The COBIT

10/18/2026

Just in case you missed it 😉!!!

10/17/2026

A little action from around the countryside, this weekend! 🐴

Lacey Jordison and Brenna Chappel are in Brandon, Manitoba tonight for the MRCA Finals. Wishing these ladies a great night! Catch the livestream at 7:00 PM!

Meanwhile, Dale Clearwater has been doing it up right at the ASHA Show in Ponoka, Alberta!

And we even caught Gail hanging out in the back alley at the show! 😄

A few random photos, some familiar faces, and our people doing what they love.

We love seeing what our crew is up to!

10/02/2026

Clinic Assessment - Part 2

We could talk about the COBIT for an hour.

But sometimes one little piece is more useful than the whole explanation.

These are the feet that go with our previous video.

When the horse balances on the COBIT, it provides information.

That's it.

One measurement.

One observation.

One more piece of information.

You don't have to understand everything about the COBIT today.

Start with one question.

Then another.

Is there something that you would like to see explained in a future post?

09/30/2026

Clinic Assessment — PART 1

General observations, for the person doing the feet, before & after.

Working through a horse, together, at a recent clinic.

What observations can be made?

In Part 2, we'll show you what was measurable.

09/28/2026

Horses present their own challenges and decisions belong to the farrier underneath them.

Farriers, what helps you make the tough calls?

T h e d e c i s i o n s n o b o d y s e e s...

There is an enormous amount of decision-making in a farrier's day.

Take a little more?

Leave a little more?

Change something this cycle?

Leave it alone and watch?

What is the horse telling you?

What is the owner telling you?

What are the feet telling you?

What happened last time?

And sometimes the hardest decision is knowing when not to change something.

Most of those decisions happen quietly. Nobody watching from outside realizes how much thinking has gone into what looks like a few minutes of work.

There is a lot more thinking involved in this trade than most people realize.

Farriers — what part of the decision-making process takes the most mental energy for you?

09/23/2026

We hear COBIT stories privately all the time.

Some are dramatic.

Some are incredibly simple.

And some begin with nothing more than:

“Huh. That's interesting.”

Recently, we looked at a lot of horses at a clinic. This one, sorry for the blurry picture, actually had feet that looked pretty good.

Honestly, no one expected to see anything out of the ordinary.

Using the COBIT to find center of balance showed the horse was a full three inches ahead of center of balance, and one behind.

That was some useful information for the trim that day and for follow up work - the horse wasn't lame to start, but he sure moved out better leaving the barn.

Horse shoeing isn't that hard, but...

Some horses are complicated.

Some feet are complicated.

That's exactly why we think having more useful information matters.

Have you got a COBIT story we haven't heard yet?

We'd love to hear it — publicly or privately.