SUBJECTS COVERED
- Anatomy
- Wound
care
- Diseases of the hoof and how to treat them
- Physical therapy for injured animals
- Diet management
-
Trimming strategies for different hoof types
- The use of boots and boot sizing
- Starting a hoof care business,
- Maintaining
animals in a safe and inventive ways
- Physical fitness and safety for the trimmer
WHAT NOVICE TRIMMERS CAN DO
AT THE END OF THE SEVEN-DAY SESSION
- Understand
how hooves function internally.
- Know how the hooves of horses, mules, and donkeys differ.
- Use simple
measuring tools to create a plan to trim hooves to work at maximum efficiency.
- Use standard farrier tools (knives,
rasps, nippers) to "trim from the inside" correctly and efficiently.
- Use an abrasive grinder to work on
vary large or very diseased hooves.
- Learn how to trim laminitic, foundered, damaged, and/or diseased feet.
INCLUDED IN THE TUITION
TOOLS
- A full-color trimming manual
- Measuring tools
- Two AB Dick hoof knives (left and
right)
- A rasp with handle and sheath
- Gloves
- Custom arm guards
- An abrasive grinder and flap
disk
- A large tool satchel
