Jenny Edwards - Barefoot Trim Farrier
Kingston Ontario

Farrier Kingston Ontario: Are you looking for a reliable barefoot farrier who is not only dedicated to keeping your horses' hooves in peak condition but also turns up on time and is easy to get hold of? Then you've come to the right place!

As well as regular trimming for healthy hooves, I also specializing in helping horses (such as the ones pictured below) with laminitis, navicular, white line disease, underrun hooves, flares or cracks where shoeing or other trims often fail.

Farrier Kingston Ontario - Services Available

• Barefoot Trimmng
• Photo Consultations
• Trimming Clinics
• Contact

Farrier Kingston Ontario

The follow text gives more information about the hooves pictured above.

Laminitis: this horse had been trimmed on a regular basis with a pasture trim for years and the hoof was literally falling apart. Notice how the hoof walls flare out? This puts additional stress on an already weakened laminar connection and is extremely painful for the horse. For more information on laminitis click here.

White Line Disease: this horse started off with a stone bruise which led to laminitis. Unfortunately the laminitis went undiagnosed (the farrier and owner suspected it but the vet said not!) and the coffin bone rotated resulting in a stretched white line. The horse was then shod with heart bar shoes and pads but infection set in the white line, leading to white line disease.

Long Term Crack: the owner of this horse was always told that her horse had a club foot which is what led to this crack developing. The heels were left too long which put additional stress on the toe and shoes were used to try and hold it all together. However the horse does not have a club foot he has a deep, long-term thrush infection in his frog. In response to this the horse grows more heel to protect the weakened frog. By treating the thrush and applying a correct trim the crack will go away.

Underrun Heels: this horse also started off with laminitis. The previous farrier applied the traditional band-aid of heartbar shoes which are only a temporary fix. He also allowed the heels to fold under and by not addressing the long toes the hoof grew forward (see how far under the hoof the heel is?) causing underrun heels. This is a very common problem and is very uncomfortable for the horse and is often what leads to navicular.

Navicular: this horse started off with underrun heels and never developed the correct structures in the back of his hoof. This is common when horses are shod before the age of 5, which is before their hooves have fully developed, or if they don't have enough movement when they are young. For more information on navicular click here

Farrier Kingston Ontario - Case Studies: click here to see a few case studies of current clients.

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Farrier Kingston Ontario - Trimming Service

Based out of Elgin, and with over 10 years experience of natural trimming including rehabing foundered and navicular hooves, I provide the following service:

• Initial assessment of horse/pony/donkey which not only covers hoof issues but also takes a holistic approach to ways of improving the overall wellbeing of the animal.

• Photographs of the hooves and horse before the initial trim

• Physiologically correct trim which individually addresses your horse's specific hoof issues

• Photographs of the hooves after the trim

• Print out of hoof photos which records the progress of the trim

Trimming Schedule

For most cases I recommend that horses in my care are trimmed on a 5-6 week schedule in the summer (up to 8 weeks in the winter). This ensures that the hooves are always kept at the optimum length which helps prevent against disease and, for recovering hooves enables the hoof to heal as quickly as possible. However for severely pathological hooves more frequent trimming may initially be needed.

Cost

Most trims take between 30-45 minutes per horse which includes ongoing consultation and photos. The initial set-up trim is $84 for a draft, $72 for a draft cross, $60 for a horse, $48 for a pony and $38 for a mini and then subsequent maintenance trims are $72/$60/$48/$37/$26* (*when maintained on the 5-6 week schedule).

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Photo Consultations

Not sure how healthy your horse's hooves are? Or not in the Kingston Ontario area? Then why not get a second opinion of your horse's current hoof condition via our photo consultation service. Click here for more information.

Trimming Clinics - Want to Learn to Trim?

I also run clinics to teach people how to recognise and maintain healthy hooves and how to do maintenance trims themselves. See our Trimming Clinic page for more details.

Contact

For more information or to book a trim please call me on 613-359-5773 or click here to use the form on the Contact me page of this website.

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