4 Hooves Natural Hoof Care

25/11/2022

22/11/2022

First trim on Millie's left hind.

02/09/2022

The barefoot movement is growing amongst top professional riders worldwide, and finally a comprehensive Swedish research project is to determine exactly why there are so many benefits from ditching your horse’s iron shoes and going barefoot instead. By Helle Maigaard Erhardsen Since the Olympic Go...

18/01/2022

While steeped in tradition, feeding bran mashes can cause GI distress in horses. Learn why, and discover alternatives.

06/08/2021

Not my words but 100% agree

14/07/2021

🤔 A genetic cripple...or the product of human meddling?

2 ways that people, often on opposite sides of the fence, determine the causality of a foot sore horse.

👉Are they sore because nature dealt them a bad blow?

👉Or are they sore because of constant human intervention...meddling?

💬“If the domestic horse was a genetic cripple that needed orthopedic devices on every foot, rehabilitation would not be possible” Dr Robert Cook, FRCVS, PhD

Never a truer word said 👏

We’ve said it over and over - and proved it over and over...

👉Give us a horse who you believe can never go barefoot - the ‘genetic cripple’...and we’ll take that same horse under our regime and rehab him successfully barefoot.

How? By putting a stop to human interference in something they appear to barely understand...the power of nature.

Because nature is POWERFUL…you just have to embrace it…your horse has not been bred to be unnatural.

So the problem of the foot sore horse, never did and never will lie with the horse....no...the responsibility lies squarely on the shoulders of us the humans?🤔

Dr Cook - the inventor behind the bitless bridle of the same name, goes on to say:

“All horses’ hooves are healthier without shoes, and barefoot horses are healthier than shod horses. They live longer, happier, less painful lives.

The foot evolved to function unshod. Nature has developed the perfect design for grip and slide in all conditions and provided for unsurpassable shock absorption.

The foot cannot expand and contract with each step when clamped. Blood supply to the foot is impoverished and horn production becomes deficient. When the foot is prevented from functioning correctly, the pastern, fetlock, cannon, and knee are also placed at risk. This leads to bone, joint, and soft tissue injuries.

The application of a shoe is the antithesis of "therapy." The phrase "therapeutic shoeing" is an oxymoron.”

Again, very TRUE words 👏👏

Here at The Barefoot Horse Magazine we worked that simple conundrum out many years ago....
..and so did hundreds of thousands of barefoot horse owners around the world!💪

So join those 1000’s of barefoot horse lovers that are in the ‘know’, hopefully just like you. 😉

And keep rehabbing those horses who were once believed to be ‘genetic cripples’ and make them SOUND again!

100’s of true real life stories so far over 30 issues (soon to be 31), proving that if you give nature a chance, it always wins in the end. 🙌

Like Luke’s story…in back issue 11…
…these are his hooves in this post.😳

Read about how his owner stopped the human meddling, removed the metal shoes that were causing severe contraction, removed him from weeks of box rest due to the damaged tendons in his legs…

…and then took him barefoot, gave him a more natural lifestyle, and let the power of nature heal her horse.

(And go on to high levels of dressage!)💪

Be INSPIRED....read The Barefoot Horse Magazine.

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***SHIPPED WORLDWIDE***

When we stop micro-managing, something magical happens. You give NATURE room to work.

The BHM Team ❤️

19/12/2019

Good read

Bowker: Long toes and underrun heels set horses up for failure. Here are recommendations for an improved trim to help correct this condition.

17/11/2018

This is the best, all encompassing science on why horses should not be blanketed or groomed in winter and fed free-choice grass hay 24/7. Well done! Natalija! All documented and referenced at the end. By: Natalija Aleksandrova Holistic Horse & Hoof Care In order for a mammal to survive, internal bod...

20/10/2017

White line disease case. 9mths on. Nicely connected wall at quarters compared to the empty cavity of ongoing infection.

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28/08/2017

17/08/2017

Diatomaceous Earth has several uses and benefits as far as horses are concerned.

17/08/2017

Read through the descriptions of this photo series to gain insight in to how I approach the upright hoof. This horse is six weeks out of shoes in these pictures, due for his first real trim. I do not usually trim horses much when they come out of shoes--it is a big enough change to just remove shoes. How do you know whether you can remove much heel from an upright hoof? You can watch the horse move and turn, and you can watch how they land, and you can always work a LITTLE AT A TIME. A bad mistake would be to trim a heel down and have a horse walk off on their toe with daylight under their heel.

09/07/2017

13/04/2017

DIET DIET DIET

The MOST important element of keeping your horse healthy, sound, calm & happy. If you don't get it right the consequences can be very dramatic.

Read one owner's first hand experience of what happened to her beloved TB when the diet went wrong.

In Issue 14 OUT NOW!

08/04/2017

In this Q&A, Dr. Tomas Teskey, DVM shares his observations about the connection between horses' feet and teeth.