NEW Textbook: Care and Rehabilitation of the Equine Foot

Mandy'sMarty · NEW Textbook: Care and Rehabilitation of the Equine Foot

Pete and Ivy Ramey are finishing a new book, "Care and Rehabilitation of the Equine Foot", which is scheduled to be released this November. This will be a 500+ page textbook with 689 full color pictures and drawings. It will feature chapters from the following contributing authors:
Robert M. Bowker, VMD, PhD;
Hilary M. Clayton, BVMS, PhD, Dipl ACVSMR, MRCVS;
Brian Hampson, PhD;
Eleanor Kellon, VMD;
Spencer LaFlure, EqD., DDS;
Kerry Ridgway, DVM;
Debra R. Taylor, DVM, MS, DACVIM;
and Kathryn Watts, BS.

http://www.hoofrehab.com/Care_and...bilitation_of_the_Equine_Foot.htm

http://www.hoofrehab.com/RameyBookOutline.htm

This new book is going to the publisher as soon as the last two chapters are final. Cindy "Hawk" Sullivan, Pete's original barefoot mentor, is the Chief Editor. When I learned that she had recently relocated back to Georgia, I had tried to get on her client trim list. She begged off and told me she was "covered up with a project and unable to come up for breath until November". Now I know what that 'project' is that's kept her so busy.

misstux

I just found out about this book last night from my trimmer. I can hardly wait until it comes out.

learningthedance

Now I know what to ask Santa (me) for Christmas, to go along with his Donkey Set.

Thanks for posting.

Clarissa

Marty I just had a look through the links. I note they place some importance on the structures of the Aussie brumby’s hoof. That concerns me because the typical brumby is an old fashioned TB derivative with typically bad feet. Yes there are many in the bush with good feet that are pony or arab derivatives, but they aren’t in the majority. There are also lots of mostly clydesdale derivatives too & they also mostly have really bad splayed feet.

Since the early 50’s when the first QH stallion was imported to Aust, there have been several attempts to upgrade the brumby to a more ridable shaped horse by letting QHx colts loose into the brumby herds to cross breed. But we all know that the traditional QH does not have sound feet either. Same thing happened using Appaloosa X stallions. Some enterprising people let some imported appys loose so they could run the foals & make a motsa. You should see the scrawny mangy hairless mongrels that resulted from those crossings with even worse feet than their dams had!

I honestly don’t think the aussie brumby is a good example of sound wild feet. There are horses in other parts of the world that have been wild for many more generations that the brumby.

Other than that it certainly sounds like a good book to have access to in a library somewhere close by.

Mandy'sMarty

The new book shipped to the printer today.

Pre-orders can now be accepted for November 10 release.

http://www.hoofrehab.com/Care_and...bilitation_of_the_Equine_Foot.htm

Gillies_mom

$176!

A bit out of my league I'm afraid.

becdubie

RickB.

Caveat Emptor!

sebocat

Chablis