VJ's Hoof Care

VJ's Hoof Care Natural hoof and horse care. Based on the wild horse but adapted to domestication.

Hoof and horse care based on the living conditions of wild horses thru~out the world. I address not just hoof care, but diet, environment, body issues and work~load. Will work with all classes of horses...even mules and donkeys (but they all cost extra if they don't stand quietly ;) )

08/10/2022

That moment when you get a new client and they ask
"Can you take more off the Hoof so the trim cycle lasts longer"....

It doesn't quite work like that. (I wish it did tho sometimes)
Trimming them too short goes against everything I believe in for Barefoot horses.

I mean, technically, I *could* take more off BUT that's only helpful to the budget not the horse.

Trimming too short can cause all sorts of problems but the most immediate and detrimental is....it can lame the horse.

We want everything on the bottom of the foot to be rock hard, calloused and ready to travel over anything they might encounter.

I'm afraid I didn't score very well with that new client. Thankfully, I think the horse appreciated it.

Severely stretched and bruised laminea.Most likely dietary as the horse is pretty overweight and cresty. We'll see how h...
04/10/2022

Severely stretched and bruised laminea.

Most likely dietary as the horse is pretty overweight and cresty. We'll see how he progresses.

03/09/2022

I'll be in Orofino and Weippe tomorrow, 3/10.

I have an opening for a couple horses.

Please let me know if you'd like to get on the schedule.

03/07/2022

When scheduling becomes a challenge....
that's a good thing and I am so not complaining.

Hoping this means spring will be super busy!!!

It may not seem like it today but spring and good riding weather are just around the corner. My books are filling fast. ...
02/24/2022

It may not seem like it today but spring and good riding weather are just around the corner. My books are filling fast. Please give me a call or text if you'd like to get on schedule.
208 748 9073

11/30/2017

My vacation has official started as of this morning. Work resumes on December 12th. I will check my phone, email and facebook messages periodically but will only respond to emergency situations. Happy trails everyone. See you all in a couple weeks! :)

The girls new feeders. We found that they were shaking too much hay out when the Hay Chix hay nets were left loose on t...
10/29/2017

The girls new feeders. We found that they were shaking too much hay out when the Hay Chix hay nets were left loose on the ground OR when put inside the old fruit bin feeders. So, we took apart the two Large West Coast Bale nets, restrung the rope on the outside edges of the now flat nets, then laid them over the fruit bins, with the hay held inside. This set up is working the best so far. The hay stays off the ground, under the barn so safe from the elements and they can't "shake" the hay out and eat freely. Very simple to fill, just peel back one side of the net, drop in 2 or 3 large bales, reattach the net, tie and secure THEN cut the strings on the bales and everything falls into place.

09/14/2017

Kind of a bummer of a work day. My truck tool box is somehow STUCK shut...couldn't get my tools out. Thankfully had a spare nipper and rasp in the back seat but had to use my knee for finishing hooves as my hoof stand was stuck in the tool box too :( I'm wiped out. It's been a long time since I had to use my knee for finishing. I forgot how exhausting that is! Hopefully Keith can get the tool box unstuck when he gets home. Not looking forward to more days without my stand!

Loving our Hay Chix small holed hay nets!!!! The girls seem to love them too. The only thing I haven't liked is that the...
09/14/2017

Loving our Hay Chix small holed hay nets!!!! The girls seem to love them too. The only thing I haven't liked is that they roll the nets around and that spills some of the hay so they were going thru bales pretty quickly. I needed a couple feeders to put in the barn, so I repurposed these old fruit bins that were also once dog houses. Now they can't roll or toss the nets around and the hay is lasting even longer.

Thank you Hay Chix
Using the West Coast bale Slow Feeder net. Put into use late July 2017

Blue enjoying the feeder

I tried this today and it worked really well!!!!!
03/29/2017

I tried this today and it worked really well!!!!!

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