Hi my name is Åsa. It's Swedish and sounds like Ossa. I started out as a farrier but always had more fun doing the barefoot
horses. I saw too much pathology in the shod horses and when a lady needed a barefoot trimmer I started to study again. Fell head
over heels for it. I traveled around the whole country learning from amazing hoof care providers. I certified with AANHCP as a Field
instructor and I try to attend as many Pete Ramey clinics as I can. We have know started Pacific Hoof Care Practitioners which is
an educational program and a list of competent barefoot farriers. I live in Las Vegas NV with Chris and our two dogs, Boomer and Wolfie.
We had a cat for two days but he did not want to live with us so he ran away from home. We still hope he will return.
Boomer was adopted while we were bying dog food at Petsmart.
I begged to buy Sirocco and lucky me they gave up and sold him to me
Chase was also adopted, a long time ago. Chris( My husband) was not adopted
Wolfie is the evil one. She was adopted
Sirocco has been barefoot since 2005. I thought that if I did everything right he would have "rock" crushing feet” in no time but
I realized that even with perfect living condition (gravel paddock, herd environment and the right kind of food) He still needed extra
protection on really rough ground. I fell back on boots and pads and now two years later he is no longer sensitive at all on any terrain
and that is without having to “Toughen" his feet up. We can't say enough about how important the boots are. Especially if your horse
doesn't live in the same environment as he is ridden in. I will never understand the people I talk to that say they can't be bothered
with boots and if they have to use them they will go back to steel shoes. What I hear them say is. Ok, so my horse would be happier
and healthier without steel nailed on to his feet but I don't like him enough to add one more minute to his tacking up time (as it
would mean that I would have to learn to put a pair of boots on my horse and I would bend down for one minute).If you love your horse
what is a minute more when you tack up?
Wolfie is now around six years of age and she is the trouble maker in the family. At the moment she is attending classes at Sit mean
Sit and we watch the Dog Whisperer every chance we get.
Chase left us on Sep 11th 07. He had cancer. We miss him so much.
Boomer is the good son. He is always happy. He came to us when we were out buying dog food. We brought Wolfie to see if they would
get along and they were best friends the same day. Lucky us !.
Pelle is our newest family member. We adopted him from Lied's Animal shelter the spring of 2009. We where worried that Wolfie would eat him but we have been very lucky. Pelle talks too much. He has a very strong voice. We are so happy we adopted him.