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By Carole Herder We all know about Natural Horsemanship as its popularity just keeps increasing since its inception around the early 1980s. Here at Cavallo, we are big supporters of training techniques that work on kindly rapport with the horse and rejects abusive training methods. One of our favorite pioneers in this area, who not…
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In 2008, my AQHA gelding Flash was lame, even with the best horse shoeing. After HA injections & ‘corrective shoeing’ he was still lame. So, I hired Nora Miller to pull his shoes and give him his first barefoot trim. He now wears Sport Hoof Boots on trails and he’s sound! Celia and Flash
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Thrilled with the turnout at my presentation at the 14th annual Northwest Horse Fair & Expo at Linn County Expo Center in Albany Oregon in March, I (Carole Herder, Cavallo President) presented my latest information in an interactive way by providing special prizes to those who answered test questions and asking for examples of personal…
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This is a picture of Sandy and me downtown in the Charlotte North Carolina Carousel Christmas parade 11/2012. We represented “KidsRein” a therapeutic riding program. Sandy is a back-up horse when needed. Thank goodness for our hoof boots ! -Starr C., NC, USA
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Don’t miss Carole Herder, president of Cavallo, speaking at Equitana at the Melborne Showgrounds in Australia, November 15th and 16th – Benefits of going barefoot and November 17th – How To Effectively Manage Your Barefoot Horse. Please visit Equitana’s website by clicking here for the full schedule. Carole Herder is a dedicated barehoof advocate. Ms….
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Every time the farrier would come out to put new shoes on, I would just cringe at the sight of those nails being driven through Duke’s thin hoof walls. Now I can rest assured that day and night my off the track thoroughbred has the protection and comfort his hooves need. He wears his simple…
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Meet Rocky, a 17 year old gelding, that I was borrowing while my mare was recuperating from an injury. We love playing ‘keyhole’. You can see Rocky wearing his Cavallo Sport boots on the front. Most of the time he wears boots on the hind feet as well. Rocky started wearing the Cavallo Sport boots…
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Riding both western (barrel and trail pad) and baroque (raised wither pad), I have one pad for each discipline and I am totally convinced by them, especially for the PRE horse which is flat backed with thin and high withers. I use them both directly on the horse’s back with the merino wool horse-side. Breathable,…
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