Farrier - Olafs Hoofcare & Horsemanship

27/09/2025

This is why I don’t hot shoe

A recent controversial topic in the farrier world has been about the safety of hot-fitting shoes. It has been suggested that the fumes generated from burning on a shoe may be detrimental to long-term lung health in humans and animals. To understand this issue, it’s important first to examine the r...

08/09/2025

Beautiful morning shoeing

01/03/2025

First time using the glue on Moreaid Horseshoe ground pads….l do like them and want to see how their durability goes

22/02/2025

First club day of the year at the Rosewood Trail and Working Horse Club. Marley was a champion as always.

Many thanks to Kate Elder for the great photos.

15/02/2025

Excellent video to possibly explain the unexplained behaviour in horses. My little mare has just been diagnosed with PSSM2 (MIM) Variant 2 as I suspected for some time now. Do any of these symptoms fit your horse?

**PLEASE NOTE SINCE THIS VIDEO IN MARCH 2023 THE NAME FOR PSSM2 ALSO KNOWN AS MFM HAS NOW BEEN CHANGED TO MIM (MUSCLE INTEGRITY MYOPATHY)**My name is Christi...

03/02/2025

Not a good memory from two years ago, but very educational as to how agile horses are at kicking sideways. Testing for an abscess in the coronet band ended up giving me a broken nose.

24/01/2025

For everyone who uses rope halters

16/12/2024

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It's that time of year again already! We would like to thank all of our wonderful clients and their horses for their ongoing support this past year. Olaf will be taking a much deserved break from Friday 20 Dec and returning to work on Mon 6 Jan.

Hope you all have a joyous Christmas and a fruitful New Year.

Olaf and Tracey

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15/12/2024

Looks like everyone needs to build shelters for their horses 😳😳😳😔😔

https://www.facebook.com/share/p/14j5D4vSUSj/?mibextid=wwXIfr

The floods of 1974, 2011 and 2022 are only puddles of what's flooding is coming for the whole east coast to what starts in 2025 and runs to 2029. Floods higher than 1893 are on the cards.

23/11/2024

Your skilled farrier showing his hobby horse skills at the Rosewood Working Horse and Trail Club annual Xmas party. He actually won first place too 🤣🤣🤣

25/09/2024

08/09/2024

So what do you do on a Sunday morning when you're bored - put two horses backwards on the float at the same time in under 50 seconds 🤣👏