Gadsby’s Equine Hoof Care

05/06/2024

Nice easy article to read over from Nadine at Inate Equine and also features a photo of Queenie the mini ❤️ which some of you may remember

Gutfill means something entirely different to us than it does for our horses...

04/06/2024

Second year 🙌
This year I will be doing the whole 3249 sit ups not push ups due to wrist injury
Bring on the abs 🫣🤗

I’m taking on The Push-Up Challenge this June to push for better mental health in Australia. I'm raising funds for Lifeline to help them deliver much-needed mental health services and initiatives. You can help by donating to my fundraising page:

Help raise funds for much-needed mental health services and initiatives by donating to my page. I’m completing The Push-Up Challenge to support this great cause and would love your help to reach my fundraising target.

29/05/2024

We all love our horses 🐎
…
However sometimes is nice to just get yourself ready and not worry about the neddy 🐴 (neddy is another term for horse)
So go on book yourself in with the crew at It's In Our Nature take a walking holiday have all your needs catered to! The only thing you need to do is to JUST SHOW UP 🙌🤩😎

09/04/2024

Well this was a first 😳😂 I was trying to get photos.... ISA (Isa Brown) took opportunity to get a feed 🐔

12/02/2024

11/02/2024

Wowsers - the last two weeks have been JAM PACKED
20 fabulous students had their minds blown with two week intensive block with ACEHP (Australian Certified Equine HoofCare Practitioners)
Australian Hoof Trimmers
I had the privilege to help with the teaching/mentoring 👏
Finished this off with a 10km fun run Buttons Brewing Penguin Running Festival
Today will be a day of RNR 😂😂

31/01/2024

👏👍🙌
Good job EQUINET - Mustad Farrier App
Definitely on board with this app
BTW the weirdo at the back holding towel up in pink is me 😝
We had Hayley fly over from Melbourne to give us a run through of EQUINET she also gifted us some towels to wipe the sweat off our brows whilst hard at work
You can’t actually see bottom of towel but has EQUINET logo and Mustard 190 years in business
Wow 190 years!! Also this is in the same family now that is impressive I reckon 👏👏

Grateful to Australian Hoof Trimmers (ACEHP) for having us present EQUINET app to the newest 2024 Equine Hoofcare Certificate students during their business studies. 🐴📚

ACEHP or Australian Certified Equine Hoofcare Practioners is an association of Qualified Hoof Care Practitioners and Hoof Rehabilitation Specialists in Australia.

Thank you for having us!

26/12/2023

03/12/2023

A little something something we are working on (it is a team effort) I have lots of photos but here is a snippet.

15/11/2023

👉The Concoction - The Combination - The stuff -The whatever you would like to call it....
➡️Seedytoe/whiteline
🐎First visits to a horse/pony/donkey and they have seedy toe/whiteline. I don't always open/cut out straight away as this can be very daunting for owners and another reason what happens if I don't see horse again, I personally like to make sure they (the owner) is committed to a short and regular cycle.🐎💃
😳So my alternative that has been working !!
As I said (previous post)this has taken 16 years ,I have tried and used lots of stuff in the past and I am a firm believer that if something is not getting the result then do something different there is no harm in trying... right?🤓🤓
🤗Below is photos of a mare on her second visit with me she has actually had chronic(long term) Seedy toe in all four hooves. I treated first time with the combination below pulling out that black bacterial muck (hoof nerds you know what I'm talking about) 👌
Second visit just white chalky stuff now in my head that is betterer - technical term💃🕺

09/11/2023

04/11/2023

🐴little projects I’m working on…
🐣don’t judge these hooves unless you know the exact situation! everyone has been great with me and we will have them all on a regular schedule and work the best we can with horse, the owner and myself🐥
👉side note I too am supporting a annoying chronic wrist thingy which isn’t getting better (am following that one up with GP)
⛄️So am somewhat feeling semi retired and not advertising and spend days hiking ,riding,going to fun workshops and improving our new property
⛑️Thankfully I have a very supportive partner ⭐️

28/09/2023

🐷🐷Today another 1st
Billy the Boar I gave his front trotters a little trim🐷 Would have liked to have cleaned them up with my dremmel a bit more but Billy wasn’t that keen.
He laid down five times had belly rubs and got up five times - feedback - he is now sleeping after the 5 push ups🫣😂
🐷❤️🐷

