The CBHA, The Canadian Barefoot Horse Association is finally launching! CBHA is going to the Everything Equine Event...

The Canadian Barefoot Horse Association was officially formed in 2009 to supply Canada with a solid training and certification program based on the latest research, for upcoming natural hoof & horse care professionals. It was formed to provide the necessary skills to recognize and maintain healthy hooves and horses, as well as to rehabilitate unsound ones and to maximize the performance of competition horses in all disciplines. The CBHA is a nation-wide, non-profit organization which also educates the equine community on the benefits of natural hoof and horse care in order to equip owners with the knowledge to provide their horses with a healthier domestic lifestyle.

Click here to visit the CBHA's official website for news and updates:
www.cdnbha.ca If you have particular questions about the CBHA please use the email address on their contact page.

The CBHA is also going to be at it's first local event in the Ottawa Valley - Lone Wolf Farm Presents Everything Equine

The EE is being held at the AM Barr Arena at Kemptville College and admission is FREE. There will be live presentations, a trade fair and silent auction among other fun activities.

The CBHA is donating a Full Horse and Hoof Assessment Package worth $100 to the silent auction. We will have a table near the entrance to the clinic area with an LCD slide presentation running and with a table full of CBHA related informational material. Please come and join us - it will be fun!

The date of the event is Saturday, November 21st. Please see the Everything Equine official site for more information and a full listing of the guest speakers, sponsors and trade fair participants! www.everythingequineevent.com

Introducing CBHA
The Canadian Barefoot Horse Association

A nation wide hoof care training and certification progam which encompasses natural trimming, natural horse care as well as nutrition is in the works for Canada, with key professionals as instructors and Board of Directors.

Click here for the CBHA's first event flyer: b2bhoofcare.com/Articles/MVC_CBHA_Fundraiser.pdf

Please check back often for updates on the Assoc. C.M.

Coming Soon! Case Studies section and new Success Stories

Please check back soon for a new section on case studies and sucess stories of some of the horses who have made a major come back from various hoof pathologies and founder in our area.

Please see the attached photo of Cali, a previously foundered Registered Canadian mare with a success story of her own to come in the new year. This note and the accompanying photo was submitted to me by a very proud owner, "You should take pride in the work you have done with Cali. I love the way she moves now!" Cali is back to being a "Gravel Cruncher" as she should be!

2006-08-30

Carolyn Myre Fully Certified with the AANHCP
Anne Riddell and I took our last training roadtrip as PTs to Western Grove, Arkansas to complete our final evaluation and booting clinic with Richard Drewry.

The trip and training was gruelling as usual but successful! The first day, we spent 11 hours meticulously precision trimming severely overgrown and supercoriatic cadaver hooves. We then trimmed a few of Richard's lovely horses (Smokey & Bandit). The second day we spent 12 hours learning incredibly invaluable skills sizing, fitting and modifying the Swiss Horse Boots. We shared the clinic with two very nice Europeans, one from Germany and the other from Austria. At the end of the clinic we then trimmed some more cadaver hooves.

I would highly recommend anyone who is in the AANHCP program to spend a few days mentoring with Richard, he is a very warm yet highly knowledgeable person.

What was the most valuable lesson learned here? That the more we THINK we know, the less we REALLY know! We are all on a learning curve with the wild horses as well as the domesticated ones and what is natural and necessary for them to thrive in our world. We need to continue to educate ourselves for our horses, it will make this a better place for all of them! If we can do this, we can open the doors to the healing powers of nature and return our domesticated horses to the healthy, long living and spritely beings that they were designed to be!

To all my clients and colleagues, I would like to thank you for all your endless support and carmarderie in our journey into natural horse care based on the wild horse model!

Cheers to all of you!
Carolyn Myre
AANHCP CP