"Under the Horse" Sneak Preview

Choked at the expsense of the video (or should I say colicked???). But the series are worth every penny. The tools of the trade video is even better.

Better spent money for prevention and treatment on these videos then vet bills and euthanasia expenses. Hate the music Pete. Like the music better on the tools of the trade video.

Thanks. When will the book be ready??? Thanks for everything you and Ivy have done for horse owners.

Does anyone know how or where to get the dvds in germany?
thank you :)
I really like Pete Ramey's methods... They are somehow logical :)

I remember a line from your book about wanting to trim a racehorse. I have practiced barefoot trimming, after buying your book, on my TB mare. She improved a ton, less interference while running at home, and crack-free! She is in foal now to the nice race stallion "Redattore", and the foal will be raised at home with me and will race barefoot. I wish I could show you pics of her feet, but I doubt you have the time, Thanks for helping me help my mare!

I went to a Pete Ramey clinic in Michigan a few years ago. I spent almost 1,000 dollars to be there. I was somewhat disappointed by the inability to ask questions (only a few seemed to get their questions answered) Much of the information presented I had learned in his book which is excellent for novice trimmers like myself. I couldn't get close enough to see anything. Are the DVDs just videos of the clinics ?

Strausser was a vet, too. Her status really helped people and also farriers realize that there was an alternaitve to shoes and they were actually the problem, that the physiology was actually quite basic. With patience and understanding of the horses natural barefoot and its blood pumping/circulation capacity. She turned me on to the concept and then I found out about Pete! He once helped me over the phone while he was in a pasture and I was helping a lame horse that later became sound!

Dr Strasser has the merit of being probably the first German vet to critizise the use of iron hoof shoes. I'm not sure if her method of barefoot trimming is the best though; I've never been to her clinics, but people say it's a very radical method that doesn't give the hoof the time to change gently. I like what I've found on many American sites like ironfreehoof etc. But she understood this blood circulation stuff and unfortunately, most vets don't want to hear anything about that.

I just wanted to remind you about my first comment and the suggestion of iChatting or videoing your horses feet and getting help remotely, as Egypt is kinda far to venture. Pete really helped me one day from his Tennessee field while I was in the remote mountains of San Juan Capistrano...

Thank you very much for your offer. The problem is that I am not in Egypt anymore and probably won't return before loooong...This is why I am looking for somebody who'd like to go there for as long as he/ she likes, there are thousands of donkeys+ horses, flight and accomodation would be taken over by the association (I'd have to check with them, but I'm sure since they paid this for me also), pocket money as well. And the country is so beautiful...

Would have been great to have that advise at that time. I basically just tried to make those bad cases look a little more like hooves, but since I'd never worked on hooves before, I was afraid to make things worse sometimes. The coolest thing would be to get someone down there who's professional at barefoot trimming, and even cooler would be to advise some of the locals on how to do it.

Since almost every familiy has a donkey or two, there are tenthousands of working donkeys and horses in the area of Luxor for example (and all over Egypt). There are self-trained farriers who unfortunately do a very bad job. Getting some of these trained would be a great help to the animals. People depend on their working animals over there. Even if they are lame, they have to continue working.