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No gut - no foot - no horse! How to support your horses microbiome for soundness and longevity!
No gut, no foot, no horse! Learn how to recognise an unhealthy microbiome issue and how to support a healthy microbiome in your horse
Beccy Smith
May 16, 20216 min read
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Hoof Care for horses with PPID/Equine Cushings, EMS or Insulin Dysregulation
Endocrinopathic (hormonal) dysregulation can result in development of the following diseases or conditions: · Insulin Resistance or IR...
Beccy Smith
May 14, 20215 min read
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Laminitis, Insulin Resistance, PPID (Cushings Disease) & Metabolic Syndrome in Horses
Endocrinopathic (hormonal) dysregulation can result in development of the following diseases or conditions: · Insulin Resistance or IR...
Beccy Smith
Apr 14, 20219 min read
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Hoof Scoring for PRO-Active, preventative whole horse hoof care
Hoof scoring is perhaps the most important tool in the integrative and PRO-Active equine podiatrists tool box. Hoof scoring is critical...
Beccy Smith
Apr 14, 20211 min read
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Guide to Using Hoof Boots and Pads
Hoof Boots are just one potential intervention to help create and maintain healthy hoof ideals and posture in horses. Used appropriately,...
Beccy Smith
Apr 6, 20217 min read
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Identifying healthy hoof ideals
This really is the starting point in any assessment of the horse and posture and we will refer to these before providing any...
Beccy Smith
Apr 6, 20213 min read
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How can you tell if your horse is in pain?
... and before the classic "head bob" manifests... In this excellent short video, Leading lameness diagnostician vet Sue Dyson says...
Beccy Smith
Apr 1, 20211 min read
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No heels, no horse!
The common practice of trimming heels short in order to achieve an idea of "ideal" (healthy ground contact for the frog) contributes to...
Beccy Smith
Apr 1, 20213 min read
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Normal versus Compensatory Posture
We assess posture as part of our consults... a change in posture can provide early indicator of a loss of healthy, way before changes...
Beccy Smith
Apr 1, 20211 min read
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Why check digital pulses in the horse?
In every assessment, in every Integrative Equine Podiatry consult, in every hoof, we check the strength of the digital pulse. We document...
Beccy Smith
Mar 31, 20212 min read
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What does "long toes" really mean?
‘LONG TOES’ are usually LOW PALMAR P3 ANGLES and places the horse at GREATER RISK of INJURY, TRAUMA, DISEASE AND INFECTION! When I am...
Beccy Smith
Mar 29, 20216 min read
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Is barefoot best for all horses?
What if the environment doesn't support keeping a horse barefoot? What if the owner isn't aware the horse doesn't have healthy barefoot...
Beccy Smith
Mar 8, 20214 min read
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