07/09/2023

The Great unboxing! 🤩
🤓As much as the Multicomponet Model (MCM) would be cool to have I just couldn't justify the cost for my business.🤓
👉HOWEVER as soon as Professor Pollitt released a version the Polyurethane Replica at a much more affordable price I jumped on the website and ordered straight away!
💃Now my inner child is to come forth and do some colouring in using the handy chart.
🐎I can take this out in the field too with out freaking out about losing bits of breaking it🐎




3dvetanatomize.com

03/09/2023

When you know your back in Tassie!! Dairy Country
Maybe good for cows
Not so for horses = new challenges I forgot existed

21/08/2023

It’s Mine now (thinks Stella)

18/08/2023

Why spend your time chasing horses when all you need is your voice

17/08/2023

🙌For something different today🙌
🐐Goats 🐐
Now I confess when in NSW I didn’t see many goats
Butttt I have a feeling I will see more in Tassie so I’m gonna get betterer at trimming them.
Goats have cloven hooves , however there is some similarities to an equid.
This little fella is going to go on a shorter trim cycle from now on, it will help with keeping him balanced and comfy - hopefully too we will get a better connected stronger cloven hoofed wall.

25/07/2023

Join us July 30th for feeding Performance Horses Webinar with Carol Layton 🐎

In this Webinar you learn how simple it is to fuel a horse in work using feed ingredients that are well suited to it’s digestive system, with a focus on fiber. Why it helps not only with energy and fuel sources, but also immune system responses and gut health. This presentation is aimed at those competing at the top of their sport, for those starting out, and for everyone in between.

25/07/2023

🐎Meet Lordy my first client since relocating to Tassie
And guess what Lordy relocated from NSW at the same time !!
It was meant to be ❤️😬

24/07/2023

This 👇
Take the time to read 🙌
Just makes sense

Please be aware when you are asking a nutritionist for help, that they do make it clear that if you don't have a pasture or hay test for your forage, the recommendations will have to be very, very general and non specific. Using estimates for any type of forage, pasture in particular is of no help to know what the actual nutrient profile is. There is simply too much variation. I have been shocked seeing the claims well meaning people are making about how many mg copper, how much zinc and the rest of the nutrient profile on very flimsy assumptions, and thinking that it must be true seeing the numbers printed on a page.

If you are feeding a small amount of hay, say around 1-2 kg then it's no big deal as it isn't the bulk of the intake. Especially lucerne as it tests reliably high in protein and calcium, relatively low in phosphorus.

Only way to know what the nutrient levels are in the intake, and then to know what needs to be fed to correct deficiencies and correct imbalances (mineral ratios), is to have your forage tested in a lab. Without that data, it's all a blind guess. Plenty will say they can tell you what to feed or if a product will provide what a horse needs but it's simply marketing.

You may need to feed more, for example, calcium, or phosphorus, or have too much of one or both. No way of knowing without nutrient data for the whole intake.

My mineral mix formulations are based on thousands of pasture and hay tests so that we can have an educated guess at what is most likely needing to be boosted.

Another question often asked is what are the best feeds for horses. It's really simple - high fibre feeds which is what the digestive system of horses evolved on. If you want gut health, think about the quality of what you are feeding. This is not saying that all the recommendations from reports based on dodgy estimates can't be helpful. Of course not but we can't say the intake is balanced if there is no actual data.

When I am asked, I am very happy to provide this advice for free.

What to feed?
Fibre and the products of fermentation are a vital source of energy, protein and vitamins. Fibre plays a huge role in immune system responses, fertility, gut health, preventing colic, and well being. There are many horses on gut supplements who wouldn't need them if they were on high fibre intakes. High fibre feeding suits all horses, all categories from performance horses to breeding horses to actively growing young horses to horses in no work. We do know that copper and zinc, and often iodine are too low in forage, testing is the only way to know what other nutrients are in excess and what are deficient. More information here: https://balancedequine.com.au/mineral-interactions/

Premix commercial bagged feeds can help but their feeding recommendations never take into account mineral interactions, and when a concentrate (high in grain and/or high in starch with brans) is fed, the high energy value can 'cheat' the horse of nutrients from fibre sources.

Ideally, what we feed a horse should be high in soluble fermentable fibre, what a horse's digestive system evolved on. When hay and grass are not enough to support a horse the next choice is either beet pulp, soybean hulls or lupin hulls or a combination. For a horse in work that can experience fatigue, any of these feeds can be combined 1:1 with whole oats to produce a steady release of energy (safer than barley).

However, the only way to know if any one feed is the best for your horse's situation is to base it on data, either the pasture and/or hay, whichever is applicable. Programs that offer 'estimates' for hay or pasture nutrient levels are not reliable, way too much variation. If you are unable to test, and I sympathise, then do the next best thing, choose a high fibre feed rather than low fibre, high starch junk feed. You can use a program to guide your choices but always see it as a guess.

