Happy Feet Farrier service Travis Dutton Master Farrier -VMFA

Happy Feet Farrier service Travis Dutton Master Farrier -VMFA Travis Dutton is an Australian qualified Master Farrier (VMFA)
Specializing in hot and cold shoeing,

21/08/2026

this was the last bit of the previous video.
we are getting there and its nearly time to order the spook buster and fireworks angel in the hippo health brand for the next video to see the difference if we can.
when using the show calm , yes it works but pickle has to have some decent dosing before it kicks in and constantly throughout the whole process , so were going to change it up for a more effective and immediate result as thats what the other ones apparently do, and its good to show you how things work on a big stubborn old boy .
He hasn't been ridden yet, not his fault ... mine , I've had some serious pain issues to deal with, coming out of it slowly.( wifey)
but were still going for walkies weekly to keep him from going mad and he loves it.
and I havent got a saddle yet either , kind of need that 😆

21/07/2026

I'm just putting this one up out of about 6 videos because it shows the nailing , pickle was still a bit funny about it but absolutely nothing like we've been going through , this is like a level 2 compared what we've endured.
thrilled with the show calm remedy from hippo health

" WARNING LONG POST "Pickles 4th shoeing.He went so much better today, I'm so proud of him .we were able to take several...
21/07/2026

" WARNING LONG POST "

Pickles 4th shoeing.
He went so much better today, I'm so proud of him .
we were able to take several videos of the process and his reactions. and that is all thanks to hippo health show calm formula. he's gone from a 2-3
out of 10 we'd say to a good 7 .
he's usually hell on wheels to get him done without him tossing us both about , stomping , striking out and just being impossible to what you see today in the videos.
please keep in mind he was in so much pain on arrival due to paper thin soles , thrush , abcess pain , you name it, he's been through it,we do hope to get him to near as perfect as possible, and I think he's worked out trav isn't there to hurt him .
The striking out wasnt lining anyone up , it was pulling away from what he knows to be related to painful experiences in the past.
The feedback from trav is that his soles are significantly better, thrush has reduced markedly and the walls are thickening up with every trim. but there is more to come out of him, the sheer size of the abcess cavities /scars are something else.
His diet is working really well and I'll list what he's on plus all the things were doing to help the feed work better and get to where it's needed , plus deal with the winter elements from homoeopathics, to balms
we have never used bute or sedation .
the homoeopathics ( hippo health , isn't a supplement, it works on the horses immune response and makes that part of the body that isn't responding , respond and mend... if you like.
we have made him comfortable through the remedies but never to mask the problem. so theres no running about on bad feet just moving about normally.
He has managed to hold a trot and break out into a canter several times .
Pickle is walking out with a more relaxed gait ,he really loves going for lead walks , and being sociable , I think he's melted a few hearts along the way
and he's just be cleared for light riding by trav.
He did injure himself a few weeks ago and again hippo health came to the rescue , we purchased the horse and hounds balm and its incredible, unfortunately I don't have any pics of it , but to say I'm impressed with how fast it works and deals with proud flesh aswell is an understatement .
we dose the trough with about 2 of the remedies , which is mud and rain and thrush as the main ones in there due to winter , and the rest of the remedies are put in ON TOP OF HIS MASH NOT MIXED INTO IT
as the formula must touch the mucous membrane first , e.g lips , tongue to get directly into the bloodstream.
you'll see we have both the small hand held show calm and the 1 litre bottle.
the hand held one is pumped onto a carrot 🥕 or directly in his mouth which i did throughout his shoeing and this was the first time it has been used on him for this session.
so its well worth getting .
we will be trialling pickle on the fireworks one, it deals with horses that don't like bangs or snaps and nailing kind of mimics that. we can only give it a go .
none of the things we use are sponsored on the exception of kohnkies reboot hoof formula , which was sent by John himself after talking about pickles predicament , John was so confident about his supplement he offered it up immediately.
pickle has only been on it for a month and its really made a difference, so if you have a horse with slow growing feet thin soles etc etc , we'd highly recommend getting it and putting it with hippo healthy hooves, it makes supplements go directly to the feet if the horse isn't assimilating the nutrients properly and that is pickle to a tee.
were also using the hoof co products, blue balls, pure wax balls and hoof balm and hoof paste blue.
so were hitting his issues from every angle.
and its working . not cheap but atm it is what it is.
going into winter with pickles very bad feet has been a huge challenge so we've had to pull out all the stops.
so take from it what you need give them a go 🙂

cen ultimate complete grain free
speedibeet
combo chaff
poseidon digestive H.P
kohkes reboot hoof
cen salt
cen oil

hippo health
healthy hooves - daily

foot sore.. (at the start and now only leading up to farrier day)

show calm.. (farrier day and if changing paddock)

mud and rain... daily
thrush plus... daily

hoof co

blue balls
pure wax balls
hoof blue paste
hoof balm
clear liquid hoof cleaner

horse and hound balm for injuries ( coronet and pastern)

I have to do videos separately ..
so frustrating 🤦‍♀️

Hi everyone, I have a spot thats just opened up for Saturday the 25th July for areas covering , Philip Island, Wontha...
21/07/2026

