Looking Above the Hooves: Considering the Whole Horse in Hoofcare with Ida Hammer
Ida Hammer talks about various factors that affects a horse's movement, biomechanics, and health of the hoof. She expands on tools she uses to allow a horse to grow the healthiest hoof possible and mo...
25 Sep 202032min
Rehabbing Lameness At Home: Ann Ramsey, Equine Rehabilitation Specialist
Ann Ramsey, an equine rehabilitation specialist based in California, talks about how to approach rehabbing your horse in situations where a stay at a veterinary hospital isn't feasible. She talks abou...
11 Sep 202039min
Dynamic Balance: Rehabbing Lameness Through Movement with Krista Jones and Steven Leigh
Krista Jones, ESMT and owner of From The Ground Up rehab, and Steven Leigh, hoofcare practitioner, talk about how proper AND improper movement affects soft tissue, muscling, and hooves. Krista and Ste...
28 Aug 202058min
Managing the Metabolic Horse: Dr. Jaini Clougher and Dr. Kathleen Gustafson of ECIR
Dr. Jaini Clougher, veterinarian, and Dr. Kathleen Gustafson, ECIR director and research advisor, talk about diagnosis and treatment of PPID (Cushing's) and IR/EMS horses, as well as rehabbing metabol...
14 Aug 202050min
Mad About Forage: Feeding the Equine Athlete and more
In a continuation from last episode, Scott Cieslar of Mad Barn, Inc. talks about feeding the equine athlete, alfalfa and the hoof, and gut health and the hoof. How do we safely increase calories for h...
30 Jul 202044min
Mad About Hooves: A Peek at Equine Nutrition with Scott Cieslar
In this episode, Scott Cieslar of Mad Barn talks about various aspects of equine nutrition and how it can affect the hoof. Topics include iron overload, hay testing, supplement stability, trace minera...
27 Jun 202041min
Performance Horse Feet: An Interview with Shannon Peters Dressage
In this episode, I speak with Shannon Peters, a dressage trainer who has taken horses through Grand Prix and PSG barefoot. Shannon talks about her motivation to take her upper level dressage horses ba...
27 Mai 202029min
Long Toe Woes: Perspectives on Navicular with Dr. Robert Bowker
In episode 18 of The Humble Hoof, Dr. Robert Bowker talks about his research into the caudal hoof through decades of microscopic study and dissection. He delves into his ideas on trimming to improve t...
8 Mai 202051min
