Hoof care

Daily hoof care is important for your horse’s overall health. Regular visits to the farrier  are just as much part of your horse’s routine as keeping it in an equine appropriate environment, feeding and giving it daily hoof maintenance.
Clean your horse’s hooves daily and pick out any small stones or other debris. This is best done with a brush. Hoof picks are used a lot too, but care should be taken not to scratch off the healthy horn. To stay pliable, the hoof horn must contain just the right amount of moisture. If the hoof horn is too wet, it tends to get soft, wear down faster and risks contracting thrush.

Outbreak of thrush can be prevented by regularly applying rot inhibiting products like leovet FrogAde. There are also hoof care products which contain anti-bacterial ingredients, such as leovet’s Winter Oil Gel.
If the hoof horn contains too little moisture, it will get brittle. This can make shodding difficult and may reduce the support surface. If your horse’s hooves are very dry, you should first wet them with water. After letting them dry a bit, apply a hoof care product which will then prevent loss of moisture. Good choices are products by leovet, such as Hoof oil Brush-on-Pack or Summer Oil Gel.

If your horse‘s hooves need special care or tend to be brittle, you may want to try products which penetrate the structure of the hoof horn. Revivet by leovet, for example, contains only natural fatty acids which match those in the natural hoof horn. A special phytokeratin is able to bond with the hoof’s keratin.

Slow horn growth, too, can be overcome by good care products. Leovet Hoof Balm, for example, contains ethereal oils which stimulate blood circulation.