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Case Study of a Metabolic Welsh Pony Mare

Case Study of a Metabolic Welsh Pony Mare (The Farriers Journal 2021) Monique Craig www.EponaMind.com   Is shoeing enough to restore laminitic horses to health? Obviously, the answer is no! When working on laminitic horses, it is very important to have a team...

Hoof Care – Helpful Assistance versus Unnecessary Manipulation

Hoof Care – Helpful Assistance versus Unnecessary Manipulation (The Farriers Journal October 2021) Monique Craig, BSCE, APF   Well cared-for horses generally get trimmed and/or shod on a regular basis. A normal interval should be 4 to 6 weeks. Hopefully, the idea...

Can I Keep My Horse Barefoot?

by Monique Craig The Epona Institute It is not news that some horses were and still are left barefoot and even ridden barefoot at some point in their lives. For instance, when I grew up in Switzerland, we used to remove horseshoes on some horses to give their hooves a...

The Value of Measuring the Hoof

This originally appeared in TrailBlazer Magazine, 2008. by Monique Craig, The Epona Institute   Why Measure the Horse's Hoof When it comes to the horse’s hoof, we have a unique situation unlike any other animal on the planet. What is unusual with the horse’s hoof...