Jacks Ponderables

 

 

• Develop a horse owner advocacy plan.

You are your horse’s primary advocate.

 

 

• Get educated. You must take responsibility for your horses hoof health.

 

 

• Recognize your horse’s uniqueness.

 

 

• Address the cause not the symptoms. Utilize S.O.U.N.D.

 

 

• Good care requires a circle of caregivers.

 

 

• Balance is a harmony of parts.

 

 

• If your horse’s hooves don’t look right they probably aren’t.

 

• Your Farrier should be actively involved in continuing education.

 

• Your farrier should be a member of and certified by The American Farriers Association

 

• A few assumptions…

 

Your horse is reasonably healthy for it’s age.

 

Your horse is neither obese nor malnourished.

 

Your horse is serviceably sound for its intended use.