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˜˜: ๐˜ž๐˜ฉ๐˜ข๐˜ต ๐˜ข๐˜ณ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ณ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ด๐˜ช๐˜ฎ๐˜ฑ๐˜ญ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜จ๐˜ด ๐˜บ๐˜ฐ๐˜ถ ๐˜ธ๐˜ช๐˜ด๐˜ฉ ๐˜ค๐˜ญ๐˜ช๐˜ฆ๐˜ฏ๐˜ต๐˜ด ๐˜ธ๐˜ฐ๐˜ถ๐˜ญ๐˜ฅ ๐˜ฅ๐˜ฐ ๐˜ณ๐˜ฆ๐˜จ๐˜ถ๐˜ญ๐˜ข๐˜ณ๐˜ญ๐˜บ ๐˜ต๐˜ฐ ๐˜ฌ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฑ ๐˜ง๐˜ฆ๐˜ฆ๐˜ต ๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ๐˜ข๐˜ญ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜บ?

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˜˜. ๐˜‹๐˜ฐ ๐˜บ๐˜ฐ๐˜ถ ๐˜ง๐˜ฆ๐˜ฆ๐˜ญ ๐˜ฃ๐˜ช๐˜ฐ๐˜ต๐˜ช๐˜ฏ ๐˜ช๐˜ด ๐˜ฆ๐˜ด๐˜ด๐˜ฆ๐˜ฏ๐˜ต๐˜ช๐˜ข๐˜ญ ๐˜ต๐˜ฐ ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ๐˜ข๐˜ญ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ ๐˜ฐ๐˜ง ๐˜ข ๐˜ฉ๐˜ฐ๐˜ณ๐˜ด๐˜ฆโ€™๐˜ด ๐˜ฉ๐˜ฐ๐˜ฐ๐˜ง?

A: Yes, Biotin and Methionine are essential to equine diets pertaining to the horseโ€™s feet in my opinion.

๐˜˜. ๐˜ž๐˜ฉ๐˜ข๐˜ต ๐˜ช๐˜ด ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ฎ๐˜ฐ๐˜ด๐˜ต ๐˜ค๐˜ฐ๐˜ฎ๐˜ฎ๐˜ฐ๐˜ฏ ๐˜ฎ๐˜ช๐˜ด๐˜ค๐˜ฐ๐˜ฏ๐˜ค๐˜ฆ๐˜ฑ๐˜ต๐˜ช๐˜ฐ๐˜ฏ ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ข๐˜ท๐˜ฆ๐˜ณ๐˜ข๐˜จ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ฉ๐˜ฐ๐˜ณ๐˜ด๐˜ฆ ๐˜ฐ๐˜ธ๐˜ฏ๐˜ฆ๐˜ณ ๐˜ฉ๐˜ข๐˜ด ๐˜ข๐˜ฃ๐˜ฐ๐˜ถ๐˜ต ๐˜ฉ๐˜ฐ๐˜ฐ๐˜ง ๐˜ค๐˜ข๐˜ณ๐˜ฆ?

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.

Order Hoof+here:

Hoof+

Find our CocoaTea Hoof Therapy dressing here:

CocoTea Hoof Oil