Herda Horseshoeing CJF

09/11/2024

Finished up the first day of a 2 day clinic. Words cannot explain how blessed I feel to have such an accomplished man to learn from. Thank you sir for all your hard work.

07/11/2024

Love it great explanation

31/10/2024

30/10/2024

22/10/2024

NEW PRODUCT ALERT‼️
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22/10/2024

🙌CAN YOU RECOGNISE A HEALTHY HOOF? AND SHOULD YOU?🙌

And therefore can you recognise the signs your horse is at risk of developing pathology, pain and lameness?

Join me in a live webinar on 28th October at 7pm for a deep dive into signs your horse may be at risk of developing hind limb lameness. Tickets and full description here: https://www.holisticequine.co.uk/event-details/recognising-signs-your-horse-may-be-at-risk-of-hind-limb-lameness-how-to-prevent-it

Lets play "spot the difference" between these two drawings representing two radiographs highlighting the phalangeal alignment, hoof-pastern axis and base proportions around the centre of rotation of the coffin joint. Also highlighted is the capsule outline and deep digital flexor tendon.

By modern podiatry and farriery standards, studying hoof morphology (form and function), as well as the relationship this holds to the rest of the limb and body, the hoof on the left is considered ‘ideal’ or healthy. In a nutshell, there is bony column alignment, with space for healthy development of the caudal hoof, sole and the tendons and ligaments in and above the digit too.

Long toes and low heels = lack of ideal phalangeal (bony column) alignment. The science, and my own studies (and gut instincts) tell me this is directly related to pathological posture and development as well as pathology in the hoof, limb and body. So why do so many horses have hooves like the one on the right?

My post (BSc Equine Technology) graduate career with horses started with teaching riding, then training horses, then rehabilitation of horses. After realising this was not working, I studied the healing arts including body work and shortly after this, advanced podiatry, while observing our own herd of 8 on a track and equicentral system we created (before these were popular).

I documented both body and hooves before and after hoof care, biody work and changes in stimulus, and noticing how different trimming approaches or interventions would lend itself with different resting posture, and development, as well as the incidence of other diseases. I tested many trimming techniques, and realised helping horse find neutral posture through bony column alignment was key to helping horses find healthy posture and symmetry.

In January 2023, I met a compassionate equine healer and educator Yasmin Stuart Equine Physio, and this resulted in me studying with Celeste-Leilani Lazaris to become a Lazaris nerve release practitioner, and alongside the human well-being coherence techniques I learned and practice, this evolved my work greatly and my integrative approach is successful in helping horses find safety and comfort in a world where bracing, tension, and pathology has become the norm.

I want you to know what I know so you dont have to study and sacrifice for decades to help horses find safety in their own bodies.

Harm is being done to horses through practices which create the very diseases we all fight so hard to treat. So let’s prevent them, and start working towards healing in horses already compromised, usually by mans intervention.

Join me in a live webinar on 28th October at 7pm for a deep dive into signs your horse may be at risk of developing hind limb lameness. Info on how to purchase the 2 hour recording here: https://m.facebook.com/story.php?story_fbid=1077914097645418&id=100062805141815

www.holisticequine.co.uk - promoting and supporting compassionate equestrianism for the benefit of all 🙏💚🐴

22/10/2024

We are just 4 weeks away from our clinic with Dr Simon J Curtis, co-hosted with Indiana Association of Equine Practioners. Please note - registration ahead of time is required and can be completed here https://iaep.vet/online-registration/

16/10/2024

11/10/2024

When your farrier asks for annual radiographs, it’s not because we want you to spend money, or because we aren’t very good… we ask you to do so because sometimes there’s problems lurking that we couldn’t ever be aware of, and rather than be reactive. We are trying to be proactive for you and your animal.
This horse is a prime example… horse is and has been sound for several years, when these radiographs were taken, the amount of ossification of the collateral cartilages as mind boggling!
It also gave us a shoeing prescription that should keep this horse going than it would have without the radiographs…
We all work as a team and preventative maintenance is wayyy cheaper than chasing a problem after it’s occurred!
Signed- your farrier

11/10/2024

The blood vascular system of the hoof... I just can’t get over how intricate it is ♥️

26/09/2024

Incorrectly taken hoof photographs can lead to terribly wrong conclusions.

It has been almost 2 years since I've created this article, but the problem is still up to date.

I believe it's equally important to learn how to take hoof pictures in a proper, repeatable way as it is to learn how to recognize the ways in which photos may distort reality - to at least be able to know when not to believe them.

This topic is worth repeating a thousand times!

https://thehoofarchitect.blogspot.com/2022/09/why-do-photos-lie-and-how-not-to-get.html

11/09/2024

Brings a tear to my eyes when I listen to this. I absolutely love my job and your horses, you will never know what your animals mean to me. Thank you!!

11/09/2024

Trail to Zero at Ground Zero 🇺🇸 Today we remember. A day that will forever be etched into our minds. A day that courageously inspired many Americans to take the call to service to defend our great country. We feel this hallowed ground every time we return to NYC.

May we all never forget the weight of this day - September 11th, 2001. May we always remember the lives lost and those whose families were forever changed.

04/09/2024

A poem written and preformed by Matt Jones.Filmed on GoPro Hero 12 and edited in Davinci Resolve