Wilson Hoof Care

13/12/2021

21/11/2021

Look at this chunky little man! Sarge the Shetland Pony. He’s a bit nervous of anything taller than him but also full of gentle curiosity, inspecting my tools and saying a quiet hello to me after his trim. He also wonders if my hat is part of me or if it could come off but he was too shy to try remove it like most other horses do 😂

23/10/2021

Was well worth finding the patch of shade today, summer is on the way!

23/10/2021

I see you ♥️⁣
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I see you, showing up to spend sacred time with your horse as often as you possibly can 🐴 ⁣
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I see you, working hard all day at your job, so you can give your horse a healthy, happy life 🌱⁣
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I see you, continuing to work with your horse and allowing the process of trial and error, even though it can be SO difficult at times 😰⁣
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I see you, doing the challenging, sometimes even painful inner work that it takes to use compassionate horsemanship 🙏⁣
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I see you, with your big goals and incredible vision you hold for your horse’s future 🔮⁣
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I see you, diving back into learning and research when something in your training doesn’t work 📖⁣
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I see you, becoming aware of your reactions to your horse, bettering yourself so that your horse-human relationship can flourish 🦋⁣
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I see you, in love with the journey… The process that is horsemanship 🐎 👣⁣
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I see you. ⁣
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I would tell you “keep going, you're on the right track”...⁣
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But I know you will ♥️ You don’t need me to tell you.⁣
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I see your passion for this. I’m caught in awe and wonder of who you are.⁣
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You’re making a big difference in this world by focusing on your personal growth and ethical horsemanship practices 💞⁣
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Your ripple effect goes farther than you know 🌬⁣
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Thank you for being you 🌈⁣
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22/10/2021

Couldn’t help taking a photo of this beautiful eye today 😍 a sweet, sensitive mini mare named Rain.

11/10/2021

Im sooo looking forward to this course with equine body worker Maggie Ashley! Enrolment closes Friday 12 Oct. If you want to jump on board click the link to check it out. How lucky are we to have such dedicated people willing to share their knowledge so our horses can live better lives ❤️

🤨 I wonder why…? Why do you think…? 🧐

These are the questions that always lead me down the path of crazy investigation. They always start the things - the path of questioning and experimenting and finding out answers. And I love to ask them, because ‘I wonder’ all the time.

As much as I love to live in the ‘why’ and the ‘wonder,’ it is even more fantastic when you guys ask these questions as well. Because there is so much power in groups of people being curious about the same thing.
That is when we start to investigate deeply, and experiment, and question what always has been. We can pool our resources and our ideas, or lived experience and our clever brains.
We can, together, perhaps start to find a better way forward.

In creating an online skeletal anatomy workshop, I am hoping to be able to provide some answers or some further knowledge for you. For whatever path of investigation and learning you are on.
It is my dearest wish to be able to help you in this one, small way. To help you with whatever path of ‘I wonder..?’ you might be on.

I wonder what we might find out together? You should probably just join me, and help me find out 😘🦄

Enrolment closes Friday 15 October

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📸 playing with the stifle joint, photo thanks to Sabrina Stephens

02/10/2021

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'World's best Farrier'

Our November image from the 2022 Calendar! I'm sure none of you are guilty of presenting your Farriers with Horses dripping in wet Mud... 🤣

©Emily Cole Illustrations

28/09/2021

Have officially added the grinder to my toolbox! This tool is particularly useful for horses with founder, inflammation or arthritis, when the pull and vibration of the rasp is uncomfortable for them, the grinder is a widely preferred option for our sensitive friends. The horse tells us what they prefer.

26/09/2021

There’s nothing like lockdown to make you appreciate face to face education! Feeling rejuvenated after a day of learning, asking questions that I’ve been stewing on and examining bones, X-rays and cadaver legs. I got to remove my first metal shoe and took home some bones for the start of my collection (I get the funny feeling I’m heading down a slippery slope… 😂) We looked at several examples of limb deviations and their effect on hoof growth/wear, dug up some bones that had been buried 4 months ago to see the effect of chronic founder on the coffin bone, mapped and trimmed some cadaver hooves (while they’re a bit gross I feel like we are honouring them by giving them a nice trim) and some live horses with slight limb deviations. All in all a very interesting day with a great group of people, Thankyou Megan for all the energy you give and another great clinic!

02/08/2021