By Hoof Geeks

Hoof Trimming Clinic

Apr 10, 2017 | 9:41 AM

Hoof Geeks Barefoot Hoof Care presents a Hoof Trimming Clinic for Horses:

• WHEN: May 05-07, 2017
• WHERE: North Battleford Fair Grounds, North Battleford SK

This hoof trimming clinic offers you the chance to learn about hooves and barefoot hoof care, including how to perform a maintenance trim on your own horse.

More and more horses are experiencing hoof problems these days, many of which could be avoided by following a more natural approach to hoof care. Know Hoof, Know Horse has never been more true.

Navicular, Laminitis and Insulin Resistance are on the increase but this clinic will teach you many ways in which you can lower the risks (and lessen vet bills!) for your horse. Correct hoof form, based on Mother Nature’s design, goes a long way towards this. Subtle differences in trim methods can help restore hooves to their original healthy state.

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You will also learn the best methods of horse keeping that allow your horse to be healthier, happier and fitter.

3-day clinic outline:

Friday: Lecture Day (9am-5pm)
•Discussion of the Horse and the Foot (diet, environment, hoof care, etc.)
•Anatomy, Structure and Function
•Hoof mechanism
•External and Internal Hoof relationships
•Evaluating hoof health/ Evaluating Lameness / reading the hoof capsule
•Hoof mapping: finding the external landmarks and comparison to internal anatomy
•The basic trim
•Hoof pathologies and how to address them
•Assessing the horse
•Demo – Taking meaningful hoof pictures

Saturday: Cadaver Day (9am-4pm)
•Review
•Cadaver trim demo
•Assessing your cadaver hoof, mapping, formulating a plan
•Trimming your cadaver feet
•Demo – Taking meaningful hoof pictures on a live horse
•How teeth affect feet
•Tool purchase

Sunday: Trimming Day (9am-4pm)
•Assessing your horse, mapping, formulating a plan
•Trimming your horse’s hooves!

Max. 15 participants.
Cost: $400/participant (bring your horse)
Auditing only: $275
Auditing and trimming 2 cadaver hooves: $300
Deadline for payment is April 15, 2017

Bring any trimming tools you may already have – hoof knife, hoof stand, rasp, nippers, etc. If you don’t have tools, we will have some for sale at the clinic.

Go to www.hoofgeeks.com to register.

For any info specific to the facility, please contact Brian Kryzanowski 780-712-0493 or krizzyb94@hotmail.com.