I received an email request from this tribe for a farrier/hoof care professional.

I have a 1500 lb. 16.2hh Paint gelding with light hooves. He had an colt accident with barbed wire that resulted in a hoof scar/weekness from behind the fetlock, thru the corona band, thru the hoof wall to the ground.

I had very little knowledge of hoof care, but felt I wanted him barefoot, and most especially, able to be barefoot safely with great feet. He lives at liberty on a 60 acre preserve with 13 other horses. Hard clay, rock, hills, etc. No standing water, spring pumped troughs.

I discovered Jaime Jackson and his method of natural hoofcare. No drastic hoofwall reduction, no Keratex, no drastic sole shaping.

The website is aanchp.org.

There is a certified AANHCP person in the San Jose/Gilroy area. He is incredible. He is listed on the site. My horse is in Marin county and he also has clients as far north as Novato.

Bradleigh's feet are incredible and the thrush/cracking has gone away. Hoof scar/break is healing from the inside to the outside. Thicker hoofwall each time.