ISNHCP Training Manual

This basic Natural Trim Training Program is a comprehensive academic and hands-on foundational course in the artful science of natural hoof care NHC). The natural trim is a humane barefoot trimming method that mimics the natural wear patterns of wild free-roaming horses (aka the mustang) of the U.S. Great Basin. This action immediately triggers healthy growth patterns that when accompanied by other natural holistic practices also based on the wild horse model eventually result in naturally shaped hooves. By all accounts this transformation is truly a miracle of nature but technically it is an outcome of the species adaptation embedded in the DNA of every horse living today. It is of paramount importance to recognize that practitioners do not force the foot to look a certain way (e.g. like a wild horse hoof) but facilitate it through the natural trim method ofmimicking wild horse hoof wear patterns.