Hi everyone, I have a spot thats just opened up for Saturday the 25th July for areas covering , Philip Island, Wonthaggi, grantville nyora or lang lang , from 1pm
thanks Trav
ok to tag someone in comments, but please message the page for spots thx

Not a hoof post, but it's related, Pickle had his teeth done , as you know teeth affect the digestive track which in t...
25/06/2026

Not a hoof post, but it's related, Pickle had his teeth done , as you know teeth affect the digestive track which in turn affect the feet, eventually and especially when creating biotin in the gut thats needed for them, we finally nailed down Jake Cohen equine dentist, and he worked his magic 🎩
he's aged pickle at 22 confidently .
His back teeth are now awesome , fronts compromised from age but especially environmental neglect and searching for forage, remembering he was litterally licking and eating dirt on arrival, that tells a sad story about gut health and nutrients.
we've had him since 24th march which is 13.5 weeks as of now.
He's has come a long way since then but those feet of his will take a lot of months to improve and hopefully full circle 🔵 except for the dropped soles , nothing can be done in that regard, but he will improve, he'll always need front shoes on to help with that and get the soles off the ground.
it is a long road to recovery , but challenge accepted.
and we wanted to show that even a written off senior shoved through the sales over and over has a bright future be it a semi retirement with the odd ride to keep him sane and purposeful and happy ,pickle has the will to fight every step of the way " no pun intended" .
he is quirky , funny ,very loving and grateful 🙏, he loves all other animals and knows were helping him.
he didn't deserve the rotton deal he got.
he does give Trav hell on farrier day, but in saying that every new trim and reset is ever so slowly improving in many ways
1. physically
2. mentally
so I think in time he will learn to know that trav isn't there to hurt him, rather to help him.
on travs part its taken a tremendous amount of strength , patience and sheer doggedness to work with a horse that has the bad memories and structural damage that he has to go through every time goes near him.
I look at what trav does and think omg how are you doing this because just picking his feet out and dressing them wears me out.
a heavy b***d ,big stubborn horse is a workout 💪
but im confidently hopeful he will forget the past and live in the moments that then become good memories with the consistency of having his own dedicated farrier that'll never change.

20/06/2026

this is the missing video , it wouldn't load with the other one.
This is the first time pickle has trotted and been able to hold one for that long .

20/06/2026

so there have been a few developments, setbacks and shinanigans , pickle totally guilty of at least 1 😆
1st up, the blow-out that was on the cards. treated and literally moving on .Then being the bulldozer he is, takes out a chunk of hoof wall where an old abcess had blown .
so that had to be flushed out and sealed up , i forgot to take the before pic 📸 🤦‍♀️ .. sorry folks wifey faux par ( me )
but I managed to quickly video trav working his magic.
Then pickle decides he's going to visit the neighbours and get stuck in the process , so now we have a pastern injury to deal with , lucky he's a good boy to deal with , carrot 🥕 bribery 💯 being exploited.
so after all that , i managed to get a video of him in a trot, and he even cantered before that , but I missed it by seconds 😕 but you all know that feeling , we've all been there 😉
put it this way , life certainly isnt dull, he is the emelda Marcos of rugs and the blue one you see in the video is toast ( lasted a phenomenal 7 days) and now needs its own surgery , i Shake my head in frustration and defeat 🤐🤦‍♀️🙄

Hi everyone update on pickle the demo horse.It's his 3rd trim in and he's getting there, but last week he had an abcess...
10/06/2026

Hi everyone
update on pickle the demo horse.
It's his 3rd trim in and he's getting there, but last week he had an abcess blow through his toe.
Things are coming out of him as the weeks go by, but in saying that his hoof growth is improving and were heading forwards not backwards which is always a good thing.
He is getting better sole and the really tender part of his sole is withstanding the deriding part of the trim , and hes growing heel, which he didn't have before.
The hoof capsule is moving down in a healthy way and a consistent time with no real delays.
The abcess was addressed immediately and now gone ,so we were super happy about that , and it had been brewing for a while imo.
As you can see on his left front hoof he has a total of 4 blow-out abcess points and thats what you can see even before we lifted his foot up.
And the other front has 3 .
but dispite all that , he's now moving well, literally visiting the neighbours 🤦‍♀️ and getting up to mischief .
I'll put up the first pic on arrive to refresh your memories and then today's which is technically 11 weeks .
We also fed him from the wheelbarrow as a compromise and it half worked enough for me to get some good photos for you.
but , the nailing is the thing, so all in all, we worked it out and poor trav was buggered , pickle is not easy , he's a sitter like most heavy breeds.
we have also changed a couple of things in his diet , but staying with CEN NUTRITION
This is what were doing

CEN ULTIMATE COMPLETE
CEN OIL
CEN SALT
HYGAIN MICRBEET
POSEIDON DIGESTIVE H.P
LUCERNE CHAFF
OATEN CHAFF

HIPPO HEALTH HEALTHY HOOVES AND SORE FEET
( IN THE TROUGH WATER)

hoof dressings are
KERATEX HOOF HARDENER
KERATEX HOOF GEL
HOOF CO BLUE BALLS

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