ISNHCP Training Manual
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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 Ba
Jaime Jackson
For 38 years, author Jaime Jackson has been an outspoken advocate for natural horse care based on his studies of America's wild, free-roaming horse living in the Great Basin. Jackson has been a professional "hoof man" (farrier turned natural hoof care practitioner) since the 1970s.
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ISNHCP Training Manual - Jaime Jackson
Institute for the Study of
Natural Horse Care Practices
Natural Trim Training Program
A Foundational Course in the
Fundamentals of the
Natural Trim — Principles and Practice
Leading to the Recognition of One’s Status as
ISNHCP Practitioner
Sanctioned Jointly by the
Institute for the Study of
Natural Horse Care Practices (ISNHCP)
and the
Association for the Advancement of
Natural Horse Care Practices (AANHCP)
In Accordance with the Laws of Nature
as Exemplified by the Unfettered Lifestyles and Hooves
of our Model, the
Wild, Free-Roaming Horse
of the United States Great Basin
Jaime Jackson
ISNHCP Clinician
Author, The Natural Horse: Lessons from the Wild
©2017 Jaime Jackson and the ISNHCP
For further information:
NHC Press — an imprint of J. Jackson Publishing
P.O. Box 1432
Lompoc, CA 93436
ISBN-13: 978-0-9848399-5-7
ISBN: 978-0-9848399-8-8 (e-book)
The natural hoof care guidelines described in this training manual are intended by the author Jaime Jackson and the ISNHCP, to be conducted under the supervision of authorized ISNHCP clinicians and field instructors in keeping with the instructional protocols of the ISNHCP Natural Trim Training Program as presented and explained in this training manual and on the ISNHCP Natural Trim website (www.ISNHCP.net). Natural hoof care is a sophisticated and highly technical process that should only be practiced by qualified natural hoof care practitioners trained and ideally certified in the principles and practices described in these guidelines, or by persons under their immediate supervision. Thus, neither the ISNHCP, the author, nor J. Jackson Publishing or its imprint NHC Press, accept responsibility for the applications or misapplications of these guidelines.
Table of Contents & Study Assignments
Introduction
AANHCP Oath, Disciplinary Policy, and 4 Guiding Principles
Training Step 1 — Independent Study
Part 1 – The Wild Horse and the Natural Trim
Origins of the horse and the natural trim [includes study assignments]
A-force — The Adaptation Force [includes study assignments]
Naturally shaped hooves in the U.S. Great Basin [includes study assignments]
Research, experimentation, birth of NHC Science [includes study assignments]
4 Pillars of NHC [includes study assignments]
Natural Trim defined [includes study assignments]
Part 2 – Structures of the Horse’s Foot
Epidermal structures
Dermal structures
Bones and joints of the foot
Major tendons of the foot
Other internal structures of the horse’s foot
Study Assignments
Part 3 – Importance of Measuring
Navigational Landmarks
Critical Measurements
H° and H°TL
B° and B°TL
Putting it all together
Study Assignments — Measuring H°, H°TL, B° & B°TL with Hoof Meter Reader
Part 4 – Characteristics of the Naturally Shaped Hoof
Mustang Roll
Front versus hind hooves:
Size (Volar)
Toe Length
Toe Angle
Shape: Symmetry and Asymmetry
Angle of Growth
Part 5 – What is Hoof Balance?
Active and passive wear patterns of the hoof wall
Orientation of tubular horn
H°TL
Hard Sole Plane (HSP)
Frog and Hard Frog Plane
Heel balance
Natural hoof balance defined
Part 6 – Hoof Form and Function
Study Assignments
Part 7 – Tools and Equipment
Part 8 – Physical Conditioning Exercises
Stretching
Push-ups
Squats
Sit-ups
Hand grippers
Dumbbells
Summary and study assignment
Part 9 – Sequencing
Study Assignments
Part 10 – The Natural Trim Step-by-Step
Study Pre-Assignments
#1 · Measuring and recording data (pre-trim)
#2 · Nipper dragging to find the Hard Sole Plane (HSP)
#3 · Balancing the heels with the Heel Balancer
#4 · Trimming the hoof wall relative to the HSP
#5 · Trimming the lower hoof wall for the mustang roll
#6 · Removing excess growth from the outer hoof wall
#7 · Trimming the lower outer wall for the mustang roll
#8 · Accentuating the water line
#9 · Measuring and recording final data (post-trim)
Study assignments
Part 11 – Independent Study - Written Exam
Practicums — Post Step 1 Training Steps
Cadaver Trim Clinic
Sequencing Clinic
Live Horse Trim Clinic
Field Mentorships
Student Practitioner, Level 1: Final Written & Field Exams
Student Practitioner, Level 1: Status on AANHCP website
Student Practitioner, Level 2 — Final Written and Field Exams
ISNHCP Practitioner Status
Continuing Education
Appendices
Advanced Natural Trim Training Program
Quiz Keys
Index
Index of Quizzes
Introduction
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 specie’s 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 of mimicking wild horse hoof wear patterns.
