Double J Equine Services

01/01/2025

Happy New Year everyone 🥂 🎆

As this year comes to a close, I'm extremely thankful for all of you that have been with me through the year. ✨️

This year has been all sorts of rewarding with some experiences with trying new things, and improving on already known knowledge.

I'm excited to see what this coming year brings for all of us, we'll catch you guys on the flip side! 🐎 🪙 🍻

12/25/2024

Merry Christmas, from our herd to yours 🎄🎅🎁

12/11/2024

Y'all... may I just say...

This. Is. Dumb. 🤣 Burrow your babies in 💕

Even Royal, who likes the cold, says it's way too cold to even exist outside. 🥶

12/10/2024

Start them young. Handle them from the beginning. Prepare them for being a citizen. A young horse's foundation in their upbringing starts from the day they are born with how they are handled and interacted with.

Here is Zeus - the little orphan foal that was posted back in August showcasing the foal slippers. Today was his first trim at 3.5 months old. By halfway through, he was standing 90% calmly at liberty and not needing to be held.

Now, being orphaned, of course, changes things as compared to a foal that grows with its mother. However, these are the hopes and expectations I like to see in the youngsters I get to have the pleasure of handling.

These beginning fundamentals with your growing foals are how you keep your farrier safe and make things a good experience for your foal. Do the touching, especially between the legs and where they don't like it. Pick up the legs. Cradle the hooves as close to the farrier position you can, either in your hands or between your knees (if you know how and feel comfortable doing so). Use a soft rope just looped to pull the hoof forward if you are uncomfortable being down by the hoof so you may pull it forward to help start preparing them. Help us practitioners make first interactions and every one of them following a super positive experience.

🐎✨️💕

09/05/2024

08/19/2024

I don't have a trimming hoof of the day for you guys today due to some unforseen circumstances that require my attention at home. I however can use this unintended interruption for a different kind of H.o.t.D.

These little finger looking tissues are eponychium, also sometimes known as "fairy fingers". These soft tissues form in late stage pregnancies to protect a mother's uterus from the foals hooves as they get larger and closer to making their debut appearance.

When the foal is born, the entire hoof is covered from edge to edge. As they begin to stand and walk, the eponychium will begin to compress and fall off the hoof.

These photos are almost 10-12 hours into life 💕

08/17/2024

Today's hoof of the day. Many beautiful hooves today, but this one takes the cake. 💕

08/15/2024

Hoof of the day 😍

08/14/2024

Two beautiful hinds from this past weekend ❤️

#1 warm blood gelding - Natural Balance
#2 personal OTTB - Easycare Speed

I'm beginning to delve into the realm of composites, starting with the easier of them first 😅 In order to be progressive, we must continue to try different things.

08/08/2024

I haven't made a post here in a hot minute. To be fair, it's been so darn hot the last thing going through this wee brain has been to take some nice shots of hooves.

Let's have a "Thread of Specials" on this sunny Thursday 💕 Show me (and the rest of us here) your most....special 🤪.... herd members.

I'll go first with my personal old man Hogan.

08/02/2024

For anyone here in the north with a c**t they're waiting to or planning to geld, here's something to look into!

06/27/2024

Happy Fjord last night in a herd of three pedi session 🥰❤️ what a handsome and we'll behaved gentle giant. Put their legs where they're comfy.

Big thank you for his owners for capturing and sending me this photo. I love when you guys capture photos of me at work!

03/10/2024

This little guy was DUE, and he's moving the best we've seen him move. Spring weather has hooves growing like weeds in the winter, and this is a prime example of why I (and other hoof care practitioners) stress that horses and ponies do still need to be trimmed in the winter.

Stretching the schedule on purpose was not the case in this situation - owner had about all of the unfortunates happen in the last 3 months. She did however give me the go ahead to use him as an example for the cause! Thankfully for this little handsome goof ball, his hooves came back so well - better than they have been during his whole rehab actually I'd say!

02/04/2024

Reset on this handsome drink of water this afternoon at LilliCrest Farm, LLC . 💕

The more I shoe, the more I feel like I'm enjoying this just as much as my barefoot trims.

01/03/2024

I've apparently been MIA for 45days, so let's start the New Year off with a GLOW UP! We are looking at May (first trim and set of shoes with me) to December (been bare since September for a winter hoof break). That change in heel angle is just beautiful 😍 🤩

What isn't shown is the difference in his sole, where it's slowly picking up and thickening ever, ever so slightly.

11/14/2023

Some glow ups from the past week ❤️ ❤️

First six, a small quarter horse type mare, last four a gigantic OTTB in SIZE 4 shoes! ^_^

10/31/2023

Nice "little" hinds on a big handsome gelding 💕 some good set nails and a bit of practice with glue patching, couldn't have asked for a better Sunday.

Yet another fun collaboration with Fran Latané ^_^

10/23/2023

Gosh, has it been a long weekend. But....it was such a fruitful one with Esco Buff . I've never experienced this level of exhaustion from learning and absorbing such important information. I look forward to the next opportunity I get to. 💕

I thank my stars for every opportunity that comes my way to be better - to do better - for you and your horses. I also thank Fran Latané (a mega huge, huge thanks) for getting this wonderful gentleman up here to the cold midwest so he could share with us his knowledge.

I'm mind blown, tired, and shall be using today to recoup. 😅