When developing EE’s latest targeted supplement Hoof+ we asked for the opinions of some of the country’s most respected farriers to make sure we brought our equine partners the best product possible backed by the opinions of those who have made a living working in equine podiatry. Mike Foreman of Texas has been a farrier for over 47 years and still spends his evenings learning all he can about horses and their feet. He is well known and respected amongst leading equine opinions in Texas and beyond for his work with critical care hospitalized cases and performance horses alike. We took some time to visit with Mike about general hoof care and his opinions on equine nutrition specifically focusing on feet. Here is what he had to say.
๐: ๐๐ฉ๐ข๐ต ๐ข๐ณ๐ฆ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ณ๐ฆ๐ฆ ๐ด๐ช๐ฎ๐ฑ๐ญ๐ฆ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ช๐ฏ๐จ๐ด ๐บ๐ฐ๐ถ ๐ธ๐ช๐ด๐ฉ ๐ค๐ญ๐ช๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ต๐ด ๐ธ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ญ๐ฅ ๐ฅ๐ฐ ๐ณ๐ฆ๐จ๐ถ๐ญ๐ข๐ณ๐ญ๐บ ๐ต๐ฐ ๐ฌ๐ฆ๐ฆ๐ฑ ๐ง๐ฆ๐ฆ๐ต ๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ข๐ญ๐ต๐ฉ๐บ?
1. Clean feet out often
2. Use a quality hoof dressing regularly (Like EE”s CocoaTea Hoof Therapy)
3. Have feet trimmed every 4 to 6 weeks or shod every 5 weeks
๐. ๐๐ฐ ๐บ๐ฐ๐ถ ๐ง๐ฆ๐ฆ๐ญ ๐ฃ๐ช๐ฐ๐ต๐ช๐ฏ ๐ช๐ด ๐ฆ๐ด๐ด๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ต๐ช๐ข๐ญ ๐ต๐ฐ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ข๐ญ๐ต๐ฉ ๐ฐ๐ง ๐ข ๐ฉ๐ฐ๐ณ๐ด๐ฆโ๐ด ๐ฉ๐ฐ๐ฐ๐ง?
A: Yes, Biotin and Methionine are essential to equine diets pertaining to the horseโs feet in my opinion.
๐. ๐๐ฉ๐ข๐ต ๐ช๐ด ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ฎ๐ฐ๐ด๐ต ๐ค๐ฐ๐ฎ๐ฎ๐ฐ๐ฏ ๐ฎ๐ช๐ด๐ค๐ฐ๐ฏ๐ค๐ฆ๐ฑ๐ต๐ช๐ฐ๐ฏ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ข๐ท๐ฆ๐ณ๐ข๐จ๐ฆ ๐ฉ๐ฐ๐ณ๐ด๐ฆ ๐ฐ๐ธ๐ฏ๐ฆ๐ณ ๐ฉ๐ข๐ด ๐ข๐ฃ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ต ๐ฉ๐ฐ๐ฐ๐ง ๐ค๐ข๐ณ๐ฆ?
A: That hoof care is not as important as it is and waits until the feet are breaking up or when they look bad to tend to them. They do not realize the feet are like the foundation of your house or the tires on your vehicle. Without a good foundation, everything else suffers.
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