North East Equine Services

23/05/2024

There is nothing more beautiful to me than a healthy barefoot hoof 😍❤️

21/04/2024

Got to attend a fantastic hoof clinic held by Meader Supply yesterday!

18/03/2024

16/03/2024

Went to a great clinic held by HorseShoes Plus and led by Betsy Lordan!

04/02/2024

When I look at this hoof I'm blown away by the gorgeous sight of strength 💪 and structure 🕍. Getting here has been quite a journey of trust, patience and a whole lot of cookies 🍪 Our first trim was a lot of dancing 💃, a few seconds ⏱️ of holding up the hooves and then plenty of breaks with lots of scratches. I could only hold a few of my tools at a time because the stand was apparently a purple monster 👾 that wasn't allowed to be near him. It's been almost a year 📆 now that we've been working together and this last trim he didn't move a hoof the whole time 🗽. Plus he even let me use the stand! Slow and steady has won this race and the results are gorgeous 😍 ✨️ 🤌

20/01/2024

EasyCare Versa Glues with Rocker attachments to help ease breakover. The added mechanics will put less stress on the internal structures of the hoof by allowing breakover to be closer to the center of rotation. The rockers attach easily to the bottom of the shoe with 8 screws so they can be added or removed at any point during the shoeing cycle.

28/10/2023

This gelding has a list of pathologies that make soundness hard to achieve. Luckily he has an owner that is determined to do what ever is necessary to help him achieve it. He's been loving these Versa Grip Glues by EasyCare Inc. The Ultimate in Hoof Protection

28/10/2023

This transformation story is a beautiful one! Gracies owner wanted to try her barefoot and after we pulled her shoes we realized she had some pretty significant white line disease. Through the diligence of her owner treating her hooves, resection every trim and new material in her paddock we finally have a beautiful and healthy white line. I love when I come out to trim and I can tell the owner has been putting the work in to treat their horses hooves! You can see the artimud still packed in her collateral grooves 😍

I can only do so much when I'm out to trim, it's up to the owners to put in the work to make a big difference!

28/08/2023

A whiteline disease hoof wall resection to remove the infected material. The first picture was after a resection last cycle and the 2nd picture was after a resection this cycle. We were finally able to get to some healthy hoof wall after trimming out the diseased section.

06/07/2023

If I could teach my cow how to use a hoof stand there's no excuse to why your horse can't. Take the time and train your animals to be safe for the farrier to work on.

21/06/2023

A side by side comparison of an extremely overdue trim before and after

23/04/2023

Thank you Meader Supply for a great clinic with Dave Farley presenting and sponsored by the Educational Partners of the Hoofcare Essentials Foundation yesterday! Loved getting together and seeing everyone for some education and networking.

27/02/2023

Watching this horses hoof transformation has been so satisfying.

In the first set of pictures from September we can see how the hoof evolves from;

⛔️Steep coronary band
⛔️Broken back HPA
⛔️Long bull-nosed toe
⛔️Central sulcus thrush
⛔️Weak digital cushion
⛔️Underrun heel

⬇️To 5 months later in February we see;

✅️Relaxed coronary band
✅️Normal HPA
✅️Strait dorsal wall
✅️Healthy frog
✅️Robust digital cushion
✅️Strong supportive heel

Can you believe this owner was told her horse could never go barefoot?!

24/02/2023

A beautiful healthy barefoot draft cross hoof that I had the pleasure to trim today 😍💜

19/02/2023

A perfect wittle mini donkey hoof 👌💜🫏

17/02/2023

I will only do an overdue trim for a client one time. If you don't stay on a 4-6 week trim cycle after that then you will immediately be removed from my schedule. Allowing this type of leverage leaves the whiteline susceptible to whiteline disease and causes excess strain to the tendons and surrounding ligaments of the limb. My job as a hoof care provider is to keep the hoof healthy and I cannot do that if they go too long without a trim.

Even if the hoof "looks" like it doesn't need a trim to a client chances are I'll see indications that it does. A hoof should never look like it needs a trim, by that time the hoof capsules and internal structures are already suffering.

25/01/2023

Adjustment of a medial/lateral imbalance. Due to an old injury this horse loads his hoof unevenly causing his medial wall to wear more and his lateral wall to flare with growth. We keep him in a short cycle to correct the imbalance before it puts any more strain on an already damaged limb.

25/01/2023

Amazing what some proper trimming with a healthy cycle length can do for a hoof 😍💥❤