Returning Geeks Payment

Tools you should have for the in-class trimming include rasp, hoof knife, knife sharpener, gloves and a hoof pick. Nippers, chaps and a hoof stand are NOT a requirement, but if you have them bring them. We will have tools and stands available for use and for sale as well.

It is recommended you wear steel-toed shoes or work boots and jeans for the hands-on trimming portion of the class.

Clinic Outline

9AM-6PM

• Discussion of the horse and the foot (diet, environment, hoof care, etc.)

• Anatomy, structure and function

• Hoof mechanism

• External and internal hoof relationships

• Evaluating hoof health/ Evaluating Lameness / Reading the hoof capsule

• Hoof mapping: finding the external landmarks and comparison to internal anatomy

• The basic trim 

• Trimming tool discussion/demo

• Dissection demo

9AM-5PM

• Nutrition

• Hoof pathologies and how to address them

• Assessing the horse

• Taking meaningful hoof pictures

• Cadaver trim demo

• Assessing your cadaver hoof, mapping, formulating a plan

• Trimming a cadaver hoof

9AM-5PM

• Navicular

• Laminitis/Founder

• How teeth affect feet

• Trimming a cadaver hoof

9AM-4PM

• Assessing your horse, mapping, formulating a plan

• Trimming your horse's hooves

Follow-up telephone/email consultations and manuals are included in the clinic price.