustainably improve the PA or HPA is to improve the depth, volume, and strength of the soft tissue which subsequently helps develop live sole depth…and that takes time with careful trimming that mimics high mileage/anatomically correct wear. Actual miles can be beneficial but in most cases only after the hoof and body balance has been restored or the horse just wears down a long crooked foot into a short crooked foot.

For domestic horses that aren’t born and raised on thousands of acres, trimming to build soft tissue and live sole is the only sustainably regenerative approach to hoof care.

17/03/2023

NEW DATES SET...
BOOKINGS NOW OPEN!

08/02/2023

New dates for barefoot trims are available to book online !

Sorry for the delay I’ve been busy

07/08/2022

NEW PRICING
effective from 8/8/2022

Due to the cost of fuel, I have to charge a $20 travel fee.

One per booking.

Ponies and donkeys @ $60 PER TRIM.

Full size horses @ $60 PER TRIM.

Clydies and Heavy horses @ $110 PER TRIM.

05/03/2022

Some SIX weeks post trim! And due!

Post trim

27/01/2022

Appointments available to book online until the end of
2022

27/12/2021

2022
appointments
Ready to book