The following feeds are ideal; Speedi-beet, Hygain Micrbeet, Energreen Maxisoy, Hyfeed HyFibre, Benchmark Perfect Mash, Super Fibre Mash, QPD Relax Super Fibre Plus, KISS Horsecare Simple Fibre in WA, Hygain Fibressential, T&R Lupin Fibre Cubes, CEN Grain Free, CEN Lupin+ (the T&R and CEN feeds are mainly lupin hulls, not lupins). Other choices are Prydes EasiFibre, Prydes EasiKeeper or Prydes EasiSport.

If the horse is insulin resistant (IR)/equine metabolic syndrome (EMS) then the safest low sugar + starch choices are Speedi-beet, Hygain Micrbeet (both beet pulp), Energreen Maxisoy, Benchmark Super Fibre Mash, Benchmark Perfect Mash, Hyfeed HyFibre (soybean hulls) and Thompson and Redwood Lupin Fibre Cubes, QPD Produce Relax Super Fibre Plus, CEN Grain Free (lupin hulls).

If needing more protein for low protein hay, the following higher protein lupin hull feeds are suitable if fed in small amounts,

11/07/2023

🐎Appreciation Post🐎
To Be Honest I don’t really know what to write…
(So will keep it short)
👉Just short of 9 years I spent in sourthern NSW and established a great little business on the border of NSW and Victoria.
🥰THANKYOU 🥰
Don’t miss me too much 😉
The cards and words of Thankyou I received honestly brought water to my eyes (I hid that , didn’t want to make you lot cry )
I’m now back in my home State Tasmania and will be starting my business all over again 😬

10/07/2023

Yesssss!

Big updates for EB Hoof Care.
I have made the move from Brisbane down to Wodonga. I thank all my clients back in QLD for allowing me to trim their horses, for the friendships and the beautiful community we created amongst us.
That being said, I am now taking on clients from Albury/Wodonga to Gundagai and surrounds.
Please msg 0412403600 to book.

06/06/2023

Today was a good day!!
Wagga Wagga Zoo and Aviary
The dingoes all grown up 🥰
The Turkey who was strutting his stuff whilst I was trimming the minis🫣

05/06/2023

Not exactly Hoof related but this a worthy worthy cause and a great challenge.

I’m taking part in The Push-Up Challenge this June (for me it will be squats and sit ups due to injury)
As part of this, I'm fundraising for mental health and I'd love your support. Please donate through the below page 🐎🐎 also check the comments for little snippets of me and Stella 😆😆

Funds raised will go towards improving critical mental health and su***de prevention services and programs in Australia.

20/04/2023

Tools…
Shout out to Shadowfax Forge
Awesome 12inch Hoof Nippers
I’ve been a GE fan for many years however of late have felt the quality isn’t as good and also the price well… need to sell a kidney basically
So I went out of my comfort zone and reached Out to Dan at Shadowfax Forge and brought two sets of Nippers from him.
I love them !
Kudos from Australia 👏👏

18/04/2023

Remember Queenie and Teddy
Well they are now famous and living their life at the Wagga Wagga Zoo and Aviary
Much to my delight I got to see the munchkins on Telly !!!
Could have hoarded onto these two because they bring you such joy … but I decided to share 😁
Luckily I will still get to visit and trim their teeny hooves 🥰

05/04/2023

Do you think Paddock Paradise/track Systems are dumb?
Do you think "what is the point of this paddock paradise/ track system?"
Are you just "like I can't be bothered doing that?"
Are you like "I cant do that?"

Well have a think about it....

For a little outlay 💲💲 and a little time ⌚️ and a little muscle💪💪

You could be saving your land from becoming over grazed
You could be saving money on feed
You could be saving money on vet bills
You will be creating a healthy habitat

Below is a photo I took the other day and what a great example on the right is a overgrazed horse property on the left is a healthy managed horse property ... This is coming into Australia's winter
I need say no more.

https://paddockparadise.net/

08/02/2023

Everyone meet Jenna (well some of you already have). Jenna has been co-piloting with me around the Tumba district lately learning how to trim with some intensive one on one training , she is then planning to attend the next 2 week training block in TAS 🙌🙌

https://www.australianhooftrimmers.com/

01/02/2023

These days I don’t do many shoes removals, but yesterday I got to remove these from a great little Mare (The Brown Mare as she is now affectionately known as) and we will watch the transition
- she has Rengade Vipers to help her along and keep her moving. 🐎