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Annie Rose EP - Barefoot Equine Podiatrist

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Annie Rose EP - Barefoot Equine Podiatrist

Fully insured & qualified equine hoof trimmer specialising in barefoot equine management through an integrative 'whole horse' approach.

I've completed my Lantra accredited Level 5 Diploma in Equine Podiatry. I also trim Donkeys, Mules and Hinnies! 🐴🙌🏼

25/10/2025

Quickfire causes 💥 and triggers ⚠️ of Laminitis - always ask your equine veterinarian if you're concerned or want to learn more.

💥 Endocrinopathy - underlying hormonal and metabolic dysregulation such as PPID, EMS and KPU, resulting in compromised nutrient processing. ⚠️ Diet & Illness
💥 Infection - resulting in sepsis/toxemia or systemic inflammatory response syndrome (SIRS) from recent viral, bacterial or fungal infected horses such as those who have suffered influenza, pneumonia, strangles, epizootic lymphangitis, colitis and more. ⚠️ Illness
💥 Trauma - resulting in sepsis/toxemia or systemic inflammatory response syndrome (SIRS) from injuries. ⚠️ Injury
💥 Toxins - such as from plants, mycotoxins in feed, acidosis leading to build up of toxic nutrients. ⚠️ Diet
💥 Mechanical Overload - favouring one limb over others due to compensation or simply preference, or even frequent/excessive amounts of time on hard standing such as concrete ⚠️ Illness, Injury & Environment.

Laminitis can occur in the forefeet and hindfeet though often most prevalent in the fores.

The Signs:

Seek a vet immediately if you have any of the following-

❤️‍🩹'The Lami Stance' - the horse leans back when stood to avoid loading the toe area, also known as standing 'camped out'.
❤️‍🩹Lameness / Resistance to move.
❤️‍🩹Excessive heel first gait.
❤️‍🩹Heat in the affected hooves and raised digital pulses - with or without swelling.
❤️‍🩹Prominent or frequent event lines.
❤️‍🩹A stretching of the white line.
❤️‍🩹Blood/bruising in the white line.
❤️‍🩹Bruising and/or build up of sole under the tip of P3.

23/10/2025

👈🏼 See my previous post for a great podcast relating to this ☺️

22/10/2025

Is your horses Laminitis and other Metabolic-linked Conditions (PPID, EMS, KPU etc) not improving this season?

Take some time with me listening to a great podcast 👇🏼
⌚ just 26 minutes for some fantastic advice.

Sit back with a cup of tea ☕ and digest this podcast alongside your biscuit. 🍪

https://sanoanimal.com/en/2025/10/08/podcast_7_laminitis/

Attended a lecture by Dr Christina Fritz - 'The 'Never Quite Right Horse'. Simply superb. ☺️

#100%forage

16/10/2025

I couldn't be happier to share that after 3 years of super hard work, I've finally completed my Level 5 Diploma in Equine Podiatry! I'm practically running around now exclaiming that I'm an Equine Podiatrist!!!! 🤠🎉💓🤣

Without my client base and the support of my colleagues, friends and family, I wouldn't be where I am today because I've faced more than just a career change over the last 3 years (quick kudos to my boy Buckleigh for dealing with half of that and coming with me to every client trim for the first year or two). I can only thank every single one of you for believing in me and giving me my purpose each day.

I've had an incredible time studying through Equine Podiatry Training Ltd and learning more than I ever fathomed for this line of work. I cannot wait to continue learning, meeting new horses, owners and experiencing my career continue to excel.

Now, let's try and prevent myself from obtaining a horse in celebration.

🐴🎉🤣

12/10/2025

Some fun facts about horse hooves:

💓 They're called the 'second heart' because they're designed to push blood back up the limb with every stride.

🍊/🫒 Horses fores are more round than their hinds. This is said to be because forefeet are designed to weight-bear and hindfeet are designed to have more traction to propel the horse forward in motion.

🐸 They have a structure called a frog and there's multiple theories on why it's called a frog - the fact it looks like one, the colloquial name for a V-shaped railroad connection and some German and French terms to describe it that sound like frog... Frosch and Forchette... 😅

⌚ It takes 3 months for the sole to grow out from corium in a healthy foot.

👩🏼‍🔧 Horses lay down 'repair horn' which is a weaker structure to normal hoof horn but mimics its function, to quickly recover damage to areas of the hoof.

01/10/2025

❗Important scoop of knowledge to remember! 🌾

Adding something to the diet for benefits can impact the overall balance of nutrients that your horse is consuming - and you may not realise it's actually causing a deficiency or a toxicity elsewhere because of the other nutrients present within it that you may not know about or have considered.

Great example - Linseed. ☺️

30/09/2025

😍 Trimming my way across beautiful Devon. 🌿🍃🌳

Based in Devon? Then I trim and boot fit in your area.

Feel free to say hello and ask any questions if you spot me in your local pub after my trims! 👋🏼

On Sunday I stopped in The Clovelly Inn for some chow and a chinwag with the staff & locals who were very welcoming.

Loved the decor. 🐎🦊

Top Tip: Scrubbadubdub 🪥🥰
Help exfoliate and stimulate healthy soles by brushing with a stiff wire brush for 2-5 minutes daily. You'll love the difference it makes, and so will your horses. 🐎☺️

27/09/2025

In Equine Podiatry we use a holistic 'whole horse' approach and this is fundamentally why we see improvements with stubborn pathological cases where only focusing on the trim of the hoof has failed the owner. We make further recommendations and work towards whole system support; we get involved with nutritionists, herbalists, physiotherapists, alternative bodyworkers, discuss activity levels, stress factors, living conditions, environmental management and work alongside your veterinary professional to include essential healthcare considerations.

One of the most vital components of an equine podiatrists role is to never stop asking; what? and why?

