KB Horsemanship

15/09/2026

15/09/2026

India Woods of Bones, Brains, Bodies & Behaviours (TAS) visited our equine facility this weekend to mentor me! Im such a lucky duck!

India guided me through her P3 measuring technique and refined my skills in corrective trimming/ shoeing.

Mega babes Clare Andrew (Whole Horse Collective) and Chez Little facilitated this mentorship and I couldn't be more grateful to them. Clare has been an important mentor in my bodywork/ barehoof journey, and Chez brings with her deep knowledge and experience as an advanced classical rider.

I am surrounded by women who are willing to share their knowledge, gently challenge my thinking and fully support me in continuing education. SA is a hub for this kind of community and I am so so grateful.

Thank you Clare, Chez and India. You are my heroes

01/09/2026

Owners are often told they shouldn't be responsible for their horse's hoofcare. That owners learning to trim is irresponsible, and their standard of work will not be as good as professional farriers or trimmers. What we have learned in Hoof Builders is that the reality is often the opposite. Owners come to us because they have run out of options, their horse isn't thriving (sometimes they are only barely surviving), and they want to see if they can do it themselves. Nothing about the journey they undertake is easy, but that doesn't mean they can't be successful.

We don't believe in gatekeeping knowledge, using fancy terminology for the sake of looking smart, or insisting on having a huge range of expensive tools and equipment. The only minimum requirements for Hoof Building are a rasp and a loop knife, the physical ability to pick up and hold a hoof, and the willingness to struggle through learning something new.

This is an excerpt from some feedback given by David in our Hoof Builders Facebook group:

“Struggling is a good word for trimming horses' feet. I do a lot of that myself. Some horses stand nice and have difficult feet, some have easy feet but don’t stand good, and some don’t stand good and have difficult feet.

Learning to trim properly is challenging. Especially the frogs. Personally, I think that’s why so many horses have hoof problems. A lot of professionals are having the same problems.

I have the most success making trimming easier for someone when I can show them how to hold the foot and use the tools in person. That’s how I learn best too.

In the meantime, just pick one foot to trim. Don’t think about the other three or make it a project to get a horse trimmed.

Get a brand new rasp and sharpen your knife really good.

Go out to your horse and clear your mind.

Picture the back of the frog and how you’re going to smooth those dead lumps off with the rough side of your rasp. Then take a few light strokes to get the rasp flowing and gradually press harder as you feel you’re in a rhythm. Finish with the fine side. Don’t forget to breathe or your strokes get short and choppy.

If you start to struggle, put the foot down and pet the horse. When you’re ready again, pick up the foot and do some more. When you get that done, put the foot down and pet the horse.

If you’re still in the mood, then pick the foot back up and smooth down the inside edges of the central sulcus the same way.

Do another foot the next day.

It’ll all come together over time."

29/06/2026

❤ NEW SOUTH AUSTRALIA STOCKIST ❤

I'm very pleased to welcome Katie Barber Horsemanship as an Inside Out Equine Health stockist.

Based on South Australia's Fleurieu Peninsula, Katie takes a thoughtful, whole-horse approach to equine wellbeing, combining her background in classical horsemanship, equine veterinary nursing, biomedical science, bodywork and rehabilitation. Her work focuses on nervous system regulation, physical comfort, posture, development and education, recognising that behaviour, performance and wellbeing are all closely connected.

As part of this collaboration, Katie will now be stocking Performance Plus mineral pellets. Given her focus on supporting the horse as a whole rather than simply addressing symptoms, I feel this is a natural fit. Performance Plus was designed to provide horses with the vitamins, minerals and amino acids commonly lacking in Australian forage-based diets, helping to support overall health, soundness, hoof quality, muscle development and wellbeing while allowing owners to build nutrition on a solid foundation.

I'm excited to work alongside Katie and look forward to making Performance Plus more accessible to horse owners in her area.

24/05/2026

Day 3 of Level 2 Biodynamic Informed Equine Craniosacral Therapy:
We have the very knowledgeable Dr Christy Lang of Lang Veterinary Services here to talk to the students about her work, eruption rates, aging, malocclusions and more…
Equine Craniosacral Therapy and Equine Dentistry are modalities that work with each other as both as looking for balance in the Mouth and Cranium.
Wonderful discussions and questions from the students!

19/03/2026

I spent a lovely afternoon with Missy, Katie from KB Horsemanship and Ruby from Holistic Horse Wellbeing as we discussed all things bodywork! Missy was a perfect demo horse while Katie and Ruby watched her session and asked in-depth questions about the conversation I was having with her body. It was really helpful to be challenged to verbalise sensations which I normally just allow to flow ❤️

I really enjoy mentoring sessions with other bodyworkers as they find their own personal methods and philosophies.

08/02/2026

Spectravet laser therapy.

30/01/2026

Kb horsemanship.
Compassionate, Academic, Progressive.
Fleurieu Peninsula SA