Redtail Equine Services

05/30/2026

Max Kennaugh you’re the best!

It’s too late on the gluing fingers together, but the electrolyte drink mix made me forget that I only had use of two fingers 🤣

The unicorn colored rasp handles will be promptly stolen by my children, and god only knows if they’ll be used as rasp handles or some kind of weapon, but regardless, they’ll be beautiful in whatever their chosen purpose

And the hydro dipped Squish Pads are truly epic. We’re calling it Halloween Camo. Millie really blends in with her surroundings now

05/27/2026

05/23/2026

05/11/2026

I had a new client the other day. Lovely QH mare presenting with overall footsoreness, especially the right front/left hind diagonal pair.

The owner and I discussed her radiographs and the mare’s current level of (dis)comfort. Our plan was to get the mare’s feet rebalanced and back under herself, so as to get the bony columns better aligned.

This horse was a fun mental challenge for me because she has some pretty impressive “twisty legs”. I got to pull from all facets of my knowledge and, I dare say, think almost in 4 dimensions.

She had some signs of chronic, slow brewing changes in her feet that would explain her discomfort after a trim if left barefoot. As well as some long toes and runaway (tall and run forward) heels on all 4.

Her shoe of choice was the Roller shoe on all four feet. On the fronts, I put her in 4° half mesh wedge pads with soft DIM, and of course Artimud. On the hinds, I went with 3° half mesh wedges and medium DIM with Artimud underneath. To finish it all off, I used HoofLox acrylic in natural, and a final layer of superglue to help seal the edges.

It took the mare a couple minutes of moving after she got her shoes to really start feeling confident in her new feet. The more she walked, the longer and more confident her strides became, and she was more than happy to bear full weight on each foot.

3D HoofCare
Derek Poupard
EasyCare Inc. Protective Hoofwear
Garrett Ford
Jim Blurton Farrier Products

05/10/2026

Alby is going home! I’m going to miss the hell out of him, but he gets to go home with my dear friend and her daughter. Alby and his teenager are soulmates; I’m absolutely convinced of this. People always talk about that one horse that’s special beyond any others. That’s how this pony and kid feel about each other.

Today he got his feet trimmed up and I had an easy ba****ck ride on him. He’s inexperienced but oh so wonderful minded. I can’t wait to see him and his kid growing up together and taking some epic adventures!

04/27/2026

Remember 3D HoofCare’s Bag of Bones, that awesome 3D printed tool for learning distal limb anatomy? I had some extra bags of bones lying around so I thought, well, why not use the bones to show various deformities that can present in a horse’s distal limb.

Last Thursday I had sinus surgery, which in the long run will be incredibly helpful, but at the present moment, it’s absolutely miserable.

It’s a known fact that I’m a terrible patient, but I will say that I’m actually making a concerted effort to rest and recover this time. This is not something that comes easily to me. In fact it’s pretty much akin to peeling my fingernails off 1mm at a time.

To stave off the inevitable insanity, I decided to do some more in depth reading on various hoof and limb issues, and enlisted my bags of bones to be models.

* descriptions follow the photos

04/17/2026

The Shoeing Lab Home of More Aid Hoof Care and 3D HoofCare Squish Pads are extremely versatile and can be made to fit just about any foot so long as you’re willing to be creative. I love the Squish!

04/16/2026

Next level horse shoeing. Welcome to the Glitterati