I wish there were more barefoot hoof care practitioners, but sadly they are hard to come by. I find that most farriers don’t like owners telling them how they want and need their horse trimmed. But those of us who have educated ourselves to recognize the differnence between a good barefoot trim and when a trim is done for preparing to slap a shoe on. So, because it’s hard to find an experienced barefoot trimmer, I first ask my trimmer before he starts, to not make the foot too short and don’t remove anything on the sole that doesn’t want to flake off easily and leave the frog and bars alone. I ..read more