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This is my horse Bubba. He just had his teeth floated and is sleeping. We stood a long time before he woke up. He is my dream horse.

He is a little down in the mouth and a bit long in the tooth.

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Spirit the Alpaca getting her hooves trimmed

Spirit was ok having her feet trimmed after being convinced. She lives at Hearts and Hooves

Spirit the Alpaca

This is Spirit. She lives at Hearts and Hooves where I came to trim her hooves. She was not too happy at first but realized it was ok, and let me trim after a bit of a fuss.

This is Spirit the Alpaca

Spirit is and Alpaca at the Hoof and Heart Rescue. I trimmed her hooves. She was not too happy at first, but relized after awhile I was not going to hurt her

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Congratulations to the champion riders at the District 5 Gymkhana, Saturday, June 5, 2010

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 ALPACA TRIM! I trimmed my first alpaca this week. Spirit was not too happy at first, but once she realized I was not going to hurt her, she did much better with allowing the process. Look for photographs soon (as soon as I find my cord to download the camera to the computer). *****************************************************************

May 1, and May 2, 2010 I spent the two days at the Livermore Stampede. I was in the parking lot shoeing, trimming and tacking shoes back on horse's feet. I saw a lot of friends and made new ones. It was very pleasant weather so it was not too hot horse shoeing. Seemed like everyone was having a good time. The trend was that the horses that where shod on Thursday threw shoes. I put them back on at the owner's delight. That meant they could continue riding and not have to go home. I learned a lot and am looking forward to my next event. Thank you to all my clients and customers.

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I had a great time at the Whole Horse Wellness Clinic. My demonstration consisted of me lecturing about bare foot trimming. I did not prepare a set speech, but did the demo on the fly. It turned out pretty well. I had to finish the trim out back after the demo. I had a small crowd watch the demo and the trim. The mare was wonderful. She did not have any feet issues. The owner was grateful. On Sunday I trimmed another horse that really did not have any unusual hoof issues, but I did get some very happy audience as they were in hopes of doing their own trims... I wished them all wellness.

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Good job horse and riders!

My demo using a horse shoe

I had a little vender space inside the building, but out side the arena. I got to see all the activities up close that were happening in the main arena. I gave the first part of my barefoot demonstration with a horseshoe as my visual aid until a horse was brought to me to trim.

 I did trim on a two-year mare. She was a bit nervous, but we did it.

All Was fun at the Whole Horse Wellness Clinic

I extracted a pretty nice looking rock, took off the flare and she was good to go!