Growing up in the great state of Alaska was the epitome of an adventurous childhood. Vast wilderness and endless mountain tops were the backdrop at the ranch I called home as a child.  If you couldn’t find me in the arena practicing with my dad you could find me in the mountains with the horses.  

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I always felt compelled to help horses and others alike, so I chose to become a law enforcement officer.  Becoming a patrol officer lead to many other opportunities throughout the years.  Undercover, gang task force liaison and major crimes was just a few assignments that I got the privilege of working.   Throughout the years, I always knew that it was a privilege to protect and serve but I was missing something…..and that was the horse.  

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A few horses I owned over the years of rodeoing became stifled by lamenesses in their prime years. Like any horse owner I called my local vet and asked for help.  More and more it became clear to me there was more information than the routine x-ray, ultrasound and injections.  I dove head first into attempting to find additional protocols, treatment plans and farriery care that would not only help my performance horses but also prevent future pathology.  

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I became fascinated with farriery the statistics behind farriery and how something as simple as a trim is actually not so simple. The complexity of farriery intrigued me to the point of wanting to leave law enforcement and pursue this job they call farriery. I looked at many schools across the country I decided on Mission Farrier School.

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After graduation and returning home, I soon got to work building my small business and started on continuing my education with some of the best podiatrist across the country.  Soon I learned the challenges of farriery and even more so in rural areas where supplies were 7-10 days out.  Becoming creative to build apparatuses for different pathology out of pieced milled supplies became a necessity. In 2019 I thought about the many challenges farriers have from evaluating to finding the right shoe for the performance expectation and environmental expectations, were just a few of the hurdles. 

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Always attempting to make a challenging job a bit easier I pondered what it would be like to have a versatile shoe I did not have to be married to for 6 weeks once applied and what it would be like to address the horses needed even throughout a cycle if needed.  In 2019 I found myself wanting more opportunity and warmer weather so I decided to uproot and move to Weatherford, Texas.  The idea was not lost but being even on my mind due to the vast amount of performance horses with pathology that demanded timely help….

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WORKING FOR THE HORSE

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In 2022 I attend the Equine Lameness Prevention Organization for a conference and got the privilege to meet Garrett Ford, owner of Easycare Inc.  This is where the Adapter shoe idea was shared.  Soon Mr. Ford came to Weatherford to spend time learning what were the needs in the area and hearing more about this idea of an interchangeable shoe.  Mr. Ford does not let tradition muddy the water of progressive and his expansive line of shoes is proof.  

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If you know the name Shawn Melton and have had the privilege hearing at one of many conferences he speaks at or attended one of the many clinics over his 30 years in the business then you will know when I say his talent and ability to help the horse is second to none.  If you have seen Mr. Meltons work you will know it is out of the box thinking and not limited by conventional farriery.  

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Mr. Melton and I teamed up with Mr. Ford and soon developed a shoe we call the “Adapter”.  We needed a shoe that could assist with the treatment of navicular, pedal-osteitis, founder, negative palmar angles to Tenotomies and much more. 

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