Services & Pricing

Cancellations that occur within 48 hours of the scheduled appointment time will be charged half the scheduled invoice amount. Please provide reasonable notice if appointments need rescheduled or cancelled. 

Summer is such a nice break from the mud! However, our horse's hooves do best when a reasonable moisture content is maintained. If your horse has struggled with chipping, retained soles, or rock hard feet, soaking them in water is the best way to maintain moisture in the hoof. The best trick is to have them stand on a fully saturated rug  while enjoying a hay net. This is best done the day before their appointment, or the morning of.

If a rug isn't a viable option, many clients have put a sprinkler on a paddock overnight and then turned the horses into that area an hour or two prior to the appointment to let the feet absorb some moisture and move around. 

This is important for a few reasons. Dry feet are hard feet, and hard feet don't flex as much as a hydrated hoof. This can play a role in your horse's hoof function, as well as their comfort. Horse's frogs and caudal region are rich with mechanoreceptors, which is how their frogs act almost as fingertips for them as our fingertips do for us. When frogs get rock hard, they don't allow as much concussion absorption, flexion, or feedback for the horse. On the other end of that, it takes longer to trim their feet and it is not as comfortable of a trim for the HCP or the horse. 

Fly spray isn't just for your horse's sanity and comfort, it plays a huge role in your HCP's safety. Please fly spray if possible prior to the appointment, and of course natural sprays are preferred to limit exposure to pesticides and chemicals. 

Ah, the flies are gone! Mud management is back. 

On the note of maintaining moisture content, there is of course balance. Making efforts to get your horse's feet dry for periods of time is a great way to maintain integrity during the winter to prevent excessive wear, chipping, cracking, and thrush. 

Before appointments in the winter, wiping mud from your horse's legs is more than appreciated. Mud often consists of manure, urine, sand, and dirt which can cause unnecessary and rapid wear on hoof care tools. Mud is also slippery, and poses some risk to safety for both your HCP and your horse. 

The best method I've seen so far from my clients is using a drying powder on legs prior to appointments, or just using a large bath towel to rub legs down.

We've all struggled, and we've all tried everything, and nothing ever works. Until now!

All my clients are discouraged from using thrush products that come out blue, black, or otherwise stain every surface they touch. If the container comes with warning labels with PPE required, I don't recommend it. 

My clients are all encouraged to use 50/50 vinegar and water in either a spray bottle or dispenser of some kind for those who aren't comfortable with spray bottles. Ideally, your spray bottle will have an adjustable nozzle so the solution can be blasted into the collateral grooves if they're deep or have thrush, and if the hoof is more shallow and the blasting isn't necessary it can be adjusted to more of a mist setting for maintenance between trims to keep the thrush gone. Apple cider or white vinegar work scientifically the same, but I prefer ACV.