Her Animals Hoof Care - "Mini" Pig Trimming

11/14/2025

January 2026 Updates

We are posting now to prepare everyone for the travel price increase for most areas. Our local 50-mile radius trip fees will now be reduced.

Not that it should matter, but Michael can't physically handle being in the car for long periods anymore. This trip to Dallas solidied that and sort of smacked us in the face.

To compensate for the physical pain, the wear and tear on our bodies, our tools, and our vehicle we are increasing prices the fairest way possible across the board.

$1.50 / mile [cost rounded down to the closest multiple of 5]

50 miles = $75
75 miles = $110 ($112.5)
100 miles = $150
125 miles = $185 ($187.5)
150 miles = $225
175 miles = $260 ($262.5)
200 miles = $300

Anyone who wants to book, if you book between now & January 1st the current route trip fee of $150 is the amount due [except for those on the Give a Trim, your prices aren't being affected currently].

For those who want to move on from our services; Down South Trimming and Shearing will happily accommodate those we've trimmed and anyone new.

This page will remain a source of educational content. Whether we are trimming you or not, you're welcome to hang out here for the content.

We love & appreciate all of you. 🥰
♡ Tori & Michael + Graysen
Her Animals Hoof Care

11/13/2025

World Kindness Day

A day to remember that we are all human. We all have lives of our own. We are all individually different and no two people are the exact same.

The differences in the world is what make life beautiful. Be kind. 🥰

♡ Tori & Michael + Graysen
Her Animals Hoof Care

11/12/2025

It's World Kindness Day tomorrow!

Finding a vet that is not only specialized but compassionate when treating pigs is an incredible feat!

It takes nearly 10 years, a whole decade, for a person to complete vet school. For that person to also dedicate their years specializing in an area is a cantankerous task.

If you have a specialized veterinarian who treats your piggies like the babies they are; give them a hug!

They deserve it.

New to the page? Check out our pinned posts and our website.

The Mini Pig Farrier trained, vet recommended, mobile, and sedation free hoof care service for pigs, goats, and sheep.

We cover large portions of both Texas & Louisiana, as well as a small section of southern Oklahoma.

♡ Tori & Michael
Her Animals Hoof Care

11/12/2025

I make graphics. I make most, if not all, of our graphics and I've made many of Down South Trimming and Shearing's graphics.

It is something that I absolutely love to do. If you are a business and need/want graphics, I will absolutely make you some of your own.

"Altering or removing a watermark from an image without the owner's permission is generally illegal and constitutes copyright infringement."

We may not be copyrighted in name, but outright stealing our graphics, removing our logo, and having AI alter them to fit your needs is not only rude, but it is confusing for any potential customer.

All of our graphics that I intend for the business page have our logo on them. It is a decisive move to separate my work from everyone else's. It's so that when people see our photos they know who to look up and can easily contact us.

Please don't steal our graphics. Toss me $25-50 and I'll make you your own tailered to your business page.

♡ Tori
Her Animals Hoof Care

11/11/2025

Veterans Day

Honoring those who have served.
Thank you for your sacrifices.

To my family, from my family, to yours.

11/10/2025

Sometimes you just get an impromptu lunch break.

We took the few minutes we remained stationary to scarf our sandwiches.

Traveling is unpredictable.

11/10/2025

This is where I add in, if your piggies live outside, it's Okay for them to go into winter a little chunkier than normal. That extra chunk is going to help them stabilize their internal body temperature.

A warm body is a working metabolism. A cold body is a metabolism that's shutting down. A metabolism that shuts down cannot process or store foods.

This cold snap is going to be brutal on animals that have not grown out their winter coats yet. Providing fresh hay 24/7 will give their bodies something to burn to keep their bodies warm.

Starting out with livestock you will hear repeatedly that having hay available at all times and somewhere to go bed down out of the wind during bad weather is important.

You don't really realize just how important it is until you have a bad year.

I have spent the last 2 days boarding up the 3 sided shelters and bedding down every animal down that we have.

Why?

Because being cold is MISERABLE. Miserable animals don't produce well, they don't grow well, and its very hard on the senior livestock.

We do not have draft free shelters. This is virtually impossible here. So, on one side of the shelter we leave them completely open spring-fall and then we board it up for winter leaving just enough space for the animals to get in and out. That way they get as much wind block as possible. We live in a windy area, the wind is something you just have to learn to deal with.

Normally, most of the livestock would be sporting some nice thick coats but these warm days have really stunted their winter coats from coming in and looking at a 45 degree drop in 12 hours plus 30 mph winds it is a pretty drastic drop for them to handle.

While I do not believe in closing all the windows and doors, because ventilation is vital to healthy animals, I will put fresh hay out and keep it out 24/7 and I will bed animals down heavily to give them somewhere dry and comfy to rest. Keeping water unthawed is also another big deal. Luckily we have year round creeks that supply most of our livestock with fresh water 24/7.

