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Pasture Trim or Barefoot Trim?

Published on July 28th, 2010

This is an excellent post taken from Easycare’s blog. A lot of people think that a hoof can only be trimmed in one way, if you have ever wondered about the differences in trimming here is some great info from Nature’s Hoof- Barefoot and Balanced. Bare Hoof CareOnce our equine friends biological need for movement [...]

Knowing hooves

Published on July 26th, 2010

Jenny Edwards at www.all-natural-horse-care.com has some really great barefoot and natural hoof care information. There are pictures and diagrams to help you with knowing all the different parts of a hoof. Knowing about your horses hooves and how they should look (which is usually very different to the hooves we are used to seeing shod!) is [...]

Boa Hoof Boot Tip #2

Published on July 24th, 2010

Have you ever come back from a ride to find you have lost a cap to your Boa Hoof Boot? Sometimes it’s tough to determine if the Boa cap is tight enough. Of course if it’s not tight enough, it can come off leaving the Boa Dial exposed. Here are some helpful tips to ensure [...]

Karen and Looey Triumph in Gloves at Wirral

Published on July 22nd, 2010

Karen Corr and Bond Hardman are Trelawne Equines sponsored riders for 2010, and have had a less than ideal start to their competitive year! With so much bad weather preventing fittening work, followed by both horse and rider injury things have been tough for the team. Looeys feet have been changing shape over the past [...]

A Healthy Hoof

Published on July 21st, 2010

Here is a great post from Easycare’s blog taken from an article found on hoofcare practitioner Maria Siebrand’s website The Thoughtful Horseman. It gives a full understanding of the importance of conditioning our horses feet along with natural hoof care and why it is not always as straighforward as we would like it to be.I am always searching [...]

Barefoot Success- You Hold the Keys!

Published on July 20th, 2010

This is a very though provoking passage from Linda Cowles, a very experienced practitioner in Santa Rosa, CA.Take heart hoof care practitioners and listen closely horse owners. Your trimmer doesn’t ultimately hold the keys to barefoot success, you do! Who really heals these horse’s feet? Their owners. Horses owners are horses’ most powerful ally. I started out trimming [...]

100 mile Rides? No problem in Boots!

Published on July 19th, 2010

A great post from Easycare about their most recent Easyboot Hoof Boot success stories:Fit, Fit, Fit.  When Easyboots are fitted correctly, you and your horse can accomplish the most challenging events and terrain in the world. In the last 12 months, Easybooted endurance horses have finished the Old Dominion 100, Big Horn 100, Tevis 100, [...]

Published on July 13th, 2010

Jocelyn Dean of Rugeley, is another home grown rider that uses the Easyboot Glove hoof boots with power straps on her mare. Jocelyn competes in endurance and the odd hunter trial and the Easyboot gloves have enabled her to remove her horses shoes and keep riding through transition. She is one of an increasing number [...]

Horses in the UK Show What Hoof Boots can Do!

Published on July 8th, 2010

Two stories on the Easycare pages grabbed my attention this week, both are riders that are using the boots to do everything that they would do if their horses were shod. Trelawne Equine is proud to be the UK distributer of the Easycare range of hoofboots, which time and time again in countries all over [...]

The Ever Changing Hoof!

Published on July 6th, 2010

We all know the importance of fitting hoof boots correctly, more than once we have we read the phrase on Easycare’s blog and website ‘The single most important factor when fitting a hoof boot is fit!’ Here at Trelawne Equine we wholeheartedly agree that fit is vital to the success of any hoof boot and [...]