Meckyle Perry Trimming, Hoof Care and Farrier

11/11/2024

Accurate

17/10/2024

Lovely moonlight for a short night ride

11/10/2024

Hey everyone, just got back from a few days away at the beach so have been a bit quiet on responding to people, will be catching up on stuff over the next couple of days now that we are back.

27/09/2024

Have to love this time of year, so many cute foals around, this one was very curious about her mums trim yesterday

27/08/2024

So true, where has the year gone.

26/08/2024

07/08/2024

Been a while since I've put up a post but there's been alot going on behind the scenes. Just got a delivery of these ground support pads to start trying out. Should be a great therapeutic option for alot of horses especially laminitis and thin soles ect. Watch this space for updates on how they go, will be trying them out on a few of our own horses in the next couple of weeks.

21/06/2024

Borrowed this from another person but wanted to post this here as I think this explains what vet checks really should be for. Few horses can actually pass a thorough vet check fully including horses currently competing, instead it's to be more aware of potential issues before you buy, not to skip the horse completely.

23/05/2024

Here's your opportunity folks to attend a hoof trimming clinic with The Barefoot Blacksmith.

It's a great learning opportunity and any of my clients who attend I'm happy to support follow up trims and guide you through maintenance trimming.

21/05/2024

Temu is always great for a few laughs, to manicure and clean horseshoes 🤣🤣

29/04/2024

22/04/2024

Just a few pics of some lovely feet from last week's trimming.

16/04/2024

When your trimming away and get a sense this new horse may not be the most normal trim this week. Good example of advanced seedy toe and how it will travel lateraly through the hoof wall and compromise the whole hoof capsule.

Edit: I did my usual trick and forgot to take photos of the finished trim but to treat i flushed with a idioine mix and then packed with zinc oxide to provide some drying and anti bacterial and owner is cleaning and treating daily. All 4 feet were effected and horse walked off sound. Normally I would only do max two feet at a time like this and treat the other 2 next time however the seedy toe had compromised the wall to such an extent that there was no weight bearing on the wall to begin with so I resected all 4 feet.

14/04/2024

Hey everyone, back from holidays now so thought I would share some photos and videos of our wonderful break away, what a fantastic little spot to spend a few days.

Still getting everything sorted from traveling but will start getting in touch with people over the next few days to start organizing trimming.

08/04/2024

Hey everyone. Heading away on holidays for a few days, will be back towards the end of the week so will be catching up on messages then. Have a great week everyone and see you all soon.

Cheers
Meckyle

25/03/2024

What a wonderful assortment of boots, almost like licorice all sorts. So many different colour combinations to choose from.

24/03/2024

Always fun when you find little surprises in feet that you weren't expecting. Found this sub solar abscess on Saturday, horse only showed a mild lameness about two weeks before the trim which only lasted a couple of days. Good example of what can be hiding in feet.