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01/22/2025

The Equine Documentalist is offering a 'flex' pay for this webinar.

There is always fantastic research provided for professionals and owners.

Did you know that fetlock injuries are among the most common issues affecting performance horses?

The fetlock, or metacarpophalangeal joint, is the most frequently injured site across multiple performance horse disciplines. The suspensory apparatus being the structure most often affected.

Veterinary consensus suggests that many fetlock pathologies, including those involving the suspensory apparatus are linked to extreme angles of fetlock hyperextension (or dorsiflexion).

Research has shown that the degree of fetlock hyperextension correlates with the magnitude of vertical forces applied to the hoof and limb during stance.

This means farriery techniques that optimise and adjust ground reaction forces on the hoof could help reduce fetlock hyperextension and the associated risk of injury.

Join me for a live webinar on 6th February at 2pm UK time! As always, the session will be recorded, so you can pre-book now and watch it later at a time that works best for you.

🍏🍏 Important Update! 🐴🐴

We’re excited to announce that this webinar will be flexible with pricing!

Our ultimate dream at T.E.D is to make our research and knowledge as accessible as possible for the good of education and horse welfare worldwide.

To help us achieve this, we’re offering this webinar on a "Pay What You Can" basis (minimum £5 to cover basic costs).

👉 £5 = Minimum contribution to join
👉 £20 = Helps cover webinar costs
👉 £25 and above = Supports ongoing research and funds access for those who can’t afford the full fee (or are affected by challenging exchange rates)

Thank you for helping us make equine education more accessible to more people worldwide!

Simply prebook your place on the below link and choose your price from the selected options. Please do share this post to your networks to widen participation. We appreciate your support.

https://equineeducationhub.thinkific.com/courses/farrierypreventfetlockinjury?utm_source=facebook&utm_medium=organic&utm_campaign=fetlockinjury

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01/17/2025

Learn about trail riding and camping at Southern Equine Expo in February.

01/06/2025

Connection of Body, Mind, Soul, and Hoof are important to healthy/unhealthy beings.

Link for the webinar is at the bottom. Webinar will be recorded.

"The mind has an effect on the hoof!? Some of the stuff you present is b*llsh*t"

I love the feedback you get when you put your neck on the line!
This was sent to me in response to discussing holistic hoof care. Because I dared to suggest that there is a link between a horses mind and hoof.

Ill try and present a response that is more dignified then the accusation...

Until now we have tried to understand pathological causation by breaking down systems into their simple mechanics, because its easier to prove. But, perhaps losing sight of the complexities of the integration of each sum, physical and emotional, and its relationship with an even wider system.

When we begin to look at the entire system, and the world it lives in, the way it thinks, yes it becomes complexed, harder to quantify! But, long-term system wide soundness, of body and mind, is achievable with integrative system and environment management. Perpetuation is ended with creating system wide neuro-cognitive-musculoskeletal harmony. The culmination of many things, some of which we cant yet quantify. The physical, mental and the spiritual, or cognitive if that's too far a step for you.

Scientifically quantifying more holistic practice is very difficult due to the vast amount of variables that effect, well everything. This often means holistic practice is looked on by mainstream medicine as "pie in the sky".
Have you ever heard the saying "Any sufficiently advanced technology is indistinguishable from magic" put this together with the truth that "theory is often when you know something but it doesn't always work, and practice is when you know something works but you don't YET know why", and you may have an explanation as to why.

The lack of integrating holistic treatment and management is what is failing our horses.

This is why me, a farrier, presented a whole series on ethology!

For me, living on this edge is the whole fun of science, trying to unravel the complexities. Present an abstract idea to be tested! Some of what we present may well start to merge into the philosophical, but philosophy has been described as the mother of all science, has it not!?

If you are of the same mind and enjoy being at the forefront of progression, where conceptual paradigms are explored, then perhaps join us for the upcoming webinar this Tue 7pm GMT...

https://equineeducationhub.thinkific.com/courses/future-podiatry-farriery-neuromuscular-health

12/03/2024

Zoom for our aging horseys

We are excited to welcome horse owners from across the world for our 6th annual UGA Horse Owner's Webinar Series!

Did you know an estimated 20-30% of horses in the U.S. are considered "seniors" over 20 years of age?

Join us in February of 2025 for a 5 week series on senior horse management.

All programs will be held on Tuesday evenings at 6:30 EST via Zoom. Sessions will be recorded and supplemental materials made accessible to participants.

