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Has anyone had any experiences with trimmers from HMI school? As I was trying to get a second opinion from a professional on the correct way to trim to correct an underrun heel, I contacted a local lady in her second year at the HMI school. The advice I received was the complete opposite of what I expected: She said the toe needs to be longer and the heel lower. I asked where the evidence for these claims is. Answer: It has been proven by case studies.

Further expert advice from her:
"abcsesses should always drain at the coronary band" (not kidding...)

She then trimmed the seat of the corn and hit the corium, resulting in heavy bleeding.

Comment:
"That's just a blood pocket"

Further comments:
"Horses don't land with their heels first; they land flat"

I realised that the world of hoof care can be a bit of a wasp's nest - with different opinions and philosophies - but this seems to be a bit extreme.
Am I too narrow-minded?
 
If a hoof care practitioner made my horse bleed heavily and said it was 'just' anything than a monumental screw up by themselves, I would have kicked them straight off the premises and told them under no circumstances come near my animal again.

Hoof care is not one size fits all. Some animals may need lower heels and longer toes; some need the opposite. Occasionally abscesses drain from the coronary(but not often IME). trying to make them fit a mould is unfair and dangerous to welfare and anyone from any school whom prescribes to such a notion is to be avoided.
 
this is a link to a thread for you. IMHO it may be better to avoid this method. This is a topic ie HM that we have to be VERY careful commenting on or it will cause considerable problems for HHO management ie HM will take action against them.


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Thread 'barefoot, I am getting seriously worried.'

by Hoofing Marvellous. If anyone is considering barefoot please be careful.

their view is that all vets, farriers, barefoot trimmers are wrong and only they are right. They are unqualified or at least they have their own training to qualify in their method. Dissent is not allowed.

we all know there are some poor vets, farriersand trimmers but surely the entire horse world dealing in feet cannot be wrong in their ideas most of which are very similar? of course not.

worst of all they are now a total cult and proud of it.
Sadly we have seen cults in barefoot before ie Strasser which...
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Deepbluesky said:
Has anyone had any experiences with trimmers from HMI school? As I was trying to get a second opinion from a professional on the correct way to trim to correct an underrun heel, I contacted a local lady in her second year at the HMI school. The advice I received was the complete opposite of what I expected: She said the toe needs to be longer and the heel lower. I asked where the evidence for these claims is. Answer: It has been proven by case studies.

Further expert advice from her:
"abcsesses should always drain at the coronary band" (not kidding...)

She then trimmed the seat of the corn and hit the corium, resulting in heavy bleeding.

Comment:
"That's just a blood pocket"

Further comments:
"Horses don't land with their heels first; they land flat"

I realised that the world of hoof care can be a bit of a wasp's nest - with different opinions and philosophies - but this seems to be a bit extreme.
Am I too narrow-minded?
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This was done on your own horse, with you present? Including the heavy blood loss?
Well, if that doesn’t answer your query, no advice or comments from posters on here are going to help you - or the horse.
 
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