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Summer 2010...Our 10 Year Anniversary
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News for Barefoot Hoofcare!
Photos above, clockwise from top left: 1) FEI Dressage horse Juneau (rider Dawn Jensen) made a show ring comeback, thanks to barefoot. Read about him in THH issue 37. 2) Yvonne Welz riding barefoot 6 yo Warmblood mare Gezebella. 3) Karen Chaton on barefoot Arabian Granite Chief, who has now passed the 9,000 mile mark with AERC! Read their story in THH 37. 4) James Welz training 6 yo Warmblood Belle over fences. 5) Featured hoof: 14 year old Arab mare, barefoot for 7 years, very healthy, always sound. 6 ) Cody's Curiosity, ridden by Betsy MacFarlane, is a 2-time Quarter Horse Congress Champion, Barefoot! (Photo courtesy Jeff Kirkbride Photography) Read their story in THH 34
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A Barefoot Milestone...
Easyboot Horse Wins The Haggin Cup at the 2010 Tevis!
Congratulations to Garrett Ford and his horse, The Fury, for finishing 8th place in Tevis 100 mile race on July 24, and winning the Haggin Cup for Best Condition!!!! He is the first barefoot horse in the 54 years of the race to win the award. Garrett's wife, Lisa Ford, finished right behind him in 9th place, on her barefoot horse Cyclone. Two barefoot horses in the top 10! Read more on EasyCare's blogs: http://www.blog.easycareinc.com/
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The Horse's Hoof Magazine Issue 39, Summer 2010 (released on June 21, 2010-1st day of Summer)
-"A Closer Look at Australia’s Wild Horses" all about the brumbies
-Theme: Celebrating barefoot beginnings
-"In Perspective: TNH, HOG and LOS" by Jaime Jackson, some surprising insights into the past
-"My Barefoot Percheron Draft Stallion"
-"Barefoot Beginnings: Bracy Clark" by Sabine Kells, looking back on some real barefoot history
-"Beginnings of the Barefoot Movement" by Dr. Hiltrud Strasser, a detailed overview of the development of Strasser Hoofcare worldwide
-"Health and Disease of the Equine Frog, Part 2: What Exactly is Frog Disease and What does it look like?"
-"More Shoeless Performance Horses!"
-"Natural Hoof Care in Panama" trimmer Dawn Willoughby brings barefoot knowledge to Central America
-"Trimming Corner" Improving the Frogs on Healthy 4 yo Mare
-Barefoot News from around the world
-Advertisers Corner
-Online Extras: 9 extra pages, only in the Online PDF! Percheron Stallion Hoof Photos, Quarter Horse Hoof Photos, Equine Soundness Trim Practicum, 10th Anniversary of the Iron-Free Horse by Dr. Robert Cook, Pro-Biotics: Bugs You Do Want in your Horse’s Life
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Welcome to The Horse's Hoof, News for Barefoot Hoofcare
We are here for you!
"The Horse's Hoof" is this informational website,
as well as a quarterly printed 24 page magazine, published
since 2000 (available in our online
store). The Horse’s Hoof, both magazine and website, is
a generic barefoot resource for both horseowners and professionals,
created in 2000 by barefoot advocates James & Yvonne Welz. The
Horse's Hoof is for everyone! We welcome and encourage all methods and theories
of barefoot trimming, and support all forms of hoof care that focus on creating
healthier hooves over the long-term. We advocate finding compromises to create
more natural, healthier living conditions for all horses. We believe that
a good system of barefoot horse care is the ultimate prevention against
most serious hoof ailments that affect our domestic horses.
While barefoot can be used successfully for the rehabilitation
of unhealthy feet, our main focus is on preventing unhealthy feet in
the first place - through education and awareness. It is our goal that barefoot
becomes a widely accepted choice for performance horses around the
world, with hooves raised carefully from birth to be superior in every way.
It can be done - we have that information available now, and many people are
putting that to action (see the Barefoot Performance
page). Using this knowledge, no horse should ever need to suffer catastrophic
founder. The younger you begin a barefoot program with your horse, the better
(ideally, at birth), but most horse's hooves can be significantly improved,
and even become healthy enough to do whatever activity you desire. Barefoot
is NOT a fad, or anything new - after all, horses were born with bare
hooves. Learning to keep them that way successfully is the job of the barefoot
horse owner, and we're here to help. Healthy hooves create happy horses!
The Horse’s Hoof includes a wide variety of information
and links throughout this website, and in our magazine. The magazine contents are mostly different from the website,
though we do include some articles on here from past issues (Click
here for the Contents List). You will find articles and information from
and about all the leading experts in the field, including Jaime Jackson,
Dr. Robert Bower, Dr. Hiltrud Strasser, Pete Ramey, KC La Pierre, and
many others, as well as experiences and stories from various practitioners
and owners. We include a wide variety of material, some of it contradictory,
as there are many differences of opinion - and we don't personally agree with
everything we publish. We encourage and promote this interchange, because
we feel this is what will kick barefoot hoofcare up to the next level!
