Wild at Hoof Equine Podiatry

Wild at Hoof Equine Podiatry Jenny Parsons (DEP)
Equine Podiatrist based near Mansfield, providing performance barefoot trims
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Hoof trimming services are tailored to each individual horse's needs. I use a scientific approach to optimise biomechanics based upon their individual conformation, age, level of work, previous or current injuries, and any future goals. A fitting service and advice on the use of hoof boots is available if required. You never just get 'A TRIM', my service includes recommendations on management, nut

rition and exercise, all of which will contribute the overall health and usability of your barefoot horse I consider this a regular MOT for your horse! Horses with laminitis, navicular and other hoof pathologies are trimmed using a remedial approach, and it is my goal to improve the comfort and aid relief and healing in these cases. I have been around horses of all ages my entire life (they were inflicted on me from a young age!) and have recently trained with Ben Hart, for advanced handing skills. I can provide training for horses and owners including youngstock and nervous horses, to gain acceptance of having their feet handled without getting stressed, using sympathetic non-aggressive techniques. I have experience in most disciplines and have trained many horses for leisure and competition ... including 2 miniature shetlands into harness! If you are considering going barefoot, or would like any more information, please call me for a chat.

This abscess exit track had been growing out nicely (from before I started working with horse), unfortunately with the h...
11/04/2025

This abscess exit track had been growing out nicely (from before I started working with horse), unfortunately with the hard ground the weak portion below it which wasn’t attached split so we decided to take it off to keep it tidy.

Minimal resection, the little side pockets were packed with some hoof stuff and then Artimud, however this will just grow out completely fine, although some people may worry about it, thankfully it’s in the quarter so it’s just like a very very large quarter arch now 😂

He has some very nice hoof growing in, far better balance so on wards and upward for this handsome boy 🫶🏻

Track system in a zoo 🫶🏻
02/04/2025

Track system in a zoo 🫶🏻

Visitors will get to see giraffes, zebra, antelopes and ostriches all roaming together 🦒 🦓

Little Sausage 🫶🏻 Sausage competes in endurance with her lovely owner, with the occasional pleasure ride for good measur...
21/03/2025

Little Sausage 🫶🏻

Sausage competes in endurance with her lovely owner, with the occasional pleasure ride for good measure… she certainly clocks up the miles 🫶🏻

Being fit, healthy and competing into your 20s is definitely the plan! This lad has just turned 21 and competing at PSG ...
20/03/2025

Being fit, healthy and competing into your 20s is definitely the plan! This lad has just turned 21 and competing at PSG and GP level dressage.

With what we know about horses now it seems silly to class horses in their teens as “veterans” when many are able to keep on getting better and better results as they mature.

Having healthy sound horses when they get into their 20s should be the norm … but not if we keep starting them at 3 🫣

Set up trim for this absolutely adorable little lady 🫶🏻You can’t fix pathological feet in one trim. If you can, the feet...
19/03/2025

Set up trim for this absolutely adorable little lady 🫶🏻

You can’t fix pathological feet in one trim. If you can, the feet were just over due a trim and not actually pathological 😶 so this hoof, whilst it does look a bit better post trim needs regular attention to get the toe back and allow the dorsal wall to grow in tighter and the back of the hoof to develop more.

Thankfully she’s found a great new home ❤️

Probably the best behaved miniature Shetland I’ve ever met …

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18/03/2025

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So much to like about these feet and they are serving the boy they are attached to very well.Lots of dancing and recentl...
15/03/2025

So much to like about these feet and they are serving the boy they are attached to very well.

Lots of dancing and recently starting into the jumping scene 🫶🏻

Watching this concavity develop like 😮‍💨😍😘🤤
14/03/2025

Watching this concavity develop like 😮‍💨😍😘🤤

A lovely client sent me some photos of me working with her rescue Arab boy. When he arrived he was completely shut down ...
13/03/2025

A lovely client sent me some photos of me working with her rescue Arab boy.

When he arrived he was completely shut down … and actually easy to work with for his first few trims. Then, as he began to feel better he decided that being held and trimmed wasn’t working for him, he would run backwards till he met a fence then leap forwards 😶

We quickly figured out that he was fine with just one person handling him at a time, so for a while I just trimmed him loose like this. Gradually over many trims getting his owner to get closer and closer while we worked.

Thankfully he is mostly “normal” now (but let’s face it … he is an Arab 😂🫶🏻) . He asked all the right questions and really thought about our conversations about what was expected of him and what he could expect from us.

Whilst we could have continued to work like this, we owed it to him to let him know that having 2 people round him was safe and he didn’t need to panic.

He’s a real success story of a horses emotional journey after rescue and an absolute credit to his owner.

I’m very thankful to have been part of his progress 🫶🏻

This hoof belongs to a Welsh section D, she has been living on a surfaced track over winter and her feet are rock hard… ...
11/03/2025

This hoof belongs to a Welsh section D, she has been living on a surfaced track over winter and her feet are rock hard… my brand new knife was no match for them 🫠

Nice looking feet 🫶🏻little bit of lateral separation, hence the quarter arch but solid all round 💗

So thankful that it appears to be drying out … my hands are starting to feel almost normal again after beginning to fall...
05/03/2025

So thankful that it appears to be drying out … my hands are starting to feel almost normal again after beginning to fall apart due to being constantly damp … hurrah 🙌🏻 that is until tomorrow where the forecast is for 2 days of rain 😭😭😭

Bad form Feedmark … You will often hear that horses like routine. You will also hear about the results of breaking a rou...
05/03/2025

Bad form Feedmark …

You will often hear that horses like routine. You will also hear about the results of breaking a routine, stress vices, kicking doors, grumpy faces.

But why would a supplement manufacturer want you to continue to house horses that make them stressed… because they sell a calmer to “help” you with that …

Give your horses freedom to be where they want to be, who they want to be with and eat when they want and the horses won’t “care” when you arrive to see or feed them.

They won’t be stressed about when their only companion will arrive to feed them after being locked in a box all night and they finished their haynet after a couple of hours…

Life will be easy for you both … sure … they won’t “need” you … but then they might want you …

But that doesn’t sell supplements …

Address

Mansfield

Opening Hours

Monday 10am - 4:30pm
Tuesday 10am - 4:30pm
Wednesday 10am - 4:30pm
Thursday 10am - 4:30pm
Friday 10am - 4pm

Telephone

+447841294141

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