09/08/2026
Humans love to theorise, research, assume, test, control, apply…
We love to be right and make decisions for horses based on ‘X’…
I should know 🤦🏽♀️
None of us are wrong, in my mind, we are all ‘doing’ what we know / believe 🫶🏽
The thing I’m seeing is that I was mostly missing a trick or 10…
The hoof pre-trim is such a valuable chance for learning…
A chance to see how the hoof feels and what it needs…
Again this can be mis-read and subjective when human intelligence starts to override…
Regardless, the hoof is such a finely balanced self-righting machine that nothing is ‘just how it is’…
Every over-grown bar
Every crazy heel growth
Every layer of sole that won’t give
Every quarter that stands high
Every contracted frog
Every curling heel buttress
Every lump in the sole
It’s all there for a reason that only the hoof can truly KNOW fully…
That’s the knowledge we want to be chasing in my mind…
That comes from listening to the hoof and of course the horse ❤️🩹
All 3 horses in the post were first trimmed to a theory concocted by human intelligence 🥺
Now being rehabbed (a few months in) by listening more closely to hoof intelligence 🫶🏽