The Horse's Hoof

09/26/2025

September Cavallo Boot Giveaway for our Readers! Free Trek Hoof Boots!

Our June 30, 2025 winner of one free pair of Trek Hoof Boots was Katrina Kelley!

Tell all your friends to sign up for Barefoot News! On September 30, 2025, we will draw a random winner from The Horse’s Hoof email list to win one FREE pair of Cavallo Trek Hoof Boots! (valid for USA & Canada mailing addresses only)

Sign up directly for The Horse's Hoof Barefoot News right here: https://mailchi.mp/thehorseshoof/thh50b

Great Prizes for Readers of Barefoot News! Look for more giveaways coming! Make sure to stay on this list by opening all our emails, as winners will be periodically drawn from this list!

09/26/2025

The Horse's Hoof Barefoot News September 2025 is released!
Sign up here: https://mailchi.mp/thehorseshoof/50-giveaway
What's in this issue? 🏇🏻 Dr. Bowker: Comfy Hooves with Pea Gravel 🏇🏻 A Tribute to Dr. Robert Cook 🏇🏻 What is Natural Hoof Care? 🏇🏻 Rescue Horse with Happy Hooves! 🏇🏻 Study: Turnout Improves Horses 🏇🏻 Cavallo Boot Giveaway 🏇🏻 And more!

09/26/2025

Explore the latest findings in barefoot hoof studies and their impact on equine hoof health and trimming methods.

09/26/2025

Understand the principles of hoof rehabilitation designed to increase hoof health and resolve lameness in equine patients.

09/20/2025

Barefoot Hoof Studies
It has been rare for actual scientific studies to deal specifically with barefoot hooves, natural equine hoof form, and/or barefoot trimming. However, there are a few! We have compiled a listing for you. We hope to add many more to this list in upcoming years!

Explore the latest findings in barefoot hoof studies and their impact on equine hoof health and trimming methods.

09/20/2025

Hoof Rehabilitation Protocol
by Debra R. Taylor DVM, Ivy Ramey, Pete Ramey published in The Horse’s Hoof Magazine, Issue 35, Summer 2009

"Summary: This hoof rehabilitation system is based on the guiding principle that many equine foot diseases that result in lameness can be resolved simply by doing everything possible to increase overall hoof health. The combination of routine corrective trimming, veterinary care, environmental stimulation, therapeutic protective devices and detailed dietary management are used collectively to improve the foot health of horses with acute or chronic laminitis, hoof wall infections, wall cracks and caudal foot pain."

Understand the principles of hoof rehabilitation designed to increase hoof health and resolve lameness in equine patients.

09/20/2025

On our site, we offer The Horse’s Hoof Article Directory. This is a handy listing of ALL the articles that appear in our “Topics” Categories (which are all listed under “Topics”, a selection at top of site):
• Barefoot Trimming
• Barefoot Hoof Care
• Natural Horse Care
• Barefoot History
• Barefoot Research
• Barefoot Stories
• Ethical Horsemanship

How many articles do we have right now? 44 published articles, and more coming every week!

Discover a compilation of articles on barefoot trimming and hoof care to enhance your understanding of equine health practices.

09/19/2025

September Cavallo Boot Giveaway for our Readers!
Free Trek Hoof Boots!

Our June 30, 2025 winner of one free pair of Trek Hoof Boots was Katrina Kelley!

Tell all your friends to sign up for Barefoot News! On September 30, 2025, we will draw a random winner from The Horse’s Hoof email list to win one FREE pair of Cavallo Trek Hoof Boots! (valid for USA & Canada mailing addresses only)

Sign up directly for The Horse's Hoof Barefoot News right here: https://mailchi.mp/thehorseshoof/thh50b

Great Prizes for Readers of Barefoot News! Look for more giveaways coming! Make sure to stay on this list by opening all our emails, as winners will be periodically drawn from this list!

09/18/2025

Enjoy our new website: The Horse's Hoof Website 2025 https://www.thehorseshoof.com
This new website was created to grow! This is just the beginning! I will keep working on it, expanding and developing the content. We explain in detail who we are, where we come from & what we've done in the past, plus provide tons of barefoot resources, recommended products, a full archive library with links to immediately read back issues of Barefoot News, the full contents listing of The Horse's Hoof Magazine and instructions to read it for free, and a collection of barefoot horse and hoof care articles that will grow massively over time! Enjoy!

Just for starters, you can read more details about The Horse's Hoof:
https://www.thehorseshoof.com/thh/

View the contents of every issue of The Horse's Hoof Magazine with a complete index list – spanning 20 years of issues, from 1 through 80, on this page:
https://www.thehorseshoof.com/magazine/

Read about the beginnings of The Horse's Hoof Magazine:
A Look Back at 15 Years of The Horse’s Hoof!
https://www.thehorseshoof.com/a-look-back-at-15-years-of-the-horses-hoof/

Read about the beginnings of the modern Barefoot Movement:
A Timeline of the Barefoot Movement
https://www.thehorseshoof.com/timeline/

This sums up our core philosophy:
The Barefoot Paradigm: Go Team Barefoot!
https://www.thehorseshoof.com/go-team-barefoot/

On our old website, we offered a Trimmer's List, which allowed professionals to send in their contact info and be listed (by state/country) for professional barefoot trimming services. This was HUGELY POPULAR and still gets picked up in searches! Over time, I came to realize how impossible it is to keep such a listing up to date for the general population. I now offer a simple list of "Certified Barefoot Trimmers Listings" on our new Barefoot Resources page: https://www.thehorseshoof.com/barefoot-resources/