A lot of these notions are continuing to be debated and explored scientifically, which has its own realm of difficulties that I'm not going to address here. There are horses out there that cannot wait for answers, so we must play private detective, case by case.

Where do we start? One of the prime places is with educating ourselves to see, feel and observe subtle differences in individuals. Knowing the individual horse; the way they stand, move, present physically and behaviourally each day - you as the owner are key in this because nobody spends more time with your horse than you. So, you need to learn your horse and do your best to share what you're observing and thinking, with your equine professional; we are a team in this.

compliment this holistic approach beautifully by introducing a hoof wear pattern schematic diagram to visualise how the hoof shows that the horse may be experiencing difficulties and how one or more variables can cause a cascade of changes and 'blockers' throughout your horse and hinder their health/performance.

The schematic is a great way of tracking your hoof care and seeing what subtle differences can be made holistically, when working with the recommendations and treatments from a broad team of experts and paying attention to everyday care and management; which I always promote.

Some differences will be seen a lot faster than others. Patience and trusting the process is key. There are a multitude of variables, therefore a lot of observations and changes to make.

22/09/2025

Have you noticed the morning frost paired with the beautiful sun these last few days?

Did you know that frost affected grass, when paired with sunshine, can be the reason behind your laminitic or insulin resistant horse suddenly getting worse, right when you think you've made it through the grass flushes of spring, summer and autumn?

This is because sunshine makes grass produce sugars and starches for growth - remember, the sun doesn't disappear completely for autumn and winter - we all know that sunny frosty morning vibe. ☀️❄️ Cold temperatures (5 degrees or less) means the grass can't use these newly generated sugars and starches to grow, so they are instead stored in the plant, that your horse then consumes. This can lead to a relapse in foot soreness in higher risk horses, such as those with Insulin Resistance or previous episodes of Laminitis.

This is where your horse needs year-round management.

If you can't keep them off the grass entirely due to lack of availability of non-grass areas for full turn-out, just try to keep your horses off the early grass when you have a sunny morning with sub 5 degree weather. 🍂☀️

Wait until the temperatures have risen again and the plants have used up some of the sugar and starches to grow, decreasing the readily available sugar and starch.

Continue with grazing muzzles and restricting grass where possible. Keep up the in-hand walks to keep them moving. Remember your enrichment; a morning off the grass doesn't mean a morning stuck inside, it can be a morning hack/school, grooming, forage toy games and other cognitive games, groundwork.

Cloudy and misty days mean the plants aren't going to produce as much sugar and starch, so these are the safest days to turn them out on grass after frost, in the morning.

Little rhyme to remember:

Frosty days with cloud and mist,
Let me graze please, I insist!
But when the sun follows that moon,
Make sure I snooze-in 'til late noon.

21/09/2025

Simply, Sunday. ❤️

A mix of hooves from today; all works in progress.
🐴🐎🥕

11/09/2025

💡 Any idea what's going on here?! ❤️‍🩹

So many owners are turning to taking online advice to find out what's wrong with their beloved horse rather than having a vet or professional in the field come out and do a physical examination and report on findings for the best course of action to make them better.

Images can only capture so much. It's heartbreaking, truly. 💔 You really shouldn't be trimming or judging a hoof or giving advice from online assessments only.

Here's an example. I took 3 standard images that people take of the hoof before posting for help.

I imagine the caption would read:

"He's been lame the last 2 days on his right hind - I want advice on what I can do to help him because I'm worried - what's your advice?"

What can be seen:

1 - Hovering lateral side of hoof.

2 - Bruise on lateral heel.

3 - Long frog with very open heel bulbs and muck in central sulcus

4 - Sole looks flat

5 - Debris in white line and a little hole in the sole.

What people assume:

1 - He's not loading the lateral side at all. Possible imbalance or tendon/ligament/conformational problem.

2 - Recent impact damage

3 - Deep central sulcus infection

4 - Thin soles

5 - Debris in white line and possible old stone in the sole.

What I found:

1 - He's actually avoiding his medial heel and resting his foot as much as possible.

2 - Lateral heel bruise from either impact or compensation overloading that lateral heel.

3 - Central sulcus wasn't very deep and he actually had an enlarged medial heel bulb with heat and swelling.

4 - Soles are quite thick.

5 - Sole hole is very regular in shape - implies puncture from a regular shaped object e.g. nail.

6 - Raised pulses, heat & swelling (medial heelbulb).

Likely brewing abscess from unknown object puncture? - paired with heat, swelling + moderate reluctance to weight-bear; vet added to recommendations to investigate.

Would online have said the same?

I'm here to help, using my education, in person. ❤️

N.B. it's common for people to miss out info online, not know what level of heat is abnormal, what swelling actually looks like, and don't know how to take pulses correctly. Especially when new to it all.

08/09/2025

I did a Hoof Boot Fitting today and realised I haven't done a post about a proper fitting.

This horse had uneven heel bulbs on the hinds and we found 2 boots were most suitable along with the rest of the fit;

1) The Scoot Boot Enduro - one of the benefits of scoot boot Enduro vs the Classics is that they offer a more adjustable strap which allows you to have more play with heels that are high, low or have slight irregularities.

2) The Flex Boot Standard - the soft and flexible TPU (thermoplastic polyurethane) back strap / gaitor will suit most irregularities with heel bulbs and can even be swapped out for a bigger/smaller/custom size where required for particularly larger or smaller heels.

Protect those feet this autumn 🍁🍂 it's about to get very wet and muddy. Book a trim and/or a fitting. I'm here to help.

Boot Kits:
Scoot Boots
Flex Boots
Explora Magic
Equine Fusion
Cavallo

I can also measure for other models and help with recommendations such as the Swiss Gallopers, Renegades, Easycare etc.

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