Penzance Hoofcare Services

Penzance's Progressive Natural Hoofcare
Corrective, Rehabilitative & Restorative
80 Hour Equine NATURAL HOOFCARE & TRIM Certification Course
Next LEVEL I class to begin MARCH 4, 2006
LEVEL II begins July 9, 2005

The Natural Hoofcare Course is an 80-hour intense dive into the Equine natural hoof and trim for those who want to seriously pursue corrective, non-pathological trim processes of Progressive Hoofcare. Students successfully completing the 80 hours will receive a Certificate of Achievement and be fully qualified to work with their own horses. Those who desire a Level I Professional Provider Certificate will complete an additional 200 hours of supervised, evaluated trimming.

The following topics will be thoroughly and intensely explored through lectures, demonstration, dissections, discussion and critiques as well as live trimming:

Theory of natural & progressive hoofcare
Anatomy and Physiology of the Hoof & Lower Limbs
Natural Correct Trimming of the non-pathological hoof
Pathologies of the Equine Hoof
Natural & Progressive horse handling and husbandry
Natural Remedies & Treatments for the
Natural Horse & Hoof
Natural Lifestyle of the Barefoot Horse

Prerequisites:
Prior attendance of a Penzance Progressive Hoof Trim Clinic and student must be a High School Graduate. (Exceptions can be made for excelling students presently attending High School with note from school guidance office verifying student's excelled, academic record).

Class Size: 6 students.

In the event the course is not filled, Penzance reserves the right to cancel scheduled course.

Fee Schedule:
The fee for the ten-week course is $1000

A deposit of $100 (non-refundable) is due upon application. Payment must be made by check, money order, or credit card through PAYPAL.com.

Deposits must be received a minimum of 30 days prior to the scheduled course date. The balance (if the course has not been paid in full) must be received by the first day of class. Payment schedules CAN be arranged privately. Please inquiry.

Cancellation and Refund Policy:
Due to the limited class size and materials cost, your initial deposit is non-refundable except in the case that PENZANCE cancels the course whereupon you will receive a full refund.

Tools:
Students must bring their own tools with them to class. The following will be required by the 2nd week:

Knife
Rasp
Knife sharpener
Nippers
Shoe Pullers *
Nail Pullers *
Hoof Jack (if ordered from link use PENZANCE care code.)
Rope Halter & 15' Lead
(PENZANCE can supply these for $45/set. 30 day notice is needed for order.)
Leather or Rubberized Gloves
*for those intending to pursue professional status.

Tools can be purchased at some Tack Shops. The HOOF JACK can be purchased safely and securely online at countrysupply.com. Please, when you tools and supplies you order from them be sure to note the new 'Care Code' of Penzance. More information about this program can be found on the Countrysupply website.

Class Materials:
Texts, tools, Notebooks, binders, folders, pens, pencils and other class materials are the full responsibility of the student.

Required Reading Texts:
Jaime Jackson, "Horse Owners Guide to Natural Hoof Care"
Pete Ramey, "Making Natural Hoofcare Work for You"
(both of these books can be purchased at either

Amazon - http://www.amazon.com
or
Star Ridge Publishing - http://home.alltel.net/star/

"PENZANCE PROGRESSIVE HOOF CARE & TRIMMING", supplied by PENZANCE expressly for students of this certificate course.

Various website texts as assigned in classes.

Other Texts to which we will be referring:

Jaime Jackson, "The Natural Horse" and his other book,
"Founder, Prevention and Cure the Natural Way"
Dr. James Rooney, "The Lame Horse"
Jaime Jackson, various bulletins

PRACTICAL ADDITIONAL TRIM HOURS:

Additional 200 hours of supervised, evaluated and guided live trimming will be required for full graduation credits from this class as a professional Penzance Natural Hoofcare Trimmer Level I and is a pre-requisite for Level II Mastery Class.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT PENZANCE

Testimony from a student of Gwenyth Santagate's:

Hi Gwen, Hope all is well!

I wanted to tell you about my first "customer". This was a 1400lb
paint/QH... a big guy. He was supposedly diagnosed with navicular..and the vet doubted that he would be rideable for a long time. No Radiographs, as the vet stated "what's the point?).. sigh.. how sad to have that attitude. The owners were very distraught, but cared for this horse. Living conditions were good. Vet and farrier said "keep him in his stall"! The owners were not happy about that and felt it was wrong.

I saw that he was sore on all fours as well. hmmm, this was not right.
So I suspected something else was wrong. (see I'm learning from you to
"feel" the hoof) He had been deshod a few months ago. Major flaring, chipping.. and messy. Rear angle 45`... front angles- 37' The farrier was afraid to do anything.. but she DID lower the heels perfectly, 3 weeks earlier. The best thing she could have done with this horse.

I noticed the bars were 3 inches long! and 1/8" + above the hoof wall..
OUCH! His walls in that area did not even bother growing as they had
nothing to do. No wonder he was sore. I dremeled them down to be wall
passive and sloping down into the sole. I de-flared. Reshaped the hoof
gently.. and brought the toe back to the white line. He looked much better.
Angles will take time. Rears are now about 49` and fronts nudging 40`. I
can be patient.

We turned him loose in a ring.. and whhhooooooo boy did he dance. NO limp at all.. Trotting, cantering, playing... and calling out to the other
horses. In the months that the owners had him they had NEVER heard him
utter a sound! She broke down and cried.. and couldn't stop. Then she
hugged me. I know they will not always be like that.. but at that moment I
knew I was making the right choices in learning this.

Had to share that with you.. :-)

Happy Thanksgiving to you and your family!

mike

POSTSCRIPT FROM GWEN, summer 2005: Mike is now successfully and happily working full time as a natural trimmer with almost 200 clients! Please visit his website at: http://www.barehoofnaturaltrim.com
The other students are successfully maintaining their own horses' hooves and able to help friends with their horses.

About the Instructor: Gwenyth Browning Jones Santagate is a Natural Hoofcare Provider as well as an Equine Specialist. She has over 38 years of hands-on, practical experience with horses of all ages, breeds, and disciplines. Her journeys through the Equine world have included 30+ years as an Equine Trainer, almost 20 years as a Riding Instructor with 11 years licensed with the State of Massachusetts, Veterinary Technician and Surgical Assistant including Equine, and numbers of published works with such noted publications as "United States Federal Mounted Border Patrol Training Manual 2001", "The Horseman's Yankee Pedlar", "Northeast Equine Journal", "The Natural Horse", "The Training of Dogs & Horses :Understanding Basic Similarities & Differences" and many more. Ms. Santagate's Natural Hoofcare experiences date back to 1998 as a student of Marjorie Smith and ongoing, intense, independent studies of Gene Ovnicek, Jaime Jackson, KC LaPierre, Pete Ramey, Chris Pollitt, Dr. Bowker and more of the leading pioneers in Equine Hoofcare. Her practical experiences with hoofcare date back to the 1980's with professional services rendered with mostly corrective, restorative and rehabilitative care of Equines since 2002. Santagate travels regularly to 4 states in New England providing care and trimming for the most desperate Hoof pathologies as well as maintenance care and rehabilitation. Her farm, PENZANCE, in Douglas, MA is a place of healing and rehabilitation for horses with pathological issues of the hooves as well as training and psychological situations with horses of all ages, breeds and disciplines. Ms. Santagate offers clinics, lectures and presentations for those who are interested and committed to providing the best hoof and general, natural care for their horses.
Santagate can be contacted through email:caballus@charter.net or by phone at (508) 476-1317