McMahan’s Hoofcare

10/13/2025

I’ll be working in Placerville on Wednesday (10/15) this week, text 530-268-5252 to make an appointment!

09/19/2025

A little lovin from a sassy mini! Sundance Horse Rescue and Sanctuary

09/09/2025

Got to see Pistachio and Dobby today!

06/27/2025

Hi all! I have some openings in my upcoming schedule, so please share this with your friends!

06/04/2025

DON’T 👏 WEAR 👏FLIPFLOPS👏AROUND👏HORSES

Always a good reminder this time of year!
Don’t wear flip flops around horses
It’s never worth the risk 😉

04/07/2025

Not a joke...

Have you ever wondered why you can have a 15 acre field and part of it is chewed down to nubs and the other part has grass a hand high, But your horse is constantly grazing in the chewed down part?

Grass 6 inches and taller has less sugars than grass under 6 inches.

For every inch drop below 6 inches, the fructan (sugar) content rises.

Grass under 6 inches is stressed like it's a Monday morning with a project deadline. It uses sugar to repair itself.

Stop mowing your fields short.

Stop grazing your chubbys on chewed down grass. (this is why grazing muzzles are so touted...they keep the horse from being able to get much short grass)

(We aren't saying let your fields be 3 feet tall, by the way. The optimal thing to do is keep them 6-8 inches tall and graze them in small areas there)

04/03/2025

Cleaning up some older nippers and shoe pullers. I wish I had thought to take a picture of them rusty and crusty before I started!