Farrier Mike Stine of Equine Dynamics

Corrective & therapeutic horseshoeing in North Carolina & South Carolina

Case Studies

S6E1: Aesthetics Over Function

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In this episode, Mike and Travis discuss:

  • Talking Terminology: coffin bone wing fractures
  • Tony Gonzales’s book: Proper Balance Movement: A Diary of Lameness
  • Why so many horses have such small feet
  • What is cowboy mounted shooting
  • Case Study: Charlie

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S5E10: Crooked Baby Feet

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In this episode, Mike and Travis discuss:

  • Talking Terminology: cannon bones and splint bones (and how fractures in one is way more serious than a fracture in the other)
  • The evolution of horse toes (horses used to have more than one)
  • Growth plates and how they impact correcting angular limb deformities
  • Case study: correcting crooked legs in baby horse Alice
  • Glue-on shoes for young horses (and why you might not want them to stay on long)
  • Collaboration between farriers
  • Continuing education in the farrier career

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S5E11: Fitness for Performance

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In this episode, Mike and Travis discuss:

  • Has Travis picked up horseshoeing?
  • Talking Terminology: what is a roached back?
  • How roached back develops
  • How to develop your horse’s back muscles and topline
  • Muscle development in feral horses/”mustangs”
  • Case Study: a quarter horse named Clare

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S5E9: The Water Boy

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In this episode, Mike and Travis discuss:

  • How Mike’s business changes between winter season and the rest of the year
  • How long toe/low heel affects shoulder muscles (and how your saddle fit affects how your horse’s hooves grow)
  • Talking Terminology: pasterns and what injuries and deterioration affect the pasterns
  • How angular limb deformities are formed and when veterinarians and farriers need to get involved
  • Case study: a mini horse named Twiggy with alignment problems

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