Who we are & what we do

We are a husband and wife team of hoof based horse rehabilitation enthusiasts that started our business in 20XX. Our practice is located in beautiful Wellington, Colorado. We offer traveling barefoot trimming, composite packages and in-house rehabilitation services and post surgical layup. Our mission is to help biomechanical movement with distal limb evaluation to improve over all hoof quality and health . This has been shown to improve overall comfort and performance of the horse and long term improvements to the soft tissue and internal structure of the hoof. Our minimally invasive trimming methods have been tried and tested! From the performance barn, to the backyard horse and all the way to the open prairie of Wyoming we have seen massive success!

At Barefoot Solemates we offer custom packages for every
horse. Factors like age, previous injury, temperament, goals, and future plans
are all considered. With an emphasis on quiet sustained movement, emotional
support from herd members, and top of the line body work and therapy we are
able to rehabilitate horses physically, mentally, and emotionally. We also
transition all horses in our care out of metal shoes. This is a very important
part of the rehabilitation process and is one of the main keys to our success.

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HOW WE GOT STARTED WITH BAREFOOT

I was raised with a love of all animals. Growing up I had many different
pets but it wasn’t until college that I discovered my love for horses. I was
fortunate enough to be able to lease a wonderful OTTB gelding named Skip N Fly.
Years later we found ourselves together again when his owner agreed to send him
to me in Colorado. When he arrived he was a very different horse. My vibrant
and happy partner was now incredibly painful and sullen. He was unable to be
ridden due to excessive back pain and our veterinarian Dr. Allen Landes was
worried we may end up euthanizing him. He recommended transiting Skip to
barefoot and using a rehab protocol that included low impact work, stretching,
body work, and most importantly keeping him in a pasture instead of traditional
stall rest. He made incredible improvements quickly and was able to return to
full work. This sparked a great passion in me to become a hoofcare provider
myself. 

            During my training I was
fortunate enough to work with OTTB horses at Center for Racehorse Retraining.
We partnered exctensivly on many challenging cases in hoof and whole horse
rehabilitation. The more extreme cases we had 
would generally be on full stall rest. Over time we saw many failures
with these cases. The horses were restless and angry. When they were given any
time out of their stalls for therapy or hand walking they would often rear,
strike, try to get loose, and often set their recoveries back. We decided to
try something unconventional and give these horses more time out of stall.
Amazingly we saw these horses make massive impriovement over short periods of
time. Soft tissue injuries healed with less scar tissue, less set backs, and
overall happier horses with this new modified stall rest. Since then we have
spent many years perfecting and trying new things to achieve even better
results.

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