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06/11/2024

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We have seen numerous cases of laminitis this season. From acute cases being managed and back on the road to recovery to chronic and extreme cases not having a happy outcome.

Laminitis is the second biggest killer after colic and is nothing to ignore. It is a serious condition that requires swift and thorough action from your horse's professional team and follow up for many months to come.

We do our best from a farriery perspective but without owner diligence, cases can turn from subtle to severe incredibly fast.

Please have your horse's management as strict and as functional as possible. Help us to reduce the risk and severity of Laminitis. It is crippling for them and distressing for owners and all involved. All breeds can be affected, not just ponies.

If your not sure what you can or should be doing. Drop us a comment below 👇

31/10/2024

First shoes ever for these little feet 👣

29/10/2024

It's a bit fresh in Ballarat this morning 🥶

28/10/2024

To meet the high demand, our services are now once again available in Ballan, Gordon, and Mt Egerton.

Encompassing high quality shoeing and trimming services, we are excited to welcome new clients in these areas.

Please help us spread the word!

26/10/2024

Shh don't tell anyone we had to work on the weekend, but at least we got to do some fun stuff.
Direct glued aluminium shoes with a smaller footprint to improve the mechanics of the feet. Pink impression material for heel and caudal support and casting on-top to provide protection and stability.
Lets hope this fella likes the package!

16/10/2024

Yay all my admin is back up to date! 🥳

Now time for another quick get away as a family.
We won't be readily accessible to the work phone but will do our best to check periodically.
Otherwise see you all Tuesday!

16/10/2024

Fresh trim to keep this kids pony going 🧒🐴

14/10/2024

Happy little barefoot hooves 😍

10/10/2024

So my optimism to catch up on admin was short lived 😅

I am currently a week behind on all my admin duties due to a very cranky, clingy and teething toddler.

If you have reached out, awaiting an invoice etc I am not ignoring or have forgotten you. I'm just a little stressed trying to keep up with life at the moment. I will get back to everyone as soon as I can. Send help! 🤪

09/10/2024

I can't imagine a better place to catch up on admin 🥰☀️💻🗓️

02/10/2024

Experimenting with the Easyshoe Speed today. A glue on fully composite shoe with built in frog support. Grinding in a more aggressive rolled toe to ease breakover with a thicker shoe that is not easily set back off the toe. Added pink Glu U dim to maximise solar support and to stop rocks and muck getting stuck under the shoe. Super easy and fun to glue on.

What are your thoughts? A new shoe to added to the existing Allied range 🤔

30/09/2024

Steady progress for this laminitic mare, sound and comfortable after a bout a few months ago 💪

24/09/2024

A belated post but what a great 5 days of intensive continuing education with the amazing Daisy Alexis Bicking and the International School of Integrative Hoofcare Australia.

Plenty of classroom time learning more through case studies, whole horse assessments, different hoof types and how to approach each one, brushing up on anatomy, reading radiographs, mapping, findings p3's placement using external markers, laminitis, posture and so much more.

And getting out in the field watching Daisy work on live horses and getting our hands on with some cadavers. Watching and listening to Daisy's approach as she works through each hoof was incredibly enlightening. It gave us some new perspectives and answered questions we've had in the past. We learnt new tricks and techniques to add to our skill set, and different glue on shoe packages, casting and plastic welding. Huge variety! Look out clients! 😂

And thank you to Heidi McGrath from Borambola Valley Veterinary Podiatry Centre for all your help on the veterinary side of things. It was great to be able to pick your brain and we are learnt so much from the x-rays you took for us all! It was also great to catch up again!

It may not have been Daisy's usual crowd with us farriers making up the bulk of the group. But it was humbling to see the dedication, enthusiasm, collaboration, and fun between everyone as we learnt together and also from each other. We all brought our own skills, experiences and different backgrounds together and got involved so we could all learn and grow as a group.

It was fantastic to meet new people, put faces to names we have heard about and catch up with familiar faces we have met in the past. And watching everyone get in and have a go during forge and pizza night, that was memorable!

Declan certainly made the time away challenging. But I am grateful for Daisy and everyone that attended, for being so accommodating while we juggled a busy toddler. And thank you to those that took Declan and occupied him to give me some much needed breaks, I am forever grateful and it's deeply appreciated.

If you want to learn more and challenge and grow your professional development we highly recommend any hoof care professional to add this to the list of must do's!

17/09/2024

Happiest little man helping mum trim and shoe 12 horses today 🥰

05/09/2024

We are currently on our way to Wagga NSW to participate in a 5 day Hoof Workshop with the International School of Integrative Hoof Care Australia

Baby in tow, we will be covering a wide range of topics each day. From anatomy, rotational deformities, hoof mapping, glue on shoe techniques and much more. We are looking forward to brushing up on our existing skills and learning more from our international clinician Daisy Alexis Bicking.

So this means no services will be conducted until we return next week (Friday 13th), and our response times to enquiries etc will be sporadic as we try to soak up as much education as possible while keeping up with a busy Declan.

It's going to be fun but hectic!

04/09/2024

Same foot, about 3 minutes apart.

It may not appear so, but the foot was quite overdue for a trim in the top photo. With a quick assessment of the foot and limb pre trim, we are able to target specific areas in the trim itself to get the result in the photo below.

Can you spot the changes?

30/08/2024

It's incredibly satisfying to look back at what you started with. And these feet have come a long, long way! 😍

When we first met this mare, she was very sore, grumpy and her feet left a lot to be desired. Our first ever visit was a team effort with Ballarat Equine Clinic to sedate AND nerve block so she could somewhat weight bear on each foot for the other to be worked on. She was still very sore, but we made it work.

Her compromised feet could never hold shoes for the previous farrier and after a thorough assessment we applied Glu Shu's to her front feet. Over time we have gone through multiple Glu Shu shoeings and as her feet showed improvement we slowly downgraded her into the current shoe package she wears today (aluminium shoes with leather pads and extra soft hoof packing).

After taking care of this thoroughbred's hoof care for just shy of 2 years we have:

💪 Grown a new hoof capsule

🔨 Stronger walls now capable of nailing shoes on

😍 Eliminated the toe dishing

🏗️ Grown out the quarter crack and wall deviation on the lateral side

🩹 The vertical dorsal wall blemish is no more

📐 Restored hpa (hoof pastern alignment)

💢 Relaxed a very angry coronet band

🐴 Have a happier and more comfortable horse which is the most important part of all 🙌

It has been a long, yet challenging and satisfying journey working on this mare's feet. They might not be perfect but they are now functionally healthier which makes it all worth while. 😌

20/08/2024

Eventing warmblood, absolutely smashing it barefoot 😍

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Ararat, VIC
3377

Opening Hours

Monday	8am - 8pm
Tuesday	8am - 8pm
Wednesday	8am - 8pm
Thursday	8am - 8pm
Friday	8am - 8pm

Website

http://www.alliedfarriers.com.au/

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Little bit of fun for a Sunday afternoon! 😊

Day 2 at the Northern Horse Park Lakes & Craters International Horse Trials and Camperdown has really turned on the wind for us! But so far no rain! Fingers crossed it holds out for us!