This program has a registration fee of $10 per person, which covers all 5 sessions. Participants will have an opportunity to earn raffle prizes by completing evaluations throughout the series.
Register here: https://tinyurl.com/HOW2025

A limited number of scholarships are available to cover this registration fee. Please apply for scholarships by January 28th, 2025 at: https://ugeorgia.ca1.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_50yAWg4QMJa6GZU

2025 Topics & Presenters:
Feb 4 - Understanding Aging in Horses, Dr. Alisa Herbst
Feb 11 - Senior Horse Nutrition, Robyn Stewart M.S.
Feb 18 - Health Ailments of Senior Horses, Dr. Jennifer Proctor
Feb 25 - Endocrine Disorders in Seniors, Dr. Erica Macon
Mar 4 - End of Life Planning, Dr. Rebecca Husted Gimenez

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An Equal Opportunity, Affirmative Action, Veteran, Disability Institution. If you are an individual with a disability who may require assistance or accommodation in order to participate in or receive the benefit of a service, program, or activity of UGA, or if you desire more information, please contact us.

11/15/2024

The fun, learning, and sharing begin this Saturday.

Discount code: HORSEY for 15% off

https://iamherd.com/chhr/

11/04/2024

A celebration of the Horse-Human Relationship is coming up soon. There will be many local clinicians sharing how to gain a good connection.

Use HORSEY for 15% off.

Celebration of the Horse-Human Relationship (CHHR) ~ Nov. 16th and 17th, 2024 ~ BGH Equine Facility Lake Waccamaw, NC Who is the CHHR expo for? All horse-lovers: The horse-person looking to refine their communication through deepening their connection. The riding instructor and/or equine therapy pra...

10/25/2024

A lovely update from Twisted Mane Rescue . Ms. Lucy has come a long way.

09/27/2024

A Celebration of the Horsey-Human Relationship will be held November 16-17. I'm honoured to be one of many clinicians. I'll be speaking both days. Please help share this event by clicking the share button.

Please use this discount code to receive 15% off the ticket price: HORSEY

Celebration of the Horse-Human Relationship (CHHR) ~ Nov. 16th and 17th, 2024 ~ BGH Equine Facility Lake Waccamaw, NC Who is the CHHR expo for? All horse-lovers: The horse-person looking to refine their communication through deepening their connection. The riding instructor and/or equine therapy pra...

09/25/2024

Hoof shapes from The Hoof Architect. Which shape does your horsey/donkey/muley have?

It's been a year, so let's repeat!

Hoof deformities depend on horse's conformation and posture and therefore occur in specific patterns.

Recognizing those patterns not only gives us more understanding about the forces being at play and the load distribution over the hoof capsule, but also may help us decide what actions to take when it comes to addressing those deformities.

If you want to learn more about 4 hoof types, here's the link ☺️:

https://thehoofarchitect.blogspot.com/2023/09/demistifying-equine-limb-deformities_21.html?m=1

09/16/2024

Long toes impact the whole body.

Long toes only affect the navicular right?

The leg has a series of joints. The metacarpo-phalangeal joint (fetlock), the proximal interphalangeal joint and distal interphalangeal joint (Pastern and coffin). Each one of these joints is a centre of rotation and because of how the digit is not underneath the limb, but in front off, each of these joints is profoundly affected by the distance from its centre of rotation to the point at which the ground acts through the hoof. In the form of the turning force (moment).
An increased turning force must be counteracted by whatever keeps those joints from descending under the load, the tendons AND ligaments.

Hence why long toes affect ALL of the soft tissue structures on the back of the leg. Both tendons and the suspensory!

If you would like this information clarified, explained in simpler terms and would like an introductory lesson in equine digit biomechanics then join myself and The study of the equine hoof on the 3rd Oct at 7pm BST where I will be doing just that.

https://equineeducationhub.thinkific.com/courses/digit-biomechanics-101

07/08/2024

National Farriers Week is this week, July 7 - 13 2024.

Please wish all the professional hoof nerds a happy week.

Feel free to download the photo and share this post.

06/03/2024

Stay tuned

This will be a full weekend of Relationship-based Clinics and a Saturday Night Freestyle Celebration!

Celebration of the Horse-Human Relationship (CHHR)
Nov. 16th & 17th, 2024

Clinicians to be announced THIS week!!!