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By Carole Herder When I think about physical protection for my horses I consider how they need a safe, adequately spacious, clean and dry shelter for protection. We can easily get caught up in the glamour of building these big, plush, beautiful stables with all the bells and whistles. They can be even more posh…
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By Carole Herder Our horse owner survey results indicate that most people think metal shoes protect the hoof or answer that they shoe their horses because it has always been the way or upon more consideration, admit that they don’t really know. These are answers without real knowledge. The very rudimentary basics of hoof function…
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By Carole Herder Here at Cavallo we prefer doing things the ‘au naturel’ way with our equine friends, keeping them barefoot and using hoof boots being the most obvious. There are many ways to avoid pumping synthetic drugs and processed foods into our horses. We have already mentioned Joe Camp’s mineral compound wormers in a…
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