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Great Hoofcare Links
General Performance Barefoot Info: Your First Stops!
Equinextion. The website of Lisa Huhn, whose trimming method I follow most closely.
The Naked Hoof
Martha Olivo Standard Hoofcare
Barefoot for Soundness
Dr. Tomas Teskey:  The Unfettered Hoof: A paradigm change for equine podiatry
Navicular Syndrome and Barefoot
Treating Navicular Syndrome Without Horseshoes (great visual aids)
Dr. Tomas Teskey on Navicular Syndrome
Laminitis/Founder and Barefoot
Treating Founder (Chronic Laminitis) without Horseshoes
Barefoot Hoofcare Blog: Laminitis
Equine Laminitis Studies (really excellent discussion, by a vet, with great visual aids)
What causes Laminitis? (This is a pretty technical article, but interesting!
Natural Lifestyle
My own Blue Heron Farm (how we provide our own horses and boarders with a natural lifestyle)
Equinextion on the Natural Lifestyle
Natural Boarding Links (List of facilities that offer more natural boarding in Middle Tennessee
Jamie Jackson's Paddock Paradise book (creating the ultimate equine environment)
Paddock Paradise in Action (blog and photos)
What is Natural Boarding?
Diet
Confusion about Carbs (why grain is not the best food for horses)
What's 'Sweet' in Sweet Feed? (the health hazards of grain)
What causes Laminitis? (This is a pretty technical article, but interesting!
Buckeye Nutrition's Grass Plus Minerals and an article about them.
Hoofmaiden Newsletter issue on Diet (Word document)
Area Equine Professionals/Supplies
Balanced in Motion Equine Sports Massage Therapy (Heike Feltzer, ESMT).
My horses recommend Heike personally!
Bonnie's Barnyard Feed Store (near Triune off 840).  Bonnie carries many items I recommend, including plain (no molasses) beet pulp, ground and whole flax, and timothy cubes.  I've never found anyone as willing to special order!  Email or phone:  615-395-7679.
Buckeye Nutrition (including Gro N' Win ration balancer and Grass Plus minerals and Harvest Salt.  Either the ration balancer OR the minerals and salt is all most horses need in addition to grass hay).  The dealer contact for the Middle TN area is Dee Plunkett
Jay Atwill (Equine Dentist).  The only dentist we ever use at Blue Heron Farm.
Products and Supplies
Renegade Hoof Boots (really great new boots with lots of options)
EasyCare Hoof Boots (including the Easyboot Bare)
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