In the Trenches

Chronic Laminitis, Navicular Syndrome, L.O.F. Disease (Lack Of Farrier), Impossible Boot Fits, Bring Me The Saw, Non-Compliant Horse Owners: The stuff no one wants to work on with a camera rolling.

11 different horses- Each in serious trouble- Each with their own unique set of nuances. For real-world application, this DVD set has a greater "information density" than Under the Horse !!! That wasn't easy

"It is common for even highly experienced practitioners to feel lost and uncertain when faced with a truly bizarre, unique or hopeless situation- it happens to me, too. So Ivy and I figured the best thing we could do for hoof practitioners is to compile a collection of the cases that have challenged us- you know... the fun stuff! These are the cases that keep us up at night- the cases that always teach us something. In The Trenches is my favorite DVD set so far, and I believe it will be a very valuable tool for any hoof professional. I certainly wish it had been available for me 20 years ago." Pete Ramey

This DVD set is packed with information. Ivy and Pete take you to the first meeting with 11 different "hard cases". Watch as they sort through the problems thrown at them over time. Nothing in this DVD set is easy- none of it is pretty, but almost everyone who watches it will see something they've never seen, and hopefully become better prepared to face big challenges.

     For everyone who has said "I wish I could be a fly on the wall..." Here ya go!

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Read DVD Series Outline

Watch Demonstrations Of:

• Pete bleeding, sweating, rolling in manure, scratching his head and mad enough to chew up horseshoes and spit out nails
• Sweet success
• Miserable failure
• Heat fitting Easyboot Glove hoof boots to distorted hooves
• Heat fitting Easyboot Glove hoof boots for half-sizing and pad use
• Heat fitting Glue-On hoof boots
• Glue-On prep, application and removal
• Trimming distorted hooves
• Building sole on laminitic horses
• Effects of dietary management over time
• Post laminitis- growing in well connected walls
• Pulling shoes
• Opening/treating wall infections
• Equicast hoof cast applications
• Pad techniques for laminitic horses
• Pad techniques for "navicular" horses
• Using a handsaw on foundered toes (3 different cases)
• Trimming laminitic feet on the ground
• Trimming a recumbent horse
• Setting up a "navicular" horse
• Firing a client to save a horse
• Modifications to boot treads
• Distal descent (sinker) reversal!
• Capsule rotation reversal
• Locating true sole and P3 position
• Treatment of frog infections

Additional Discussions/Classroom On:

• Trimming and protecting horses with P3 remodeling
• Reading P3 position in severely distorted hooves- comparisons with radiographs
• Horses that just can't be barefoot
• Sole pressure vs. sole 'pressure and release'!
• Supporting P3 through the sole- If? When? Why? How?
• Laminitis rehab
• Navicular rehab and prevention
• Telling a horse owner it's too late
• Watch Pete literally go to war over the diet of laminitic horses
• Numerous educational, humorous, frustrating, heart breaking, sometimes borderline violent discussions with horse owners

Practitioners will loan Disc 5 to every non-compliant laminitic horse owner they encounter! It may well be the best tool ever created to make horse owners "get it" with the importance of dietary changes.