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24.01.2022 Great opportunity to see David at work!

23.01.2022 Five years ago today I lost this beautiful beast. He is the inspiration for my business name as I want to change the lives of horses like him and the riders who... don't know any better. I'm thankful for the riding skills I gained throughout this time but saddened by what I know now - I was riding and containing a very anxious and unhappy horse. So thank you Archie for your tolerance, and you will forever remain my inspiration for finding better ways See more

22.01.2022 I have a pair of fusions for sale - size 15, for big hooves please message me if you have any questions or are interested.

21.01.2022 Boys with brown eyes

21.01.2022 Hanging out with the family

20.01.2022 Hope for the best but prepare for the worst. Sounds like a good plan, but have you ever really thought about that saying? It’s literally a contradiction. If... you believe every thought you have and every action you take will manifest itself in reality then...If you’re really committed to hoping for the best, you wouldn’t even think about preparing for the worst. In my experience the best results come from holding on to optimism, in spite of setbacks, not from sitting on the fence, or expecting the worst. Don’t be afraid to try your hardest, hope for the best, and expect a good outcome. On the flip side, the only way that you can truly handle the worst is by learning the lessons from your failures and coming out bolder, wiser, and stronger. Personally, I love Goethe’s saying: Whatever you can do, or dream you can, begin it. Boldness has genius, power, and magic in it. Filling your heart with hope is a good way to increase your capacity to love. If having a big heart makes you vulnerable, then learning to overcome fear of vulnerability is the next and most necessary step. This may sound to some like I’m being lofty and philosophical, but it’s the fundamental conflict that I have with my clients when I’m trying to fix their horses. The closer we can align our belief systems the more success we can have with their horse. I don’t believe horses understand very many words that we speak, but I do believe they have an amazing capacity to feel what we feel. There’s no doubt in my mind that they feel what we’re talking about. They know if we are being honest, and sometimes they seem to know in advance what we’ll decide. I’ve seen horses watch the ping-pong match of ideas between their owner and their trimmer at least a thousand times. I can always tell when the horse knows that there’s no chance of their person changing. I’ve gotten used to seeing the look of resignation in people’s eyes, but I hate that look in a horse. It doesn’t belong there. This is Leslie D Furman’s horse Coats. Leslie has been apprenticing with me for the last 11 months while I rehab her horse’s feet. Top - right front at 22 years old. Bottom - at 18 years old I started working on Coats’ feet almost 11 months ago. I have been impressed with how fast he’s improved. Leslie has had a lot of faith in the process and I honestly believe that her positive belief system is one of the biggest contributors to Coats’ success. When I first met Coats he had a hard time standing and he seemed a little skeptical. For the last few trims, he’s been a lot more comfortable giving me his feet. I don’t feel any more tension in his body or his mind.

18.01.2022 Scoot Boots pair size 3 regular, older style (side cut out further up). Minimal use on grass. One hole on black pastern strap ripped, but comes with 3x extra pairs and spare hardware as pictured. Can post in AUS at buyers expense or P/U Winchelsea or Moriac VIC.

18.01.2022 Are training problems really problems or is it trauma? Have we, in our horse training really just been masking them all along. Teaching our horses to push down... the flight, in to a state of obedient freeze? If we are lucky it might just manifest itself in those qwuirky things we often joke about. But if we aren't so lucky and we land ourselves with one of those types that we scratch our heads at because we haven't done anything different with them to all the others, but this one, this one!! 'It's' the one we send to the trainer to sort out THEIR problems. As I have pieced the puzzle together over the years I have come to realise it's not about the training. It's not about the circle, or the flag or the tarpaulin. It's not about fixing them, dulling down the reaction, getting them more responsive or on the aids. It's about the mind and the body and reconnecting the two. The embodiment and knowing that it is safe to be here in the moment again. Because they were never meant to be separate in the first place. The more I learn about trauma, the more I see that this is what we need to focus on. This is the part of nature we have taken away from the horse, their natural ability process and move through it. In 2016, I was asked to compete in the Kaimanawa Stallion Challenge. A small, stoic, older stallion was delivered to our yards along with another younger colt whom my friend was going to take. It was my first experience with a wild horse, and boy did I learn alot. One evening, about 8 weeks in we had the horses in the yards. Two previously wild stallions and two client horses in for training. The farmer and the tractor came rumbling up the drive and right past the horses. As I observed this moment, I saw all four horses become alert to the noise and the giant machine coming their way. The kais jumped a little and stood alert and as soon as it had past and they realized there was no potential threat, they went back to munching their hay. On the other hand, the domestic horse paced back and forward, froze and paced again. They stayed in this state for much longer and it took quite some time for them to come back down to the point where they could relax again. In that moment, I knew that I didn't ever want to lose that in my wee Stallion. I didnt understand what I was seeing right then, but I knew that somehwere in the process of training, those domestic horses had had that taken away from them and how sad the contrast was. So maybe, if we look to nature a little more and less to what we perceive as good care, we might just find our horses are a lot better off.

