Team Easyboot

Team Easyboot Items Have Shipped to Everyone!

As of today, April 3 -- every member of Team Easyboot has had their items shipped to them.  Those that have not received their 'stuff' from us yet should receive it next week sometime.  There are a few that didn't receive all of their items because we shipped the majority of it before everything came in.  Notations have been made on your account so those additional items will be included next time we ship something to you. 

Additional Team Easyboot apparel items are available at our cost.  If you need an order form for that, let me know.  Deadline for ordering from this batch is this Friday. 

Event schedule:  If anybody has time available to stop by and visit or help out in the EasyCare booth at the Colombus, Ohio Equine Affaire, please let me know!  If you haven't yet seen the Team Easyboot Events calendar, please check it out at teameasyboot.com

Hi I bet I'm the last person to introduce myself

Hi My name is Åsa and I'm originally from Sweden. I live in Las Vegas since 1998. I can't stand the desert so I'm not sure what I'm doing here. I work as a Barefoot Farrier. It is by far the most fun job I have ever have. My body doesn't like it much but my brains can think of little else. I live with my boyfriend Chris and our two dogs, (or one dog and one wolf mix) I have a horse that I bought back in 2005. His name is Sirocco and he is wonderful. I ride him in Bare boots and because we live in the gravel pit of America we sure abuse them. Even though we have ridden in boots for years now I still marvel after a really rock crushing ride that the boots are not just still attached to Sirocco but also in great shape. Now when I finally have understood how to post something on this thing I will try to get back once in a while. Happy Trails ! Åsa

Greetings from Delaware, USA

Wonderful reading all your posts! What a great movement this is and thanks to EC getting bigger and bigger.

I am a natural trimmer with a small practice of both trimming horses and teaching owners to trim. By necessity I have become more holistic and also promote any dentist trained by Spencer LaFlure, The Tooth Fairy, free back and saddle evaluations by Balance Saddles International, at least one session of body work after a few trims, turnout and low sugar diet, and riding or lunging with a little contact. One client, a 20+ something appaloosa appendix, has gone from ragged looking to a young **Star** in the span of one year. Will try to publish his story.

My own rescued OTTB has experienced the same transformation. After 1.5 years of rehab and 1 year of hacking out, Sunny and I are now at “dressage school” with Peter Hansen in Chadds Ford, Pa

Sunny is turned out with two of Peter’s baby Hanoverians and one lesson horse, 24/7, all barefoot, no blankets. We call them the hippy herd. Of course the boarders think I am nuts! LOL

Looking forward to hearing more about what you all are doing…. Dawn

Hi from South Eastern Australia

Hi, my name is Susan, writing from a great area in South-Eastern Australia.
I have 2 horses, both Arabs: 6yo Danny, yet to compete but March 2008 will be my starting point with him (altho the pic shows us at what turned out to be only a trial run in early 2007); and 3yo Sundance, a cheeky boy yet to be broken in.
Riding shod horses is still very fresh.  My own "transition" to barefooting is less than 18 months old.
I'm very motivated to succeed as the area where I live is very traditional re shoeing.  Some of my "acquaintences" have kept a careful eye on me, willing me to fail because to succeed would defy their logic.
Luckily I had a great example of "barefoot in action" while riding with a special friend, who motivated me by action not word so I decided to try barefooting when I changed horses, going from a fully competitive gelding to a young, never ridden, never shod horse.
It's been an amazing journey, already learning a lot more about horses and life generally than I would have thought possible from just deciding not to shoe my horse.
I am still at the bottom of the huge learning curve that hopefully will never end, although I do hope to move along it :)
I only trim 3 horses at the moment, 2 of mine, and one friends.
I'm very keen to help people that show interest in following the same path to barefooting.  I probably won't ever trim professionally, but do know that since I've started taking responsibility for my horses feet, I've become totally obsessed by it all (one of my best dreams lately involved me doing the ideal trim on my horse...)
Taking my horse barefoot was a halfhearted decision at the time but keeping all my horses barefoot has become a commitment for life.
To have the whole Team Easyboot to learn and share the experience with...Life's good!

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Welcome Team Easyboot Members!

It was really very difficult choosing who would be part of Team Easyboot for 2008!  We received far more applications than we had openings for.  They were all good too!  Unfortunately, a few dozen had to go on a waiting list.  We are really sorry that we could not accept everybody that applied.  Applications can still be submitted and will be added to the waiting list until we are able to handle accepting more.  At the current time we have right around 100 Team Easyboot members!  We had originally planned to accept 75, but had a hard time keeping it even at 100.  Click below to see the list.  More information will be updated on the teameasyboot.com website in coming weeks.  Congratulations to those that are on the list, and sincerest apologies to those that are on the waiting list.  Karen