Students enrolled in the training program learn the basics of the natural trim. Which is to say the emphasis is on trimming hooves not complicated by extreme capsule deformity. Many years of experience has shown the ISNHCP that such deformity, the outcome of neglect, misguided hoof care methods, and deep pathology, only create confusion in the minds of beginning students. The basics
of natural trim mechanics become mired and lost in the overwhelming complications of dealing with severely troubled hooves. The ISNHCP recognizes that until basic natural trim mechanics are clearly understood and mastered on hooves suffering minimal deformity, the path to resolving the complexities of extreme deformity is virtually untenable. One must learn to crawl before one learns to walk.
Indeed, to tackle the worst deformed hooves imaginable, the trimmer must not only be sound in the basics, but academically prepared through advanced training to facilitate complex mass changes in concert with the laws of nature. To this end, the ISNHCP is creating an Advanced Natural Trim Training Program with its own training requirements that build upon the basics taught in the introductory course. The course is scheduled for availability to those qualified in late 2017.
capsule — a tough horny covering that protects the ends of the toes of numerous plant-eating 4-footed mammals such as the horse
4 Pillars of NHC
The basic natural trim is taught within the context of the Four Pillars of natural horse care (NHC). These pillars are the foundations of natural care based on the wild horse model. They include natural boarding, natural horsemanship, a reasonably natural diet, and the natural trim itself. Years of experience have also shown that it is impossible to conduct a natural trim consistently with full import independently of the other three pillars. As an example, a horse fed a diet that causes inflammation and degradation of hoof structure will continue to do so regardless of the practitioner’s diligence in carrying out natural trim mechanics.
One of my base camps in central Nevada, U.S. Great Basin, c. early 1984. (AANHCP Archives)
The official ISNHCP trimming guidelines are based on the wild horse research conducted by myself in the 1980s in the U.S. Great Basin. When properly adhered to, these guidelines will serve to prevent mistakes that harm the horse and the hooves.
Overview of training steps
As explained on the ISNHCP website, this training program includes both academic and hands-on instruction. This includes quizzes intended to be used by you as learning aids, submitted written exams enabling the ISNHCP to evaluate your understanding of required subject matter, and a continuous stream of field evaluations of performance by clinicians and field instructors throughout the course of your training. Students must demonstrate evidence of competency at each stage of their training if they are to proceed to the next step. All along the way, training reports are filed by your teachers with ISNHCP headquarters. The ISNHCP authorizes students to proceed with training, or to return to previous steps for remediation, based on these reports. This system of accountability protects horses and you. Our goal is to produce competent, professional hoof care practitioners who represent the AANHCP/ISNHCP vital mission in the field.
remediation — actions that bring about a correction
The importance of academics and studying
The remainder of this training manual provides you with details of the training steps and course materials. It also includes foundational information about the history and science of the natural trim, descriptions of the various structures that comprise the horse’s foot, and a brief stepwise discussion of the natural trim itself. Further, this manual includes specific study assignments with quizzes taken from required ISNHCP learning materials you are provided with following your initial tuition payment. This is important information you need to learn by way of independent study and, later, apply in the field under the direct tutelage of your clinicians and field instructors. Here, we need to make an important distinction between reading
and studying.
Course learning materials are intended to be studied rather than simply perused (lightly read or glanced over). This is because a full and complete mastery of the natural trim is not possible simply through trim mechanics. Academics are equally, if not more, important! Indeed, the inherent complexities of the foot’s biology requires an understanding of the underlying laws of nature
if the trim itself is to be executed effectively, humanely, and consistently from year to year throughout the horse’s life. Accordingly, this training program includes a system of verification and accountability at all levels of instruction, including academics, to make sure that the student knows what they are doing and why.
Helpful hint #1 — Use a dictionary. If you come across words you are unfamiliar with, get yourself a dictionary. Look the word up! See how it is used in the context it is written. A true academic doesn’t try to slide by
with word meaning, but visits the dictionary often in order to understand what the writer is saying. I’ve helped you here and there defining some words (in italics) alongside the main text in this training manual.
Not surprising, you will come across many new words that you won’t find in the dictionary, or whose meaning is different than what the dictionary has published. This is because NHC has its own language, replete with words that apply specifically to what we do. In these instances, NHC definitions are provided. Your job is to learn these new words, and, as you progress with your training, discover how they apply to what we do and why. Farriers, for example, won’t understand what you’re saying in many instances because their language is different than our own. This is because our understanding of the hoof and what we do to it as practitioners is different than theirs and what they do. Much of our language is also new to horse owners. One of your tasks will be to explain to them those terms that will be useful as caring horse owners who want to act on the 4 Pillars of NHC. It’s not very useful, however, to try to explain to them all of the technical things we do. Most of the time, they just need reassurance, and to be pointed to the 4 Pillars. Directing them to some of our NHC books is another useful way to help them understand.
Helpful hint #2 — Use the quizzes as teaching aids. I’ve sprinkled quizzes throughout the training manual so that you can test yourself on your understanding of the study materials. This is an excellent way to learn. I did it all the time I was in college as a science major. You’ll see that I’ve divided the manual into the various training steps, and, where useful, further divided each step into various related sections (similar to chapters in a book), Part 1, Part 2, etc. Most of these sections will have a quiz. Here’s what you do with the quizzes:
After studying each section, take the quiz (if there is one). Write down your answers. Of course, if you can’t come up with an answer, it simply means you’ve got