17.01.2022 4.5 months progress on growing in a healthier hoof for this 6yo OTTB. He is one of my very few remaining clients while I'm growing this human as he's so easy to work with. Hoping I can see this crack to the ground before I pop but we'll see

16.01.2022 "Leave more heel height" - "don't touch the heels" - "the heels are too low" If I had a dollar for every time I see this being said online, in vet reports or by trimmers and farriers. One thing that was revolutionary to my understanding of hooves and trimming was the distinction in the different types of heel height - thanks solely to the explanations and photos of David Landreville (go check them out).... There is the height of the hoof wall (between green and blue lines), And there is the height of the soft tissue (between green and purple lines). I don't see people make this distinction when giving advice, and it's the difference between perpetuating an issue or working toward rectifying it. Excess heel wall height will be crushed under the horse, migrating forward, decreasing circulation and atrophying the soft tissue that supports the leg. Underun, low heels cannot be fixed by leaving the hoof wall to grow longer. The height you want to build is in the soft tissue, not hoof wall. This is difficult because it takes time. For a fair few months you will likely have the same overall 'height' while you work to switch the ratio in favour of soft tissue rather than hoof wall. If owners or vets don't understand this process and/or you are not documenting the changes, you can lose a client pretty quickly. You eventually want to see majority of the back of the hoof as deep, healthy soft tissue, with a short healthy hoof wall. The horse in the photos has had 4 trims over 3 months. Between the green and purple is soft tissue, between the green and blue is hoof wall. The ratio is slowly starting to reverse as he builds soft tissue and the heels are kept relatively low and carefully shaped. The second collage shows how far forward his weight bearing point was, and how it's starting to move back under his leg. How do you build that elusive soft tissue? Make the heels and frog comfortable, so the horse will lean their weight back there rather than on their toe. This involves careful and particular trimming that leaves no pointy edges or layers of leathery dead frog, ensures clearance over the frog, and respect for the boundaries of the hoof - the heels are never taken down past the seat of corn. You can take a shortcut by propping the horse up on a short ish heel wall with a sharp edge at the back, back the toe into the sole, and claim you've fixed the angles, but the soft tissue (or lack of) doesn't lie and the horse will not be reaching their full potential. I hope this helps someone out there like it helped me - and this in turn might help out some horses that need it.

13.01.2022 Equine Fusion Jogging Shoe Size 14 (pair). Minimal use on grass, plenty of tread left. Can post in AUS at buyers expense or P/U Winchelsea or Moriac VIC.

09.01.2022 How do you talk about your horse? My best friends and favorite trainers speak lovingly and fondly of their horses, most comments in praise of their intelligence... and willingness. Then I see the posts making the rounds talking about the terms regularly used to describe horses that are cruel and insulting. Words like idiot and stubborn. People are always saying their horse is trying to dominate them or that he is deliberately trying to make their life hard. The words we use in our life affect the way we think about life. If we describe our horse as fighting us it sets us up to fight back. If we say our horse is stupid it predisposes us to think of him that way instead of as the intelligent thinking creature that he is. Why would we want to put ourselves in a position of antagonism? It's so much more enjoyable, for us as well as our horses when we make it easier to get along peacefully. That applies to people too. Think about it. See more

08.01.2022 #Drop_your_beautiful_horse_head_challenge

05.01.2022 Embracing Change Flexion is beneficial to a strong hoof but detrimental to a weak hoof. In the short run, stability is beneficial to a weak hoof and in the ...long run it is detrimental to a strong hoof. Steel shoes don’t strengthen a hoof. They provide stability. Domestic horses with bare feet that are weak with out a shoe can be stabilized and continually strengthened if the trimmer understands the complex hinging ability that lies behind the bridge of the foot...and knows how to improve the palmar contours by making the right adjustments, in the right places, at the right times. This is a skill. It can become an art. There is no limit to improvement, for the horse or the trimmer. Nature is perfect and it is always changing. Many humans forget that we are a part of nature. We tend to hold on to things that make us feel safe and we resist change. Steel shoes are part of the old belief system that needs to change. Unfortunately, many barefoot trimming methods also try to stabilize the hoof by playing it safe and leaving too much inappropriate mass for ground contact. This is why these trimming methods cause the feet to decline or plateau...never reaching full potential: Flexion is change in motion. Stability creates weakness in a dynamic system. Fear of change can be paralyzing. Paralysis is the death of motion. There is no more important art form than man learning to create in partnership with nature.

01.01.2022 As much as I love new client enquiries and referrals please note - I am unable to take any new clients for the rest of this year (at least), and will be finishing up with most current clients within the next month. I was hoping to keep trimming over winter but growing a tiny human really doesn't agree with my body thank you to everyone for your support and patience over the last few months! Happy to help through FB or messenger if you are doing some of your own trimming, and would highly recommend joining the FB group Hoof Builders for a supportive learning environment.

01.01.2022 * click on the photo for baby spam * Its been a few months but it turns out I still know how to trim a hoof or two! Geez I'm sore already though, it'll take a long time to build my strength back. Finley supervised, we'll have him on the tools in no time!

01.01.2022 I would highly recommend David's patreon if you are at all interested in hooves, or even just in seeing lovely horse - human communication. I'm also spending my 'down time' helping out with the Hoof Builders Facebook group. It is an evidence based, thoughtful discussion forum filled with dedicated horse owners and professionals. Everyone on David's patreon from tier 2 up are encouraged to join.