I also never, ever use heat lamps or heating sources of any kind in my barns. This is not necessary for well fed animals who are provided a dry shelter.

Yes, I believe hay 24/7 and a nice warm, dry bed prevent most of winters issues. The winter runny noses or coughs, the hunched shivering, burning through far more calories trying to keep warm, feet stay healthier, no winter moisture issues like staph infections on their skin. It helps eliminate alot of the winter "yuckies".

I will respond to messages and emails from the last 2 days tomorrow but for now, Im going to enjoy my broccoli and potato soup!

11/07/2025

UPCOMING ROUTES

The only availability we have remaining for November is slots on both San Antonio routes.
November 10th - NOW BOOKED
November 24th - NOW BOOKED

We are booking for December for all other routes.
Free to Schedule/FTS are dates that don't have a dedicated route. These are dates where the first person who books decides where we go or what route we build.

For example, if we had someone book in our Austin or Waco route area on December 1st, or December 15th, the rest of those slots would be filled for that area.

Dallas-Fort Worth + Tyler is scheduled January 8th-11th.
Jan 8th - McKinney or Tyler [4 slots]
Jan 9th - Ft. Worth [2 slots]
Jan 10th - Celebrating my mom's birthday
Jan 11th - Red Oak [2 slots]

If interested in booking, we need the following via text or email.

✅️ Your name
✅ # of sheep/goats/pigs needing services
✅ Your address
✅ A contact number
✅️ An email for booking
✅ Recent images of your critters’ hooves (or the one you feel needs the most work out of your crew)
✅️ A screenshot of the trip fee paid to secure your spot on our books.

Trip fees can be paid:
PayPal - [email protected]
Venmo -
CashApp - $heranimalshoofcare
Zelle via my husband/partner Michael Salinas | # 713-818-8033

The trip fee for standard routes outside our local area of Houston is $150. Those local to Houston in a 60-mile radius have a trip fee of $100.

If you are in need of financial assistance, we do have a limited availability program using tips from full cost trims that adjusts the cost of care for the life of the animal needing services.

The Give a Trim program permanently sets the trip fee to $80 and the trim cost to $100 for the life of the animal. With 5-7 slots available per serviced area, once spots are gone they are gone.

We use the honor system, if you say the program will help you, we believe you and simply want to make care of your critter manageable.

11/06/2025

I'll be honest my days are blurring so I'm not sure who asked me when, but someone definitely asked for a list of things that we have on hand for trimming.

We created a Hoof Trimming Wish List https://www.amazon.com/hz/wishlist/ls/1V9X9P5SJ6MIK?ref_=wl_share

These things are in our trimming bag or our packout case. I also included things that are a "want" if we ever have the extra to go for them.

Now, if you're going to buy these things for you to have on hand; check your sources first.

■ Buying directly from Hoof Boss is faster than buying through Amazon (sometimes cheaper too).
■ A lot of the medicinal things labeled for horses can be bought cheaper and at larger quantities if you go through websites like EDSS [shopedss com]
■ HexArmor has better deals and product availability on their website than Amazon does.
> Sleeve size references are MD for both Michael and I and Uncle John were LG or XL (I would have to read the tag).
> Gloves are SM for me & MD for Michael, but Michael usually takes the gloves I've trimmed a whole in the thumb of because his aversion to hand protection is like mine for eye safety 😁.
■ Home Depot or Lowe's usually have better deals on things like white vinegar and ZEP.
> You'll want a spray bottle of ZEP to disinfect your tools and yourselves between stops.
> A spray bottle of vinegar to clean out areas of thrush/hoof rot/distressed/bruised [can also be used to spritz the hoof if you need better sight of the white line]

If you have any questions about other products please feel free to drop them below 🥰 This list is NOT in any specific order.

Amazon does not provide the OB wire saw that we prefer and recommend.

11/05/2025

Excess sugar in the diet is often one of the main culprits of laminitis, a very painful and chronic condition. Once an animal has a bout of laminitis, nutrition is super important to help lessen future flares.

Diets high in fruit, corn, and human foods such as rice, spaghetti, cookies, and potatoes (like those leftovers after dinner 😬) can lead to laminitis.

The other most common culprit of laminitis in pigs is what equine specialists call overload laminitis. This is where a limb (or all limbs) has been overloaded. That another limb was injured and was taking too much of the weight baring load.

This most often happens in pigs who are overweight or who are morbidly obese. Their limbs are already at a disadvantage with the way they are built naturally. The more people have selectively bred, the more the weight is distributed oddly. Any excess weight that is added to their already small legs can create issues further down in their toes (hooves).

Since pigs hide pain well, it can often go unnoticed until a hoof trim uncovers the yellow to orange striations—not to be confused with discoloration caused by litter box users.

11/04/2025

Herds of 25+ have a discount of $10/head. If you've been holding off due to cost, now is your time. 🥰

11/04/2025

McKinney, TX & surrounding areas.

Groomer experienced with Great Pyrenees/double coat.

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