These case studies are primarily horses that I trim, but many are also trimmed by their owners and by other farrier's and barefoot trimmers. Some horses have passed on, but they leave stories behind to tell us who they were, they leave their foot prints here, very literally.

What I'm attempting to document is the beauty of the natural hoof. Many of the pictures show feet in transition, feet becoming sound.

My approach to barefoot trims is that it's my job to help the horse by restoring balance to the hoof capsule, and that it's the horses job to turn that shell into something he can run on, barefoot, for miles.

I don't try to carve feet into works of MY art, as if they were dead ivory, as if it was a cadaver hoof... I balance the package so that the horse can become the artist... I take the place of rocks, sand, time and miles... I wear the exterior of the hoof the way a horse would if he was free to go wherever he wanted. I read the hoof and do what it tells me needs to be done, and no more.

Please feel free to contact me about specific details or with questions. Linda healthyhoof@comcast.net