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Wonderful Winter Riding When we feel like Winter is coming, we winterize our houses, winterize our vehicles and we buy boots and jackets to Winterize ourselves. What about Winterizing our horses? Winter is the perfect time to pull off metal shoes and keep your horse moving through the colder season. Allow your horse’s hooves to…
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How Can One Pair of Boots can Have SO Many Uses? In addition to absorbing shock, providing 100% hoof protection for the barefoot horse, as a spare tire for a lost shoe, protection during breeding or veterinary visits, comfort and injury prevention, here are eight uses for Cavallo Boots that might surprise you: 1. Hoof…
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Cavallo Horse & Rider: Cost-saving Hoof Care Plan for Young Riders It’s refreshing to get questions coming in from young horse owners who are just starting out. And I love how these brave, young people are looking critically at traditional hoof care, and making their own decisions about what feels right for both them and…
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Brian, the Brumby Doctor Dr. Brian Hampson (Ph.D. in Veterinary Science on the Brumby Hoof) is an internationally renowned hoof care expert. He speaks regularly at hoof care forums such as The International Hoof Care Summit (USA), Luwex Farriers Convention (Germany) and The Australian Farriers Conference (Gold Coast). Brian is also a horseman and runs…
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Join the Cavallo Money Savers’ Club! Horse Owners Seek More Affordable Hoof Care We’ve been hearing ONE burning question at Cavallo every day since the news hit about the global pandemic. Equine media professional, Heidi Melocco (The Whole Picture), recently interviewed me about the concept of being barefoot and booted as a money saver during these…
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Your Cavallo Community provides Laminitis strategies and more! Fun Times with Laminitis – An Oxymoron? It’s funny – I find Laminitis is a topic NO ONE wants to talk about – yet everyone wants to hear about! I suppose if you’re talking about it, it might mean you’re having to deal with it. But LISTENING…
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What’s your Cavallo Community up to? Cavallo Hoof Boots in a University study, Monty Roberts on the future of horse racing, free equestrian magazines, the American Mini Horse Association, Emma Massingale’s latest video and so much MORE! Cavallo in the Movies – Crossing Costa Rica with Two Untrained Rescue Horses “The filming of our soon-to-be-released…
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Your feedback is thoughtful, fun and makes being in the world of hoof boots feel SO worthwhile! Here’s what YOU’RE saying: Modern Mules Rule! “You Guys!!! OMG, I just had to let you know that the boots I got from you – my very first experience with hoof boots – were SO perfect this weekend,…
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Want to give your horse a treat while trailering? Travel Well, Travel Safe, Travel Protected. Did you know that more than 50% of the injuries horses sustain in transportation are to the lower limbs? Ranging in severity, from treatable surface wounds to irreparable impairment, the main causes are scrambling, loss of balance, and conflict with…
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