The Barefoot Bloke

17/07/2024

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20/05/2024

Time for a bit of a rant…. Long overdue.
My wife and I have helped a large number of laminitic horses. The number of successful cases runs into the hundreds. We have sadly lost 6. Every horse we have lost is due to uninformed old school veterinary advise of putting heart bars on a laminitic foot. For f&@$ sake don’t do it. UNLOAD THE HOOF WALL IMMEDIATELY and apply boots and pads. The quicker this is done the better the prognosis.
If you catch the laminitis really early then cryotherapy is the go. BUT STILL UNLOAD THE GODDAMN HOOF WALL.
Even blind Eddy can see that attaching anything to a hoof wall that is no longer stable is completely dumb, yes, after unloading the hoof wall the horse will be on its sole, frog and bars…. That’s why the go to are boots and pads and a soft conforming surface.
See the self explanatory photos below.
We are sick and tired of being the last option when the archaic traditional garbage has failed.
Come on folks….. use your common sense.
Sorry for the rant, but the next person that brings me a laminitic horse to fix that has had heart bars and wedges applied….. I will be tempted to shove the shoes up their fundamental or***ce, sideways and without removing the nails.

Yes, I am frustrated 😣

09/12/2023

Love my old eucalyptus trees.

04/12/2023

15/11/2023

Shoes dramatically reduce blood flow to the foot. Reduced blood is the last thing any hoof requires never mind a navicular foot. Navicular is a man made disease. A whole hoof problem that eventually manifests itself in the navicular bone and surrounding soft tissue.
To paraphrase Einstein “you can use the same logic that caused the problem to fix it”

Best regards
Dave

A brief description of Navicular disease

12/11/2023

For the 1000th time, it is a horse, not a toy.

12/11/2023

A point to ponder 💭 🤔

12/11/2023

The prosecution rests….😂

🎉Happy Friday🎉

11/11/2023

A 30 second thought 💭.

10/11/2023

Transporting a severely laminitic horse.😊👍

10/11/2023

Things that make you smile

13/10/2023

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13/10/2023

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03/10/2023

Every time a horse arrives with laminitis it takes a piece of my soul. Sometimes I question why we do what we do. We win some and we lose a few.
When I get one that I was seriously considering euthanasia to him making a remarkable recovery makes me remember why😻

01/10/2023

Been away from the property for four days teaching in Victoria at the Australian college of equine podiotherapy…. Missed the boys…. The change in my boy’s coat is amazing in four days.

Border collies can’t help themselves….. got to chase the boys…. Been kicked twice…. But won’t learn….. I guess that’s like me, been kicked a million times and still get under horses every day. I am a SLOW learner….🤔

29/09/2023

26/08/2023

Another awesome Owner maintenance trimming clinic at Glenroy. Awesome weather, awesome people, awesome day. Thanks to all for making it possible.

17/07/2023

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17/07/2023

What a weekend!
This is a pic of David Leigh, aka The Barefoot Bloke!
He is holding my cadaver leg that I was about to trim.

My four horses are all barefoot and have been for years and years.

I cannot stress how knowledgeable Dave is. He is also all about the horse’s welfare and comfort as well as correct trimming which is his passion.
He also makes a mean oat latte!
He and his gorgeous wife Sue hold these trimming clinics every month.

I had some real light bulb moments and it will take me some time to absorb all the wisdom I heard.

If you want to know how to do a trim between farrier visits I urge you to do this clinic.

I’m now the proud owner of a hoof stand, rasp and hoof knife. I have plans to send my husband to do the course too.

Here is a link to his FB page if you want to know more.

https://www.facebook.com/Thebarefootbloke

14/07/2023

It has taken a while, but we are getting there, our little classroom is taking shape.

29/06/2023

Mr “T” ……😊

28/06/2023

A great day teaching owner trimmers in Galston, NSW.

28/06/2023

A great day on the NSW south coast. Owner trimming clinic.

27/06/2023

https://www.equilibriatherapeutics.com/post/shoes-dramatically-alter-biomechanics?fbclid=IwAR38FnlJxWyKlFb6JdyddXY2qnJzr8m5RKsjo-sPd5ti7NIg2o_levijFKw_aem_ATjBdSZXM75yZwa8bUs6eu2zvtc_seLgFUT1FGLoXvUrowtOfEBy3yOJEKajgfA6A_M&mibextid=Zxz2cZ

An overview on affected tissues and movement implications of horseshoes. Shoes dramatically alter biomechanics. Along with causing other physical issues in the body of the horse, shoes are most commonly seen to increase load to soft tissues during movement which alters biomechanics. Three videos sho...