"With maintenance trimming you can keep your horses' feet in constant balance- the key to healthy strong feet, barefoot performance and long term soundness."
What will you learn?
Our one day intensive workshop is specifically designed to teach horse owners to
maintain the feet of their own horses.
Subjects covered include:
* Why we prefer to keep horses barefoot.
* The science of healthy feet and naturally correct parameters.
* A recipe for basic maintenance trimming
* Correct use of trimming tools. Practice first on cadaver legs, then trim a horse.
* Safe handling of horses while trimming.
* How to make a hard job easier.
* Maximizing barefoot performance.
* The correct use of hoof boots.
Who are these workshops for?
Horse owners who want to take charge of their own horse's hoofcare; whether they
actually want to trim their own horse themselves, or just learn the parameters of
healthy feet so they can make informed decisions about their horses.
Why are our workshops unique?
Andrew has seen equine hoofcare from both sides of the anvil. After working for
many years as a traditional farrier, he learnt the benefits of the "barefoot option"
and he now works as a specialist therapeutic trimmer, using parameters that work
in Australian conditions.
Not only has Andrew worked "down under" thousands of horses, he networks with
vets, therapists and other trimmers Australia wide. This adds up to a huge
"database" of experience from which to draw.
