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Susanella Noble, CNBBT
Hoof Care Practitioner
Certified Natural Balance Barefoot Trimmer
Holistic Lameness Specialist
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Serving the Big Island of Hawaii
Most of my clients are successfully going bare foot here in Hawaii, even on our sharp lava rocks. Those with serious pathologies are protected and rehabilitated with casting tape. All horses need a natural trim, not the traditional "farrier trim" that prepares hooves for metal shoes. There is no magic wand = it takes TIME for horses with distortions to grow hooves with proper function that can withstand all terrains. Your horses will thank you by being more sure-footed and confident, happier and healthier. Healing requires cooperation and commitment from the owners to monitor diet, environment and exercise. Together we can give our horses hope for soundness and keep them out of pain.
Articles I've written for Malama Lio The Hawaii Horse Journal
"The Perfect Hoof" page 10
"Life After Horseshoes -- Is Your Horse A Candidate For Bare Feet?" page 20
"High Heels And Long Toes" page 17
We are starting to see barefoot horses winning in flat-races, steeplechases, endurance races, rodeos, cross-country and ordinary horses who tote their weekend riders around. We have great scientific researchers and pioneer farriers in the field of barefoot practices to show us how to follow the wild horse as our guide. With the state-of-the-art hoof boots available today, there is no justifiable reason to nail a shoe on a horse anymore.
I have taken to heart the words of Dr. Tomas Teskey D.V.M. in his article, The Unfettered Foot
Wikipedia says: Iron horseshoes may have been invented by the Roman legions. They were used in Europe during the Middle Ages at a time when nobility began to live in castles. For the fist time, horses were kept in stalls, often for long periods of time if the castle was under seige. As the horses were forced to stand in their excrement, the ammonia and lack of circulation to the hooves began to take a toll. The health of the hoof began to deteriorate, and the horse began to exhibit signs of hoof degeneration and hoof pain. This led to the invention of the horse shoe.
60 million years of evolution has given horses the perfect feet. It only takes a few minutes for poor farriery to ruin them.
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