Have a Hoof Natural Trimming

05/25/2025

Hoof case study: Cowboy

Overgrown but I think they'll be fine. Good boy!

07/03/2023

I got to trim three new clients today: Mocha, Napoleon and Irma. They were good fur-kids.

They had an interesting angle to all of their feet, where the one side of the hoof was taller than the other and the same side was taller on every foot. Little bit of thrush but it's been raining a lot. Also, had contracted heels on Napoleon, which can be fixed over time. Normal flaring and some wall breakage from being a little overdue for a trim. All around, not bad.

01/21/2023

Joy's trim

12/24/2022

I finally got my recently feral filly trimmed. She has been so fearful of trimming that I had to wait until she and I had some trust built up to trim her. Her feet had very long toes. 😩 Lots of talking, pets and patience and she's done without any freaking out.

Good job, Firefly!

04/28/2021

04/14/2021

Smokey's trim today. His feet are looking really good. Woot! Worked on some thrush.

04/14/2021

Brownie's trim today. Worked on backing up that toe and thrush.

04/13/2021

Joy's trim today. I have a pic of her front feet. The white one on the right has been trimmed and the black has not been trimmed yet. So much flaring but it's getting better.

Thinking about trimming weekly to improve her behavior and the flares.

04/07/2021

Epic's trim today. I tried waiting until every 4 weeks instead of every 2 weeks and it wasn't good. He was favoring that club foot a little and had a lot of growth. Every 2 weeks, it is, little buddy. I did quick him a bit with that club foot but if you look, I think that he finally may have less disconnection between his hoof wall.. yay!!! He was very well-behaved today.

03/26/2021

Trigger's trim. Little thrush. He's sensitive to his right front being picked. He seems a little hesitant to let me pick up his right rear as well. Treated the thrush, backed up his toes and treated one large flare on his right front. Good boy!

03/24/2021

Joy's trim. She's on a shorter trim schedule because of her flares and overachiever bars. She doesn't have a lot of patience with trimming. So I'm trying to do less more often.

03/24/2021

Hero's trim today. He's a good guy but a cookie monster. He's got pretty good feet.

I see a better hoof wall connection starting.