If you would like to read the personal opinions of James
& Yvonne Welz, please visit our section (see left bar), in particular,
Hoof Corner. Look for our separate, new
"membership hoofcare educational website," Hoof Help Online
(www.HoofHelpOnline.com) coming in 2010, which will provide detailed
how-to trimming instructions and advice through a wide variety of media, and
will present our ideas and philosophies on hoofcare that we have personally
developed over the past decade.
Barefoot hoofcare is a young, developing art and science.
There is so much ahead to discover. After nearly 20 years of hoof study, the
leading hoof researcher in the U.S., Dr. Robert Bowker, says, "There
is so much that we still don't know about the hoof!"
Breaking Hoof News....
(for archive of all previous news items, please visit our News
page)
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What BETTER way to keep you abreast of barefoot news? I'll try to keep you posted with a steady stream of news and happenings in the barefoot world, as well as special interest stories about the things that matter to those who love natural horse care. And I'll tell you what is going on with James & I. (This current "old fashioned" news section will filter down to just the more important "stand-out" news items.)
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A Barefoot Milestone...
Easyboot Horse Wins The Haggin Cup at the 2010 Tevis!
Garrett Ford rode The Fury to an impressive eighth place finish at the 2010 edition of the Tevis 100 mile race on July 24. He was accompanied by his wife, Lisa Ford, who rode Cyclone to the ninth place finsh. The Fury and Cyclone were two of 34 horses who were competing in the Tevis race as part of the Ride Tevis for Free contest sponsored by EasyCare.
The Fury also won the coveted Haggin Cup. The Haggin Cup award is intended to recognize exceptional sportsmanship and horsemanship as demonstrated by the superior condition of the contestant’s horse during and at the completion of the ride. In other endurance events, the award tends to be based almost solely on the “best condition” judging held after the Ride and focuses on the criteria of “fit to go on."
Fury's Haggin Cup win is of particular note because he is the first barefoot horse in the 54 years of the race to win the award. Garrett trains and competes The Fury in Easyboot Gloves and uses Easyboot Glue-Ons for only a few races: the 2010 edition of Tevis was one of them. 21 of the horses competing in the EasyCare Ride Tevis for Free contest went on to cross the finish line in Auburn - including the last place horses, Cira and Sonny ridden by Kathie Ford and Kathy Sherman. Six of those horses finished in the top 20 positions. Read more on EasyCare's blogs: http://www.blog.easycareinc.com/
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Liberated Horsemanship is presenting a seminar with Brian Hampson, Australian Brumby Research Unit (University of Queensland School of Veterinary Studies) in Sealy, Texas on Saturday, August 21, 2010 from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. The location is the Best Western, 2107 Highway 36 S, Sealy, TX. $65/person (includes lunch). For the past three years Brian Hampson, PhD candidate, and Dr. Chris Pollitt have intensively studied the Australian brumbies. Brian will discuss findings from these studies during this full-day presentation.
http://www.liberatedhorsemanship.com/
Equine Soundness is starting a new online webinar-style hoofcare course in September 2010. http://www.equinesoundness.com/September2010Course.htm
Claudia Garner of Equine Soundness will be presenting a one day seminar, From the Ground Up-Horse Health Considerations from a Hoof Care Perspective, with Don Vick at the Veterinary College of NCSU in Raleigh, NC, on Saturday, October 2, 2010: http://www.equinesoundness.com/USERL.html
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New articles by Jaime Jackson are featured in the current issues of Equine Wellness Magazine, both the May/June 2010 issue, and the July/Aug 2010 issue. You can read the articles, Worn Thin: Part I and Part II, on the AANHC website under News & Articles.
Equine Soundness Inc. July 1, 2010: Sign up for professional student course. Graduation for this year's students will be in summer of 2011. For detailed information please e-mail info@equinesoundness.com or call 803-647-1200.
Equine Soundness Online instruction - September 2, 2010: 30 one hour sessions will guide you through anatomy, the theory of basic trimming and exploration of pathologies and much more. For more information: http://www.equinesoundness.com/September2010Course.htm Discount sign-up
available now.
June 17, 6pm – 8pm
Does My Horse Need Shoes? Going Barefoot Seminar
Mary's Tack and Feed 3675 Via De La Valle, Del Mar, CA 9201, PH: 858.755.2015
FREE ADMISSION: Prize drawings, product discounts.
