Managing the Chunky Pony

Managing horses and ponies that struggle with their weight (especially through spring) can be really challenging and difficult for so many reasons. I’ve put together this resource as an easy starting point for people to be aware and educated about their options. This resource looks at the basics for diet, environment and exercise to manage these horses.

The course is FREE and will remain that way as it is so important to me that we are able to share this information openly to help horses. I would appreciate if you shared this resource in the hope that it can help just one horse or pony to avoid the horrendous pain of laminitis.

Hoof Care Basics: Essential Guide to Understanding & Caring For Your Equine Hooves

Learn to identify the ‘ideal’ hoof & understand various aspects of hoof care in simple terms. Enhance your knowledge to enable in-depth discussions with professionals about your horse’s hoof care. For owners who deeply care for their horse’s health.

What Does This Course Teach You?

This course is for owners that wish to be informed advocates of their horse’s health. It will teach you how to identify an ‘ideal’ hoof. It breaks down all the different aspects of hoof care for owners in easy to understand language. It introduces a lot of ideas and concepts so that you have more understanding, monitor your horse’s hoof health and can have in depth conversations with your professionals about their care.

Using Google when you are looking for hoof care information can be difficult and confusing. This is because hoof care information can be complicated and there is much ideology and contention. In this course Kathryn Christieson expertly guides you through providing insights that are well accepted and easy to understand.

This course is not a trimming course. It is for owners that utilise hoof care practitioners but wish to know and do what they can to manage and monitor their horse’s hoof health.

This Course is Unique

Besides expertly guiding you through the the equine hoof, the course is highly practical. Showing you how to do practical important things such as taking correct photographs of feet and techniques to assess and monitor balance and health. The course also includes the training and handling requirements for safe hoof handling.

Topics Covered

The basics of picking and cleaning out feet, including how to train young horses and why a horse may struggle.
How to take repeatable photos of feet and what can be assessed with each view.
The basics of identifying internal anatomy, external landmarks, looking at X-rays and setting up your horse for podiatry X-rays.
How to assess the balance of a foot including assessing the hoof pastern axis and identifying the centre of rotation from both the solar view and the lateral view.
How to take and analyse slow motion video of a horse walking for hoof assessment purposes. Also includes static assessment of the conformation of the front limbs and discussion about posture.
Common hoof pathologies and distortions.
Hoof protection and options.

Pricing options

This course is available for a single discounted payment of $250 or 6 x monthly payments of $50

The Hidden Behavioural Problem that Starts in the Feet

Expert Presentation from Equitana Melbourne 2024

Discover how foot health impacts behavior and overall well-being. Learn to identify and address these hidden issues for a happier, healthier life.