Her Animals Hoof Care - "Mini" Pig Trimming

10/31/2025

Happy Halloween!

It is also our 1st Anniversary 🎊

Be safe. Keep an eye out for all the ghouls and goblins knocking on doors. 🎃 👻 🎃

10/30/2025

We had the fuzziest supervisors at one of our stops today and then the best "recharge" of emotional cuteness pictured at the end.

10/29/2025

This is the perfect opportunity to put something into perspective.

Due to injuries and traveling we've only trimmed 13 people this month so far.

However! Those people have totaled ~2,800-3,000 miles.

If you take that high end and multiply it by the national average for mileage for businesses [0.70] you get: $2100.

Now divide that $2100 among 13 people. You get $161.54 per stop.

If you would like to be charged mileage for the entire route divided among individuals, we can do that.

That is going to be more expensive for every single person outside of our local area. It'll also prevent us from offering the Give a Trim as a flat rate because that's unfair, right?

We aren't cheap but dang are we trying to stick where we are at because it evens out cost wise if we charge a flat rate fee.

I know we aren't everyone's cup of tea. That is fine. I don't mind giving recommendations for others who can potentially accommodate your budget.

10/29/2025

It's National Cat Day!

Share your biscuit makers below.
I'll share those we love below.

10/28/2025

Straw = Insulation
Hay = Food

If you've ever wondered if you should be filling your shelters with straw or hay, the first choice is straw.

Now, if you don't mind refilling shelters, you CAN use hay as a source of fiber and warmth. Until the hay gets wet.

Wet hay molds. Straw is hollow, which allows for it to dry out and continue to be useful even after it has gotten wet.

With so many shelters to fill, we regularly bought round bales of straw. Complete clean out was just before it got cold and as it was starting to warm up. We topped up the shelters every 2 to 3 weeks, dependent upon how fast they were dragging it out.

10/28/2025

We don't have a lot, but we will share what we can. If you're in or around Alvin and need a bite to eat, please reach out. I can always make a sandwich or some hearty rice.

I’ve got something to say that’s weighing very heavy on my heart.
I know I might lose followers or even customers over my words and feelings.
If that happens, so be it.

Last night before bed, I came across a farm post where someone was mocking people who are upset about losing their EBT benefits in November (and maybe for much longer).

What shocked me even more were the many farms I’ve followed and respected joining in being downright cruel in the comments.
I was disgusted.
I started unfollowing one after another because I have zero interest in supporting that kind of coldhearted behavior.

Truth be told, I grew up without much.
We hunted, we fished, we had a garden, and we canned what we could to make it through.
I don’t even know if my family ever used food stamps, but I do know what it’s like to wonder how you’re going to feed your family.

As a young, single mom in college working to make ends meet, there were times when I needed help.
David and I struggled as a young family, and there were moments when food stamps got us through.

And you know what? That’s OK.

I see hardworking families every single day doing everything right and still struggling.
Wages haven’t kept up with the cost of living.
Rent, mortgages, groceries, personal care items, and utilities are through the roof.

EBT exists to help people.
There is nothing shameful about needing help to feed your family.

I live in one of the poorest counties in Missouri.
Many of my friends and neighbors rely on EBT or our local food pantry — which recently had to close to new applicants because they’re overwhelmed.

Do I judge these people?
Absolutely not.

Will I help them?
Every single time.

If you’re hungry, if your kids are hungry, please reach out.
I don’t have a lot, but I’ll share what I can.
No one should ever go to bed wondering where their next meal will come from.

Be good people.
Take care of your community.
And for the love of humanity, please stop being judgmental as****es.

Compassion costs nothing. ❤️

10/27/2025

San Antonio peeps! Goats, sheep, pigs, alpaca, llama, and horses.

10/27/2025

Platform Toe

Typically a set of toes that grow straight down as individual pegs instead of the average cloven figure.

Pigs who have one or multiple platform toes almost always have some length disparity in the leg itself. Meaning that leg is shorter than the other legs.

We've seen individual platform toes (only one leg shorter than the rest) and two platform toes (both legs; mostly in the front are shorter than the rear).

A pig will typically use their knuckles to rest on instead of using the platform. We've noticed it mostly with grey spotted pigs, but have two clients that are solid black pigs.