CALL TO RESERVE YOUR SEAT!! PH: 858.755.2015
http://www.marystack.com
June 19, 2010
Natural Hoof Care Clinic
Dr. Tomas G. Teskey, DVM, Leading Veterinary Authority on the Equine Hoof & Barefoot Horse
5740 Heppel Dr., Flagstaff, AZ
9-4 pm, $75 paid in advance
Contact: Deb Conlee 928-814-8395
Email: debchoh@aol.com
Horses Naturally is a new e-magazine featuring holistic health care, barefoot, natural horsemanship and riding articles. You can read their premier editions for free: http://barbfenwick.com/Horses%20Natually.htm
May 11, 2010 through December 14, 2010
Equine Soundness Course
30 individual sessions - Tuesday 11 AM or 8 PM (EDT)
Unique course for all horse enthusiasts - weekly Power Point Presentations taking you from hoof form and function through basic trimming and all forms of pathologies.
http://www.equinesoundness.com/May2010Course.htm
Barefoot in the news: "Barrel Horse News Magazine", April 2010 (Volume 15, No. 4) article titled "Barefoot Barrel Horses: Is Running Barefoot a Good Idea??" http://www.barrelhorses.com/
"Barefoot Police Horses: How the Houston Police Department Became a Barefoot Herd of Hard Working Horses" written by Senior Police Officer and Liberated Horsemanship certified hoof care professional Scott D. Berry. Scott has been a member of the Houston Police Department since 1989 and was instrumental in transitioning the Mounted Detail to barefoot horses, which has turned out to be a highly successful endeavor. Download the free 23 page document on Liberated Horsemanship's website.
Brego, Spanish Mustang Stallion
This versatile and handsome Spanish Mustang stallion is not to be missed and is standing at the Cliveden Stud. He is one of only a handful of Pure Bred Spanish Mustang stallions in the UK and the only one who is regularly available to cover mares of other breeds. And he is unshod!
http://www.spanishmustangstallion.co.uk/
Announcing the EasyCare Gives Back To AERC Campaign
EasyCare Inc. and AERC, the American Endurance Ride Conference, are pleased to announce the launch a one-of-a-kind sponsorship program that will add vital new revenue to offset the current erosion in AERC's membership fees...click here for details.
New Hoof Boot Exchange Yahoo Group
A Yahoo group for folks that are either selling or looking for hoof boots. This group is free - no cost to join or post boots for sale.
http://sports.groups.yahoo.com/group/hoofbootexchange/
Gretchen Fathauer has also long offered a free boot swap page on her website: http://www.naturalhorsetrim.com/boot_swap.htm
From the IAAOR: For all of you with animal owner friends and relatives in Illinois, please contact them to check www.iaaor.org regarding the proposed changes in the Illinois Veterinary Medical Act. Their voices need to be heard by the legislators. With the AVMA headquartered in Illinois, we need to win this battle! Donations and membership can be made directly through the website.
Over the years, the veterinary profession in Illinois has tried to form a complete monopoly of its industry, keeping anyone who is not a licensed DVM from providing non-medical services for animals. In 2004 The Illinois Alliance for Animal Owners Rights, Inc was instrumental in the passage of Exemptions 8 that allowed an animal owner or the agent of the owner, without veterinary approval, the right to choose licensed or unlicensed practitioners.
The proposed bills, HB5377 and SB3712, would eliminate nutritionists, massage therapists, chiropractors aromatherapists, homeopaths, behavior specialists, animal communicators, spiritual healers, TTouch practitioners, and physical therapists to name a few, from working without a referral from a veterinarian. They have split exemption 8 into 2 parts, with exemption 8.5 directly aimed at animal trainers restricting what they can do to, and for, animals in their care. This could negatively impact farriers, trainers, equine dentists and animal husbandry and wellness service providers.
Cheryl, Member of the IAAOR Board of Directors
www.iaaor.org
New barefoot ebook published by Penzance Equine Solutions: 10 Secrets to Healthy Hooves by Gwenyth Browning Jones Santagate
Very extensive book covering natural horse care and trimming. Over 200 pages including hoof anatomy and trimming instructions, pathology, lifestyle, nutrition, natural foods & herbs, homeopathics, equipment resources, horse handling and more. www.barefoottrim.com/
We love Joe Camp's The Soul of a Horse and Benji!
Visit Joe Camp's store: http://www.thesoulofahorse.com/TheStore.htm
Beautiful Natural Barefoot Hoof Medallion available
from a friend & THH customer:
GoldHaven Studios is pleased to present the Natural
Hoof Medallion. An original work, designed and created by Kathleen Dutson
(copyright) and produced locally in our hometown of Oroville, CA. Most equine
jewelry celebrates the horse with the horseshoe. We at Goldhaven Studios celebrate
the horse with the bare hoof! Proudly made in the USA. Available in Sterling
Silver on an 18" or 24" Sterling Silver chain. NEW Sterling Silver Natural Hoof Earrings and 14k Gold Natural Hoof! Medallion Kathleen
is an artist and barefooter. She rescued an Appaloosa with wedge pads and
heart bars destined for euthanasia and turned him into a galloping gravel
cruncher! Visit us at www.goldhavenstudios.com
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(from Yvonne: I love this hoof design! Notice how extremely
healthy the shape is: completely round, with wide heel buttresses, tapered
bars, and the lovely rolled edge. Such an extremely healthy hoof is rare outside
of horses well-trimmed by good natural hoofcare professionals - or on healthy
wild horses. Or on our own horses' feet - they all look just like this! Bravo
for such a fabulous design.)
