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  • Happy, Healthy, Booted Horse

    Our 11 year old gelding has soft soles, and metal horse shoes were not effectively protecting his soles from the rocky terrain that we trail ride in. Not only was it extremely frustrating that our healthy gelding was in pain, but also that we were unable to ride. The Cavallo hoof boots have been the…

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  • Relationship First by Joe Camp

    I remember that it was an unusually chilly day for late May, because I recall the jacket I was wearing. Not so much the jacket, I suppose, as the collar. The hairs on the back of my neck were standing at full attention, and the collar was scratching at them. There was no one else…

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  • A Role Model for Traditional Farriers

    The latest submission from our guest blogger Joe Camp. I squealed so loud that Kathleen came racing into our study skidding half way across the room on the throw rug we’ve been meaning to toss out because it’s obviously dangerous. “What in the world is the matter??” she screeched. “It was a squeal of joy.”…

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  • Conclusion – The Barefoot Paradigm

    The Conclusion of Yvonne Welz’s The Barefoot Paradigm What about differences of opinion regarding trimming? Isn’t that a controversial area? I say, vive la différence! Isn’t it wonderful that we don’t all think alike? Isn’t it great that there are so many people out there exploring this new frontier? Because while some may theorize that…

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  • The Barefoot Paradigm – Part Two

    Part two of Yvonne Welz’s The Barefoot Paradigm This definition of the Barefoot Paradigm comes directly from material authored by Dr. Hiltrud Strasser, Jaime Jackson, Pete Ramey, KC La Pierre, and flows through all the studies presented by Dr. Robert Bowker. Each of these people have inspired unique schools of thought, and yet there is…

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  • Cavallo’s Friend – Joe Camp

    One of Cavallo’s favourite people is Joe Camp. You may know him as the author of the book and movie Benji; or more recently for The Soul of a Horse and The Soul of a Horse Blogged – The Journey Continues. We are so happy to be able to feature his writing on Cavallo’s blog….

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  • Update: Transforming to Hoof Boots

    I am so grateful to my friend, Mary Sutherland, a horse trainer for 30 years and a certified Parelli instructor for 8+ years, for introducing me to Carole of Cavallo in Blanco, Texas at the “America’s Favorite Trail Horse” event. I was entry #220 and despite my horse, Tippy, starting to display some signs of…

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  • The Barefoot Paradigm

    Below is an excerpt from an article written by Yvonne Welz of The Horse’s Hoof. Yvonne and her husband James started The Horse’s Hoof in September of 2000. James is a former computer systems administrator and printshop/technical equipment guru who gave up his career to become a barefoot hoofcare professional. Yvonne is a former desktop…

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  • CAVALLO – THE TRUSTED AUTHORITY

    At the Functional Hoof Conference in Australia we broke free of tradition to enter the field of current education and it’s many possibilities. Three jam-packed days of exciting conversations, wild Australian weather, power outages and flooding, resulted in an insight that can only be developed through eyes that have opened to a greater point of…

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