Horse Track Systems: A How To Guide to a Healthier Horse in Body and Mind
Recommendation: We haven’t ready this book ourselves but any guide that helps us keep our domesticated horses in a more NATURAL way has our vote!
Insight to Equus
Recommendation: We first met Dr. Teskey in Slocan, BC at a clinic summer 2017 and were so taken with his vision of what the world could and should be for horses. This book belongs in the hands of every horse owner.
Cloette Saddles
Cloete custom saddles are beautifully made high-quality comfort for you and your horse. Franco is a skilled craftsman and is happy to answer any and all questions you may have.
Natural Balance Dentistry (NBD)
This link has extensive information on NATURAL BALANCE EQUINE DENTISTRY … Please read!
Horse Journal Guide to Equine Supplements and Nutraceuticals
Recommendation: A great book for horse owners and hoof care professionals helping their clients to sort through the facts and myths surrounding equine nutrition and the long list of products available.
Safer Grass
Recommendation: These articles are available for free and should be read and reread by every student of the horse. As a hoof care provider you will need to have a good understanding of hay and pasture forage to help your clients make healthy management choices for their horses.
Mad Barn Optimum Probiotic
5 strain blend of bacterial probiotic. No fillers, simply a great probiotic at the lowest possible cost.
Equinology EQ50
Recommendation: Even if you never plan to become a body worker, knowing the anatomy of the horse is extremely valuable to your work as a hoof care provider and as a horse owner. The course cost only $45 and you will learn all the bones and muscles of the equine body. You may take it any time and at your own pace. All you need is the internet and a computer.
The Horse’s Mouth - Just The Facts
Recommendation: This is an easy and inexpensive way for hoof care providers to keep up on the latest research on a variety of subjects that effect the health of horses. Practitioners may want to direct their clients to this publication as questions arise on specific subjects.
Equine Endocrinology Group
Recommendation: This site is referenced throughout the PHCP Laminitis, Founder, IR, PPID webinar taught by Dr. Cynthia Nielson. If you’ve taken the webinar this is a good place to review material and keep up on new research.
Equine Cushing’s and Insulin Resistance Group Inc (ECIR)
Recommendation: All hoof care providers need to be familiar with the information on this site. It is a good site to recommend to your clients who are dealing with either or both of these issues. Once you have a good understanding of the information here you and/or your client may want to join the ECIR Group where you can ask questions and share information on a particular case.
Paddock Paradise – A guide to Natural Horse Boarding
Recommendation: If you are not familiar with this “out of the box” style of horse keeping, this is a must read. It’s a good book for hoof care providers to have on hand for lone to their clients.
Shoeing, A Necessary Evil?
Recommendation: A must-read for anyone who has ever owned shod horses, or who just wants to understand why barefoot is best.
A Lifetime of Soundness
Recommendation: Dr Strasser has opened the eyes, ears, and minds of most horse owners and caretakers to the fact that horses are naturally wild animals that have been domesticated but who still need to have everything involving their care as close to nature as it can be. Her books make a lot of common sense.
Laminitis: understanding, cure, prevention
Recommendation: This book offers practical solutions and simple preventive measures. The emphasis is on the very important role you play as the horse’s owner. In short, after reading this book you will know how to help your beloved horse to recover and remain healthy.
The Glass Horse CD-ROM
Recommendation: You may want to purchase it to be able to refer back to throughout your studies.