Welcome to Hoof Help Online

What is Hoof Help Online?

Hoof Help Online is brought to you by husband & wife team, James and Yvonne Welz, who together founded The Horse's Hoof Magazine and website in 2000. James and Yvonne have spent the past 2+ decades guiding horse owners in successful barefoot horse trimming and management.

Join us and we'll help you discover ways to more effectively trim and care for your own barefoot horses. We include a full barefoot trimming COURSE at no extra charge! There is a one week FREE trial! Simply cancel before 7 days for no fee, and you can even download the entire library of The Horse's Hoof Magazine, Issues 1-80, during that time! Of course, your financial support helps us keep producing great barefoot horse content.

View Plans $29.99 USD per month or $329.99 USD per year:
https://members.hoofhelponline.com/landing/plans/320589

Hoof Help Online Details

We are a dynamic community of barefoot horse owners. As a member of Hoof Help Online, you will have direct access to James & Yvonne Welz. Get inspired, receive helpful guidance, enhance your knowledge of effective trimming techniques, connect with like-minded horse owners and barefoot trimmers, plus discover the incredible wealth of hoof information in our libraries!

When you join Hoof Help Online, you’ll receive immediate access to a powerful platform (built on the Mighty Networks):

Barefoot Community: Under "Your Share Space", you'll find social media built right into our site. Here is where you can receive direct input from James and Yvonne. You will enjoy full-featured feeds, such as "Your Barefoot Stories" and "Help Me! Hoof Photos" where you can chat and post photos, video links, gifs, write mini-articles, and more. Direct messaging and threaded conversations allow you to build meaningful relationships with like-minded horse owners.
Free Basic Barefoot Trimming Course: Participate in a detailed step-by-step course that will teach you how to apply a safe, effective trim that can transform your horse's hooves for the better. This trim is the one that we have personally developed and successfully used for over 20+ years on thousands of horses.
Barefoot Magazine Archive: Receive access to all 80 issues of The Horse's Hoof Magazine, spanning 20 years time, with the historical record of the development of barefoot horse care as a worldwide movement. These are fully downloadable PDF files that you can keep, even if you are accessing with the free trial. We also include the out-of-print "Barefoot Stories" book as a free bonus.
Article Library: Hundreds of articles covering barefoot trimming theory and how-to, hoof and horse care, pathology (laminitis, navicular), barefoot Q&As, and a full Learning Center with resources from many well-known experts. Many of these articles were written specifically for Hoof Help Online, and are unique.
Photo Library: Thousands of hoof photos and James' case studies are provided on photo pages, which document before and after trims, regular hooves, healthy hooves, and pathological hooves (laminitis, navicular).
Video Library: 70+ videos from James demonstrating trimming techniques on a wide variety of fairly healthy hooves, as well as problem hooves. Techniques are demonstrated using both hand tools and power tools.
Download our FREE App for any phone or ipad, or easy access to content through the web.

All this for only $29.99 USD per month! Save $$ with our yearly plan, which effectively gives you one month free. Either way, there is a one week FREE trial! Simply cancel before 7 days for no fee, and you can even download the entire library of The Horse's Hoof Magazine, Issues 1-80, during that time! Of course, your financial support helps us keep producing great barefoot horse content.

View Plans $29.99 USD per month or $329.99 USD per year:
https://members.hoofhelponline.com/landing/plans/320589

Meet your Hosts

Hoof Help Online was created by husband & wife team, James and Yvonne Welz, founders of The Horse's Hoof Website and Magazine in 2000. Both life-long horse lovers, they traveled the world to study barefoot trimming and horse care. Below is a photo of James & Yvonne with the late, great Joe Camp on the left, and Dr. Robert Bowker on the right.

James Welz has been a hoofcare professional (barefoot trimmer) since 2000. He was one of the first in the United States to receive a higher education in barefoot trimming, and one of the first to begin a full-time career as a barefoot-only professional.

James’ major influences in trimming – besides the horses he works on daily – include Dr. Robert Bowker, Jaime Jackson, Dr. Hiltrud Strasser, Pete Ramey, and wild horse hooves from around the world.

James was a pioneer in using power tools for hoof trimming. His method can be done with any tools - hand tools are demonstrated - but power tools are a great aid on those hard desert hooves! Power tools are also invaluable for aging trimmers, as they spare your body. He can teach owners and other hoofcare professionals about how to safely use power tools to help improve their trimming. He will be sharing more advanced power tool techniques right here on Hoof Help Online.

Yvonne Welz is the creator and editor of both websites, The Horse's Hoof and Hoof Help Online. A former Advertising Art Director, she published The Horse's Hoof Magazine for 20 years and 80 issues (read them all for free on Hoof Help Online), and now publishes the free monthly e-newsletter, Barefoot News. For 25 years, she was a competition dressage rider, and then went bitless in 2013, started a small riding school Heart to Hoof Horsemanship, and became an Associate Trainer with the World Bitless Association. She is also a Customer Experience Expert at Cavallo Hoof Boots. She is research oriented, fanatical about holistic health and nutrition, and ready to help you find whatever you need on your barefoot journey!

Testimonials

"It’s hard to believe, but I’ve kept my horses barefoot for 22 years now. We have rehabbed 5 different horses throughout that time, including a Foxtrotter, a Tennessee Walker, 2 Paso Finos, and a Morgan. One had navicular syndrome when we started and became completely sound after several months, with removal of eggbar shoes and pads. She was given to age 15 to live by a vet; she died at 33. All the others achieved soundness in various amounts of time, the shortest being the Morgan. We never could have imagined this wonderful outcome without the help and encouragement of James and Yvonne Welz. They were always there to keep us going and to answer our many questions. We are so glad we made the barefoot decision years ago and would never go back to any type of nailed on shoe. Our horses’ health is proof of this." - Carol Peat, Flagstaff, Arizona (photo above)

"You all changed my horses' lives and I have been an avid follower of yours for 15 years now. I cannot thank you enough for sharing your wisdom, experience, photos, articles and insights. They are truly 'golden!' I have even had veterinarians compliment my trim, thanks to you. I only trim my own, of course." 🙂 - Jennifer Hill

"There have been many changes in my life, but I never lost the passion for hooves and the desire to see as many horses as possible enjoying a life with healthy hooves. I continue to trim my horse and few other horses of friends. Your program helped my to have a clear, positive, confident image of what to do and I enjoyed beautiful results. I am wishing WELZ for every horse in the world." - Nicoleta Dobrin

View Plans $29.99 USD per month or $329.99 USD per year:
https://members.hoofhelponline.com/landing/plans/320589

Join Us!

Together, we can turn healthy, happy barefoot horse care into the normal way of keeping horses.

Your horse will thank you.

We're so excited to meet you!

We have lots of FREE resources on our newly updated website for The Horse's Hoof, a central hub of barefoot information since 2000:
https://www.thehorseshoof.com/