The indiscriminate breeding we are doing of animals is what is causing this. The less we focus on proper conformation and body structure and the more we focus on overall size; the more we are seeing this and lobster claw formations.

Lobster claw is another serious cull [meaning STOP breeding it] worthy deformity that affects the overall well-being of a pig.

Most pigs with platform toes will have shortened lifespan [10-12 years] due to the eventual debilitating pain they will be in. The average lifespan of a healthy pig is currently 15-16 with some even living to 20-25.

Ways to prolong are:
Weight management
Anti-inflammatories
Mineral supports & monitoring
Mobility aid, in severe cases

This is NOT a reason to starve your pig, but keeping them in a 2.5-3 body score is healthier and safer for the pig than allowing them to reach a 4-5.

10/27/2025

Let's get accountable, shall we?
This is from today's route where we serviced Corpus Christi & Victoria. This one won't be polite. Sorry not sorry.

It was a turd from the beginning because we left later than we meant to. We ran into traffic on the way. We jumbled a few things.

For this stop specifically we:
> Accommodated not paying the trip fee until time of service in cash.
> Accommodated not tacking on a last minute booking fee.
> Were going to accommodate their pigs not being in a contained space for the trim because they wanted it done outside.

We work with animals. Let's start there. They are unpredictable and things can change at the drop of a hat. Some animals are easy and keep us on schedule for what we had planned. Some animals can be a bit more work and can put us behind schedule.

We not only told them that we were behind schedule from the beginning, but updated when we arrived at the last stop before this and messaged that it took longer than I had accounted for at the stop before and we were now way behind schedule.

On the way to the trim we lost signal for almost an entire hour. We continued driving until we could get signal. At that point we were an hour closer to home and an hour past their stop.

The response to our message that due to all things above we would have to call it is exactly why they got blocked and will remain blocked.

Our dogs have been home since 8am by themselves.
Our dogs do not have a way to go outside without us.
If we had turned around at that point we wouldn't have been home for an additional 5 hours which would have put our dogs at 19 hours home alone.

And ya'll if they hadn't been snotty from the first reschedule because we CANNOT get our tools wet, we would have come out on another weekend as a solo trim to accommodate them again.

We don't travel for one stop when it's 4 hours away unless we feel like it's the right thing to do. We would have done it.

What is it about this time of year where people lose all sense of common decency and compassion? I'm tired dude. I'm tired of being treated like I don't matter. F**k Michael literally just got to a point he could physically walk again.

It is 9:19. We have been home for 10 minutes. We fu***ng matter too.

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Please continue to w**d yourselves out.
The disappointment for not getting 2 pigs done at $75.
The problem solving for their location alone when a reschedule was determined.
The upset over being "late" when timeframes are an estimation at best on a full route.
The expectation that after we lost signal to turn around.

None of those things make for people I want to work for and the responses are patterns of past client issues.

You don't do this for 3.5 years professionally and not get an idea of how someone is going to behave in person.

Any service worker, you know for a fact the inconvenience was more problem than anything and nothing but perfection was going to solve it.

If you agree with her take, please by all means find someone else to trim your animals. I don't want to.

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10/27/2025

We will make accommodations for a lot. What we will no longer accommodate is trip fees for NEW clients not being paid at the time of booking.

Michael and I will run ourselves into the ground for our clients. And we will even do it on our birthdays 😝

The moment you treat us poorly for being behind schedule after I've already accommodated a lot of things I normally wouldn't, is the moment we respectfully decline to offer our services.

We won't tolerate poor behavior after we accommodated paying the trip fee in cash. We won't tolerate poor behavior after we accommodated foregoing the last minute add-on charge. We won't tolerate poor behavior when animals are unpredictable and we are late to our next stop.

That may be unprofessional. It may make you angry, but we are people too. We have animals of our own, too. We have lives outside of work, too.

It's just us. Our dogs sit at home in the apartment waiting for us to get home to be let out to potty and fed. They matter just as much as your pigs matter to us. Treating us poorly because we prioritize our own critters will not get you the response you want.

10/26/2025

Happy 31st Birthday!

It's Michael's birthday today. This makes 19 that I've wished him happiness and 4 that I've celebrated in person with him.

Half of what we do wouldn't be possible without him. 😌 Send him some virtual birthday messages below if you feel so inclined. 🥰