Recent content by TobyChandler

Thanks Tallulah. Did your horse have any lameness or sensitive feet issues that made you switch to barefoot or did you just decide to give it a go? My big worry is that he is lame now and will be even lamer without shoes but then in the long run perhaps he will come much sounder. What...

Thank you Oberon, some really helpful advice in the information you sent. I have the vet coming on Monday and will tell him that I plan to move the horse to barefoot and ask him to take the shoes off. I have heard of Rockley Farm and was told it was a great place for rehabiliating horses from...

Thanks for your help. I am feeding a Barley and Molasses Free diet from Allen & Page and unlimited hay. I think boots would be a must for hacking and he works mostly on soft surfaces although I have been told that it is good to work your horse barefoot on a lot of different surfaces to...

I have a 15 year old Advanced Dressage Horse. I was desperately hoping to start competing him at PSG in the Spring and he has qualified for the Pet Plan Winters at Hartpury for the first time ever in 2013. However he has developed intermittant lameness problems this summer which I believe is...