What You Can Expect When you Hire an AANHCP Natural Hoof Care Practitioner? PDF Print E-mail
Written by Jill Willis   
Tuesday, 15 April 2008 11:57

Radiograph of wild horse hoof (a,b) showing P3 position relative to digital axis (x) [AANHCP Archives]

 

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ur Model for Hoof Care Excellence

Our certified practitioners use the foot of the wild horse as our model for trimming as a result of the landmark studies by AANHCP Founder, Jaime Jackson, on more than 1000 wild horse hooves. That research found universal traits that we encourage and 'mimic' through our trimming methods -- no deviation in hoof wall angle, natural concavity, uniformity of thickness of hoof wall and what he called a 'mustang roll' around the bottom of the hoof wall resulting in a trim that is non-invasive, encourages strong, healthy hooves, and removes only what nature would remove in the wild.

 

 

>What does this mean for your horse? Just as the wild horses forge hooves that carry them carefully, surefootedly and soundly up to 20 miles a day on tough, rocky terrain, your horse can grow its own strong, healthy and natural hoof.

 

Our practitioners are educated and trained through information provided in a series of books, research documents, classroom hours, and trimming on cadaver hooves. Upon completion of all cadaver trimming practicum, they move on to a string of mentorships where they trim live horses under the supervision of our certified field instructors. Our Certified Practitioners can help to educate owners about the impact of physical and psychological stress, diet and various horsekeeping practices on the health of their horse. Many unnatural stresses can be mitigated bynatural horsekeeping practices such as that described in Paddock Paradise,­ the book explaining a revolutionary concept that encourages mental stimulation and movement, and ialso based on Jaime Jackson's wild horse intensive observations and study.



When you hire one of our Natural Hoof Care Practitioners, you are hiring a professional who has completed both the training program and has demonstrated evidence of competency through critical examination by a team of field instructors and clinicians.

 

As a group of over 200 professional Natural Hoof Care Practitioners, you have an assurance of a reliable and uniform standard. Our Certified Practitioners are all accountable to trim to the safe and non-invasive guidelines based on the universal traits of the natural wear of Wild Horse hooves. Our Certified Natural Hoof Care practitioners sign a binding oath to respect the healing powers of nature and to do no harm through following and staying within these Official Trim Guidelines of the AANHCP.

 

If you have praise or concern about one of our trimmers, please contact us.

 
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