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Southern New England Integrative Hoof Care

Southern New England Integrative Hoof Care Offering natural hoof care solutions and equine nutrition consulting throughout MA, CT, and RI.

01/15/2025

Major glow up for this senior gelding. 🤩 The hoof wall quality is much stronger now and he is growing in a much healthier hoof. This is several months between photos.

01/14/2025

Some exciting changes for this work in progress hind left foot. The picture on the left is in October when her shoes were pulled and on the right is today after her trim (January). The HPA has improved a lot and although the heel still has a bit more to come back, it is no longer crushed or as significantly underrun. This is why documentation is so important, so you can appreciate the little changes that happen along the way.

01/09/2025

This is the same mustang from two posts ago. Check out the excess sole and bar material she was hanging onto. Retained or “false” sole is more common in arid climates, but we have had a significant drought in New England the past several months so I am seeing more retained sole than usual. Her feet are still a work in progress. But removing the overgrown sole and bar will alleviate pressure points that can lead to bruising.

01/08/2025

One year apart for these front hooves. The first picture is a lateral view with January 2024 on the left and January 2025 on the right with the left front on top and right front on bottom. The second picture is a solar view, same layout for the comparison.

01/07/2025

Always exciting to say goodbye to a long toe. This one was a joint effort. This is a mustang mare who came ungentled and like many mustangs she had a lot of stranger danger to start. Her trainer () and owner () have done lots of work getting her comfortable with hoof handling. Her trainer, Lilly, also did a bunch of work on her feet to keep them from getting too out of control while also working towards prepping her for a successful first trimming appointment. Two trims later, with the help of a bit of sedation, we have been able to make some really good progress. She also had a ton of retained sole removed which I’ll share in a separate post. These types of cases always do best when there is consistent training going on behind the scenes to help the horse and trimmer be successful. And sometimes sedation is necessary in the beginning to make sure that the horse gets the care they need. Remember, long hooves equal poor biomechanics which, over time, means hoof pathology! Teamwork for the win!

12/26/2024

Something about snow hooves is just 🤩.

12/24/2024

Happy Holidays to all of my wonderful clients and the animals they love. ❤️ 💚

12/22/2024

Improvements in HPA and NPA for this hind hoof.

12/20/2024

Now that’s a robust, functional caudal hoof. 🤩

12/19/2024

This is a Haflinger left front between September and December. I felt this was an important picture to share because this horse moved from Arizona earlier this year and when he first arrived in New England he had fabulous feet. Enter wet New England weather, a different kind of hay than he was used to, and stress from his move and BAM, his hoof quality really deteriorated. He even became tender walking on gravel when he was previously rock crunching.

Last month he moved to a new barn with a different type of turnout situation and revamped forage based diet and his feet have turned around almost overnight. And he was back to rock crunching yesterday. 🙌

To me this means that there was some factor causing chronic inflammation in his feet. So, if you have hit a wall with your horse’s hoof quality, it’s time to take a deep dive into diet, environment, and management. The trim is important but you can’t out trim external (and internal) factors that don’t support healthy hoof growth.

I’m so happy for this horse and owner 😊

12/18/2024

This is a comparison between before first trim and after most recent trim for the fronts of a 3 yo Mustang. He has very nice feet and so this transformation was not as dramatic as some. However, you can see that his heels and dorsal wall have come into better alignment with his pastern by bringing the toe/heel back and staying on a regular trim cycle of a 5 week average length. I love it when all we need to do is make minor tweaks to help hooves become their best selves 🥰

12/16/2024

A super satisfying maintenance trim on one of my favorite seniors today. He’s such a doll to work around. I usually trim him by myself out in his pasture with just a halter on. Seniors are some of the best horses in my opinion 🥰

12/15/2024

This is the same hoof from my last post but this is the dorsal view. On the left is just after shoes were pulled and on the right is after this past trim. I superimposed the hoof from the most recent trim on top of the hoof just after the shoe pull to make it easier to see the difference in toe length, flare, and overall balance.

12/14/2024

On the left is a left front just after shoes were pulled but before trimming. This was at the end of an 8 week shoeing cycle. On the right is the same hoof 8 weeks after shoes came off with three trims in between pictures. Already I’m seeing some really cool angle changes in the dorsal wall and the heel is starting to come back. Heels often take longer than toes to make significant changes depending on the health of the digital cushion. But these are awesome changes for only 8 weeks out of shoes. I’m excited to see where we are at 6 months out of shoes.

12/06/2024

Any of my clients who’d like a shot at winning some free boots, go post your best snow pony pictures! If you win I’ll even throw in a free fitting using my fit kit so you can get the correct size!

11/28/2024

Happy Thanksgiving!

Incredibly thankful for all of my wonderful clients who make me love my job ❤️

Wishing all of you and your animals the best day ever!

11/24/2024

Happier mini feet 😊. Still working on getting the heels exactly where I want them but now that those long toes are gone the biomechanics will be much better.

11/22/2024

Such an awesome change for this 30+ year old gelding who was hanging onto a lot of retained sole in all four feet as a result of chronically tall heels. It took a few trim cycles but all of the retained sole finally let go today 🙌. We still have a ways to go but already his frog is looking a bit better and I’m hoping that he will now be able to load his feet more comfortably to promote better biomechanics.

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