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Natural Hoofcare Northwest

Certified hoofcare professional providing barefoot trimming across Cumbria, N.Yorkshire & N.Lancs

I offer hoof trimming and hoof boot fitting across Cumbria, North Yorkshire and North Lancashire. For more information on availability and exact areas covered, please send me a message.

21/09/2025

Just back home after a bit more CPD on the Dare2bebarefoot two day professional trimmers workshop. Great to be around trimmers from different backgrounds working together 👏

14/09/2025

Another busy week over 😴 and ready to start again tomorrow.
I took some photos yesterday of a lovely young cob mare who I’ve trimmed now for 11 months. This mare is sound and in full work in the school and hacking out regularly.
When I first came to see her there were visible ‘waves’ in the growth rings where the hoof wall had been distorted by the unequal load on it - this was seen on all four hooves. She also loads the lateral (outside) sides of her hind feet significantly more than the medial (inside) side, and so this has to be taken into account.

✅ With regular balanced trimming it’s been possible to manage and minimise the distortion to the hoof capsule in the hind feet and give her a more level landing area

✅ Front feet have a stronger shape and the toe length has reduced

✅ She’s got significantly better at standing for trims. Initially she got her foot back every time she asked, now she has a mini break after each ‘element’ of the trim. I think she knows the pattern now and therefore when the next break is coming, so she can be more relaxed ❤️

09/09/2025

Donkeys ❤️❤️❤️
Also a rebalancing trim for a lovely mare who is going onto a regular 6 week cycle to improve the balance of her feet and, in turn, her body.

29/08/2025

Managed pretty well to dodge the showers this week 🙌
After a dry month everyone is shedding old plaques of sole material leading to some very satisfying trims.
This week’s highlights for me were taking some 5 month progress photos for a lovely big cob who has improved with his leg handling at each trim and now has a slightly truer hoof shape, more concavity and better white line connection.
Also pleased to be able to offer a custom Scoot boot fit to a horse who is in between sizes. I’ll try take pictures when I pop back to make the adjustments next week.

25/08/2025

I have a special discount to share with everyone 🤩
Anyone can now use the code HOOFCARE5 to get 5% off all your full price purchases at Urban Horse
The code can be used as many times as you like. It’s unique to me, so I get a little bonus when you shop, and as I basically spend all my spare money buying more cool trimming tools and going on courses, you’ll be benefitting your own horses by using it 🤣🤣

But seriously, I buy all of my trimming tools and equipment from Urban Horse - Carolyn is great and all her team are so helpful. They have a really big range of horsey stuff but especially they have a huge selection of boots and accessories, natural horsemanship things and they stock the Red Horse hoof clays and products that I’m always recommending.

23/08/2025

Back home again now after the second day of the Hoof Boot Farriers course ! I’ve absolutely loved learning about all these different techniques 🤩
I always want to do the best job that I can, so being able to give solutions to owners who have previously struggled with boots due to issues with fit makes me really happy. To also be able to make bespoke padding solutions to help increase comfort and manage pathology is definitely super cool too.
I’ve had a fab two days and met some really lovely and interesting people who want to help horses through innovation ❤️

22/08/2025

A huge thank you to Scootboot for my free place on the Hoof Boot Farriers course with Mark Johnson Farrier - another way? and Robbie Richardson. These two have just such a wealth of knowledge. I don’t normally win anything, so to find out I’d been picked for a free place was amazing🤩

This is the most comprehensive hoof boot fitting course, certainly that I am aware of, and has been designed by Mark and Robbie to teach an extra level of skill so that boots (Scoot Boots due to their adaptability) can be customised on site to each individual horse. This allows for previously complex feet and rehabilitative cases to get a good outcome and issues such as rubbing, twisting and losing boots to be resolved!

Day 1 has had us covering precision fitting, and making adaptations including customising break-over, heat stretching and using tools to alter the fit. It’s been so hands on and I’ve honestly learned so much more as a boot fitter. I can’t wait for tomorrow ☺️

04/08/2025

I like to review progress every 6 months or so to get an idea of how much progress I’m making on the hooves I trim. Two ponies I visited this weekend had reached the point where they have been trimmed by me for 12 months, so I’ve been having a look back at their pictures from the start and making some comparisons for their owners’.

One was a little miniature Shetland pony who had significant hoof capsule distortion when I first saw her. I was pleased to see that this has really improved and that she’s walking and landing in a much more balanced way. I would expect to see even more progress over the next 6-12 months now that straighter growth has hit the ground.

The other was a child’s pony with laminitic changes. He hadn’t been noticeably lame but when I first trimmed him there were tell tale signs visible in his hooves. Over the last 12 months the stretched white line has been growing out and I referred his owner to Horse Weighbridge NorthEast for weight tracking and to fit him with a grazing muzzle. That has enabled us to get where we are now, along with regular trimming every 6 weeks ☺️

29/07/2025

A glow up for some solid Connemara feet, plus some perfect untouched foaly feet. Super cute 🥰

27/07/2025

Just making my way home from an amazing two day clinic with David Landreville- On the Vertical 🤩

His approach to handling horses, mostly at liberty, was really special, and we all learned a lot from that, but the reactions of the horses to what he was doing was something else. It was inspiring to watch all the horses showing how good their feet felt as he trimmed and made adjustments. So much calmness, licking and chewing and offering their feet to him as if to say “hey, that felt good, do this one now” 🐴

Doing some hands on trimming using David’s techniques and having his feedback was
also a great opportunity and highlight of the clinic.

It was also a wonderful opportunity to meet other trimmers and share thoughts and experiences 🥰

19/07/2025

I’m venturing outside Cumbria 😱 travelling the below route on Friday 25th July and could potentially offer hoof boot fitting appointments along the way if anyone has been looking for a fitter but doesn’t have one nearby ordinarily.

Fit kits I carry:

Cavallo (all sizes)
Flex (regular and wide)
Scoot (classic reg and slim)
Scoot Enduro/theraride
Equine Fusion (regular and slim)

Hoof boot fittings for non-clients are £50 but include a £10 off voucher for The Hoof Boot shop.

Message me to check location and discuss

12/07/2025

Hope everyone is ok and managing to keep cool in this weather 🥵
I set off at 6:30am this morning to get round everybody before it got too awful.
All horses trimmed and back home by 1pm 🙌 Now hiding in the garden with my feet up.

Keep safe and cool everyone 🪭🍦🕶️🧴

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