Hoof Hoof Hooray

03/28/2024

Laminitis is preventable in many many cases.
Have a great spring everyone!!!
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02/08/2024

Good News!!!! I am currently accepting new clients!! 541-941-6489
Hoofhoohooray.com

01/12/2024

Humble Hoof podcasts are amazing and very informative. Everyone should listen!

In 2014, my horse Vinnie was diagnosed with "navicular disease." If you have followed this page for any amount of time, you know this sent me on a wild goose chase of finding out how to help him, it sparked my passion for navicular, and allowed me to see that in many cases, soundness is possible and this "disease" doesn't have to be "degenerative." It's become my favorite thing to work on, favorite topic to discuss, and the reason I opened a hoof rehab facility.

Celebrating 10 years of owning Vinnie (this month!), I decided to upload a "throwback episode" of my story with him. Nine years ago I would have thought he would have to be put down.. we couldn't even get him pasture sound. There were days it hurt me to even watch him walk, and I knew that was no life for him. Today, he is happily living out his days on my track, with no maintenance and buddies to trot and canter and play around with.

You can hear the entire episode on any podcast app under "The Humble Hoof," or directly at this link: https://thehumblehoof.com/2024/01/12/throwback-ddft-tears-and-navicular-bone-damage/

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01/07/2024

Hi Eugene folks. I’m in town this week and have some openings available. I am an experienced barefoot trimmer and I love educating folks about their horses hooves and whole body. Give me a call or text at 541-941-6489 and check out my website

Alana Greene is a certified Equi-First Aid instructor teaching veterinarian-designed and monitored courses in equine health and emergency first aid to allow horse owners to be first-responders for their animals. Alana Greene is a certified equine barefoot hoof care specialist and is available for ho

12/30/2023

With the holidays winding down and the New Year approaching I am opening my books for new clients. I have 10+ years of experience, I work with local vets and farriers. I help owners see and understand more about their horses hoof anatomy and function, I have taught many folks to have confidence to help maintain hooves between trims. I have a successful protocol for transitioning out of shoes. My website is Hoofhoofhooray.com
Or you can give me a call or text at 541-941-6489.

Alana Greene is a certified Equi-First Aid instructor teaching veterinarian-designed and monitored courses in equine health and emergency first aid to allow horse owners to be first-responders for their animals. Alana Greene is a certified equine barefoot hoof care specialist and is available for ho

09/22/2023

I am life long horse woman and I have learned over all these years that I have a passion for helping horses and horse owners to provide the best care for their horses. I have been providing barefoot hoofcare services for 11 years. I have transitioned horses out of shoes, I have put horses back in shoes when needed, I have taught many folks to trim and maintain their own horses. I educate owners about hoof function and anatomy. I am accepting new clients right now. I also teach equine first aid clinics. I am certified through Equi First Aid USA. I have plenty of fall dates open for anyone who is interested in hosting or attending a clinic. For more information about my services and clinics you can find that on my new website HoofHoofHooray.com.

For the love and life of the Horse ❤️

Alana Greene is a certified Equi-First Aid instructor teaching veterinarian-designed and monitored courses in equine health and emergency first aid to allow horse owners to be first-responders for their animals. Alana Greene is a certified equine barefoot hoof care specialist and is available for ho

05/09/2023

🔵 It's official. Signed at 10:33. It's even passed on TV. Facebook will start charging this summer. If you copy this to your wall, your icon will turn blue and your Facebook will be free for you. Please pass this message; if not, your icon will be deleted.

P.S.:
Mine really turned blue. Don’t forget tomorrow starts the new Facebook (aka...new name, META) rule where they can use your photos. Don't forget the deadline is today!!! I do not give Facebook or any entities associated with Facebook permission to use my pictures, information, messages or posts, both past and future. With this statement, I give notice to Facebook it is strictly forbidden to disclose, copy, distribute, or take any other action against me based on this profile and/or its contents. The violation of privacy can be punished by law. NOTE: Facebook is now a public entity. All members must post a note like this.

If you prefer, you can copy and paste this version. If you do not publish a statement at least once it will be tacitly allowing the use of your photos, as well as the information contained in the profile and status updates.

DO NOT SHARE. Copy and paste.

Here is how you do that:
Hold your finger down anywhere in this post and "copy" will pop up. Click "copy.” Then go to your page, start a new post and put your finger anywhere in the blank field. "Paste" will pop up and click paste.
This will bypass the system.

10/07/2022

I have a few spots left. If you would like to register. Let me know. Horses and Harley’s Stables. 28225 Bodenhamer rd. Eugene.

07/26/2022

5 Reasons why long grass is better than short grass for horses.

1. Generally the further up the stalk the horse eats, each cell of the plant has a higher fibre/sugar ratio.
2. Eating longer grass means the horse has to chew more, slowing the intake while increasing the essential flow of saliva. The saliva helps to buffer the stomach acid.
3. A healthy horse eats until they have a specific volume of fibre in their stomach before stopping. So eating short grass with a high-sugar and low fibre ratio means a horse consumes a lot of high-sugar grass before enough fibre is ingested to trigger that 'full enough' feeling and finish their grazing bout.
We should focus on increasing our pastures' fibre content, which will reduce the NSC intake.
4. Short grass is usually stressed grass, constantly trying to recover/grow. Therefore it will store/hang on to a lot of Non-Structural Carbohydrates (NSCs) (sugars/starches) in preparation for when growing conditions improve.
5. Long grass creates a longer root system, improving both the health of the grass, the soil biome and it follows the health of the horse.
Read the full article here. https://www.equiculture.net/blog/horses-short-grass-or-long-grass along with many other great articles.

07/24/2022

Spiders: Unsuccessfully trapping trailriders since, like, forever.

We’ve all probably ridden through a spider web on the trail at some point. Are there ways to avoid a web on a trail? Not really, but we can offer a few tips that may lessen the shock.

🕸 Wear a hat or a helmet with a brim in the hopes of it catching it prior to hitting your face.

🕸 Invite a tall person or a friend with a taller horse to join you and ride behind them. After repeated web encounters, encouragement and compliments may be needed to keep this person in front. (Also, act surprised after each web encounter. You might want to say, “wow, that never happens,” or “I bet it was just the one.”)

🕸 Sleep in and let the early risers clear the trail for you. Amateurs.

🕸 Make the most of the little dance people do when they walk through a spider web and try to get it off. Let’s not scare anyone. Pull back. Pull back!!!!

P.S. The average spider can spin/repair a web in about 30 to 60 minutes. Something to keep in mind if the trail is not a loop.

Image: Morning dew collects on a spider web at Palo Alto Battlefield National Historical Park, TX.

This post was originally written for himers from the national parks service. I have tweaked it to apply to trail riders 🐎😂

07/22/2022

Funny Friday!