Hoof Remedy Products - Your Go To?

[kwpn_01]

Hi all, seeing as we’re in mudding season and (although incapable of going to the barn) my first aid box is empty, what does everyone use for every day/regular hoof care? My filly doesn’t have any apparent hoof problems and does her absolute best to stay out of the mud therefore mud fever isn’t really a problem for her. I don’t currently apply an topicals to her feet, but is there any product that I could/should be using for prevention of bacteria/fungus or dry/cracked feet?

There are so many different labels out there that I am completely overwhelmed, but at the same time, I’m unsure if I really need anything. Would just like to be taking preventative measures at this point (for when we can go back to the barn, that is). What’s a good, all-around hoof product, that can be applied regularly, to have in your locker?

EDIT: I forgot to add that my horse has thin soles. Since she’s not in work I don’t think she requires any topicals but also looking for recommendations in regard to that, if it makes any difference!

[SarahandSam]

I love Farrier’s Fix.

[lenapesadie]

I use lanolin. I sometimes buy pure lanolin either as a liquid or as a bar. I also use a lanolin based aerosol spray called fluid film, it can be purchased at big box home improvement stores in the same location as WD 40. I have found the lanolin to be an excellent topical for hooves. It was recommended to me by my farrier.

[Scribbler]

If the feet are holding up ok I wouldn’t use anything.

I find clean clay based mud leaves the feet looking pretty good. It gets packed up in the frog grooves and actually keeps poop out. When my horse is in her really clean dry stall and paddock she gets more poop in her feet because there is nothing else to pack up!

If the feet start to look a bit funky I spray iodine on the sole and frog. It really seems to work.

[lorilu]

Grooms Hand. Without a doubt the best for thrush. Magic Cushion for bruises. Animlintex (?) for abceses (knock on wood its been a long time)

[wildlifer]

I don’t use many topicals these days after learning & trying a lot over the years. I did recently discover a really great product for stubborn thrush, Pure Sole, after perusing everything on the dang internet, I did a write up here (this is impartial, not monetized) -
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The only other thing I use regularly is Keratex hardener. The rest is just good nutrition & care.

[sophie]

On healthy hooves? Nothing.

If the horse’s hooves look like they could need some help, then feed-through biotin but it’ll take at least 6 months to a year to see improvements.

In the past I’ve used Keratex, Durasole etc. but didn’t really see a difference.

[anon68314200]

Keratex. Durasole. Both contain formalin/formaldehyde”‹”‹”‹”‹”‹”‹.

[anon68314200]

Keratex. Durasole. Both contain formalin /formaldehyde.

[DMK]

I have a Fjord and a TB, both barefoot although the TB only gets away with that because he is a pasture puff. But I’m in the South and do night turnout so while that’s great for the rest of the horse, it’s about the worst program for feet.

It goes without saying I do nothing for the fjord and my weight lifting farrier still breaks out in a sweat with the nippers. 😁

You can’t beat genetics.

And speaking of genetics, then there’s the TB… I’ve had the most success painting the hood wall with keratex several times a week and farriers fix on the entire foot almost every day right before turnout and always before rinsing him off. Also, because they are on a dry lot during the day, I spray his legs with fly spray in summer. Stomping flies all day is no bueno for a thin walled foot!

[SolarFlare]

My TB has good hoof wall (never loses shoes) but thin soles, and tends to abscess when it’s wet and muddy.

I started using the Keratex Hoof Hardener on the soles and it does seem to be helping them. I followed the instructions to apply daily for a week, then twice a week after that. In mud season, it’s been applied every other day.

This is the first mud season since starting it, and he abscessed once in the heel (not much to prevent that) and then not again since, so I have faint hope that it’s helping.

He’s on a hoof supplement (Availa 4).

Topicals aren’t going to do much of anything, so why waste the money.

Oh, and like DMK, during fly season he does stomp so I use Shoo Fly Leggins. Fly spray doesn’t last or seem effective around here, so physical barrier is the way to go.

[Obsidian_Fire]

Venice Turpentine for the soles. Kevlar Tuff Hoof for the hoof walls. Nu Hoof Accelerator as a supplement, but good nutrition all around anyway.

[kashmere]

I only use topicals on hooves for thrush treatment: Apple Cider Vinegar solution with copper sulphate crystals dissolved in it to spray over the frog and collateral grooves and squirt into central sulci, mix of desitin + clotrimazole (antifungal) cream to treat deep in the central sullci (via a catheter syringe or shoved in with a popsicle stick).

[katyb]

I’m using Artimud and Sole Cleanse with excellent results this year.

[bear_necessities]

I have a thin-soled WB that goes through cycles of having thrush and just, crappy feet! His hooves are very sensitive. I found this spray that has been a lifesaver. It’s gentle and super easy to use and best of all, effective. I use it before/after rainy days when mud can’t be avoided and regularly a few days a week to maintain. His soles/frogs hardened up nicely within a few weeks and my farrier is thoroughly impressed because this has been a lifelong struggs for my guy.

If you search “Big Mare Thrush Spray” on Amazon, it will come right up. $17 bucks & free ship if you have Prime! A bottle lasts me 3 months? For 1 horse.

I would use this during mud season, to keep bottoms of feet in shape. If there’s no problems with the outside of the hoof, I wouldn’t disturb.

[imaginique]

I’ve heard good things about hoof armor. My trimmer recommends it.

[streamline]

Farriers fix!! Love that stuff. Gets dry here. Also helps with the thin soled horse I have. After 2 years he’s finally barefoot and sound!

I really like the thrush spray that’s in an aerosol can! Forgot what it’s called.

My vet always recommend plain ol human biotin pills instead of all the fancy stuff.

[kiwihill3000]

My horse has been doing well considering the mud-dry-mud-dry-mud-dry situation we’ve been having in my area. I put Farrier’s Fix on his feet every now and then (really just whenever I remember- probably about once a week or so) as a preventative measure but I think he’d be totally fine without.
My horse does get thrush very easily, I think because his grooves are just naturally very deep, despite thoroughly picking them out before and after every ride. If I see any sign of thrush at all I spray with a dilute apple cider vinegar solution and that works perfectly.