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Hoof Trimming Clinic Carstairs, AB


  • Central Alberta Equine Rehab & Wellness Centre 30363 Range Road 12 Carstairs, AB, T0M 0N0 Canada (map)

Please bring your own food, snacks and beverages.
Also, please bring a lawn chair.

There will be a morning coffee break and a lunch break. ⏰ Classes may run late depending on the amount of material to be covered.


Tools you should have for the in-class trimming include rasp, hoof knife, knife sharpener, gloves and a hoof pick. Nippers, chaps and a hoof stand are NOT a requirement, but if you have them bring them. We will have tools and stands available for use and for sale as well. Or purchase ➜ here.

It is recommended you wear steel-toed shoes or work boots and jeans for the hands-on trimming portion of the class.


Prior to attending our clinic, students must complete these online video modules.

  • When you purchase Day 1 you will receive access to the ‘Taking Pictures’ course.

  • When you purchase Day 1-2 will receive access to the ‘Taking Pics + Nutrition’ courses.

  • When you purchase Days 1-3 or Days 1-4 you will receive access to all 3 online courses. The 3rd course is ‘Equine Oral Soundness’.

PLEASE NOTE: You will receive a link to the courses 2 weeks before the clinic. You can work at your own pace as long as you’ve completed it by the time you attend the clinic.


Clinic Outline

  • 9AM-5PM

    • The pillars of a healthy horse

    • Anatomy, Structure and Function

    • Dissection

    • External and Internal hoof relationships

    • Evaluating hoof health/ Evaluating Lameness / Reading the hoof capsule

    • Hoof grooming lecture

    • Trimming tool discussion/demo

    • Hoof grooming practice (cadavers)

  • 9AM-5PM

    • Set-up trim lecture

    • Set-up trim demo

    • Hoof pathologies and how to address them

    • Trimming practice (cadavers)

  • 9AM-4PM

    • How teeth affect feet review/questions

    • Navicular

    • Laminitis/Founder

    • Trimming practice (cadaver)

  • 9AM-4PM

    • Assessing your horse, mapping, formulating a plan

    • Trimming your horse's hooves

Deadline for payment: March 31, 2026

Follow-up telephone/email consultations and manuals are included in the clinic price.


 

PAY AND REGISTER

When you add the product to the cart — fill out the short registration form and you can choose to use Klarna to make payments for your clinic (you may want to do this from a computer as there’s some information to read and agree to).

  • Day 1 only - $400

  • Days 1 - 2 - $600

  • Days 1 - 3 - $800

  • Days 1 - 4 - $1000


*please note there will be an option to ‘pick up in person’ you’ll see during check out, this is simply to remove shipping from the checkout and allows us to offer you Klarna payments.

 
Carstairs, AB -April 30-May 3, 2026
from $400.00
 

 

You don’t have to pay to do our clinics again if you bring a new student! Otherwise just $50 per day you wish to attend.

 

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