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| My 23 year old paint horse "Blue" had Vet diagnosed navicular syndrome with severely contracted heels. He had a high level of discomfort and lack of mobility. I am so grateful and amazed at his recovery due to Don's work with him...it's like I have a new young horse who kicks up his heels and runs with comfort. My 23 year old Arab "Susko" had very long toes and high heels that hampered his movement in general. He now is in great shape and moves like a young endurance horse. I highly recommend Don for his many talents and great skill with hoof care and horses! Thank you!! Sincerely, Katherine Eiting |
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| I began having Don Miller trim my horse’s feet in June of 2009. My horse’s feet were all very tender and two of them had abscessed. Since Don has been trimming them they have all made huge changes. Their feet are now healthy and much tougher than ever before. I can walk them on our gravel driveway without them being tender footed. Don is very friendly and reliable. He is the best trimmer or farrier I’ve ever hired. He has a very calm and patient disposition and he does a great job at working through issues that your horses might have. I really appreciate the way he handles my horses. Rebekah Rice Parkdale, OR |
| Hi Don: Thanks so much for checking in on us. The boys are both good. They were a little tender on Friday but seemed fine by Saturday/Sunday. Moonshein had a full on running fit on Saturday and we took them both on a short trail ride on Sunday. Stuck to the payment but we actually trotted Moonshein a little and he was moving just fine! Really exciting. The Gloves are working really great too. Mom used them on the trail ride and she thinks they're a much better fit now. Thanks so much for helping her with that. I owe a huge amount of the credit to you for getting Moonshein (and Briggs) sound. We have some very different and happy horses on our hands these days. Look forward to seeing you too! Karen Caldwell |
| Don Miller is my horses' barefoot trimmer extraordinaire. When I contacted him in June of 2007 their feet were in terrible shape. Even though they were trimmed on a regular schedule, they were refusing to trot and a canter was out of the question. They all had thrush, which I could not clear up, and their heels were compacted. Their hooves were completely flat with no concavity. I noticed a difference in their attitude soon after Don's first trim and today their feet are perfect. We trot and canter with ease. I use easy boots on all four feet while riding rocky trails. Please folks, do your horses a favor and allow them the comfort of Don's wonderful barefoot trims. Sharon Terrazas Vernonia, OR |
| I’ve had horses for the past 43 years and up until 3 years ago I’ve always had shoes put on them. This was not only very expensive, especially when you have more then 5 horses but also very frustrating when losing a shoe right before a ride or during and then hoping to find a farrier to deal with it quickly. Then 3 years ago I researched the barefoot trim and thought I would try it, I tried several barefoot trimmers but still had angle problems or horses that got abscesses and even after a year they couldn’t be ridden without boots on. When my mustang began to show signs of lameness after always having tough hooves and never wearing shoes, I decided on someone new, so I called Don Miller, from the first time, I saw a change in my horse’s hooves. Some of them have taken a few months to improve because they’ve always had shoes or abscesses. My Mustang, Arab and Tennessee Walker don’t even wear boots and have no issues going on gravel trails. I have been with Don Miller for a year now and he’s great with the horses, in handling them, including my foals and stallion, they love him and Don really loves horses and is very patient. He is on time, professional and good with problem horses, attitude and hoof problems. We have 16 horses now and highly recommend Don Miller. Very Happy Customer, Ingrid Betthauser |
| In my ten years of owning horses, and many more riding them, I have found Don Miller to be a rarity in the equine world. Extremely devoted to continuous learning and understanding of the hoof- Don is a self proclaimed “hoof geek”. I have never meet anyone so excited and eager to see healthy progress of a horse’s hoof- and genuinely concerned about the overall wellbeing. Don has kindly and enthusiastically explained each step of both my horses progress in two years of working together, and I have learned a great deal through his teaching. My mare Lyric is a young 6 year old, impatient, strong-willed horse, and I was surprised to see Don’s constant patience with her, working with her and rewarding her for standing still by letting her hoof down, and taking his time to not only carefully trim her feet, but also to ensure that it remained a positive experience as well. She is much more comfortable on rocky surfaces, and her feet have been transformed over the past 18 months from a platter like shape to well heeled, solid hooves. My other horse Tucker, is an eighteen year old Morgan cross, with the hardest, most solid feet I’d ever seen. We do Endurance racing, and cover 30 miles within a morning. I attribute our success, and Tucker’s soundness to Don’s consistent care. Tucker has even stronger feet than before, and the natural concavity that develops from this unique style of trim allows me to ride Tuck barefoot on many of these long rides. I would feel confident recommending Don to the strongest believer of horse-shoeing- and challenge them to see the difference in their horse- with natural barefoot trimming. Not everyone can be a barefoot trimmer- as there is definitely a specific manner in which they need to be shaped and filed, but Don had devoted his time and energy to learning this art- and the results are wonderful! Best, Gretchyn Duval (Tucker and Lyric) |