Equine Dynamics with Mike Stine

This Episode: Meet Fran Hancock from Louisiana with 50+ years of being a student of horses. A former school teacher turned farrier, follow us as she enters a male dominated field in 1975. Over the next 23 years has worked into earning her place into being voted the president of the AFA. She tells us her stories of the people that influenced her as well as things that wrestling mules and teaching colts not to be afraid of humans.

THIS EPISODE: Discussion of the history of horseshoes through time - Trav's wife rolled her ankle after her competition - Grinding vs Forging - Defining why we use Keg, Poly, Steel, Aluminum, and numerous other shoes - Other animals we shoe

This Episode: Mike and Trav recap their LIVE broadcast - How 3 degrees of separation equine people are connected - Why the interest in Structural Asymmetry - Actual issues at the running of the Kentucky Derby - Reinventing the wheel again - CASE STUDY of Lou Lou

We had a LIVE show at Dover Saddlery located at 1848 Galleria Blvd G, Charlotte, NC 28270. Thanks to Chelsea and her amazing staff for inviting us to join in their Spring Tent Sale. Follow the Equine Dynamics Show wherever you listen to podcasts.

This Episode: Cross tie issues - Mike vs Diego - Superficial Pectoral Muscles defined - Out of shape equals Leaning issues - How nursing from one side might be bad for newborns - Case Study of a horse named Brown Brown - Fixing bent arrows - Lateral Weak vs Diagonal Weak

This Episode: Sarah Turowski is a rep for Epona Mind Shoes and 15 year farrier - Travis learns a new term "Endurance" - Will the eclipse blind the horses - Meaning of Pasture Sound - Big tech is the traditional farrier's nightmare - The Barefoot Movement Explained - Mike Defends Old School vs New Tech

This Episode: Mike deals with an Emergency "Come Fix My Horse," Call - Talking Terminology: Sternum - The Bone Collar - Using Stickers to evaluate - Straight and Square Bodies - Travis diagnoses a horse correctly... maybe?!?

This Episode: Keratinolytic Disease of the Zona Alba - Mike's new Wing Divider - Cause and affect of Bacteria and Fungus - Orange Methylate - Video of actual KDZA

This Episode: Mike went to The Carolina International - Discussion about straightness affects the hoof - Photos from 4 star Cross Country Equines - Travis returns from Florida - Talking Terminology: Oblique and Slanting when shooting x rays - (MUST SEE) Mike's Hock Joint in studio

This Episode: Diego wrecked in turn 3 - Having a "1 - 2" Podiatry Vet Doctor - Why Mobile x-ray units have to be registered - The world's greatest lie detector - What to look for this early spring - The Venogram process

This Episode: Being a "Hoof Nerd", is a good thing - Tales of a horrible accident leads to new outlooks - The actual cost of feeding horses all natural - Defining the PEMF and a Ten's unit for muscle pain - The Style and Technic with the Power and Punch when massaging a horse

This Episode: We got an award for the podcast!! - Older horses can get "Ribbie" - Badlands vs Good fields - Defining Articulations - Time windows for joint closures - Going over how straightness of a limb affects the hoof - What to do with DSLD

This Episode: Artificer Jim Hurlburt with Aichmomania, joins us in the studio (He likes making really sharp things). The actual video of Travis's wife riding Diego. The wrong way to sharpen hoof knives - The angles of a hoof knife and how do they help you. Mike is pleased with his work on an uphill horse - Travis is the last bloodline for a knife destiny

This Episode: Talking Terminology- Osteoarthritis and Bone Spavin - Arthritis Research of 2023 - Working inverted - Shoeing horses with blankets on - Birthday gift for Travis's wife - Owner said Mike had a pretty face - Discussion of a horse named Eileen with a drop shoulder

This Episode: Talking Terminology - Osteoarthritis and Bone Spavin - Working Inverted - THE HORSE article - Brow band - Mike's Super bowl Hair

This Episode: Travis welcomes in the New Year with gun shots - Steve McConnell joins us from Hoof Doctor products - How seasonal changes affect the feet - A concern neighbor reaches via phone call - Stall bedding during wet swampy conditions - Travis admits to using a hairdryer to dry out his horses feet

This Episode: Mike doesn't see himself as a mentor - Talking Terminology "Curvature of the Spine" - The Marsha Story with a Vertebrae Problem - Practices that were rude to animals - Babies born in stalls vs in the open - Mike recaps his biggest mentors from Season 7

This Episode: Professor Travis Burns from Virginia Tech Large Animal Clinic - Class schedule for a DVM - Common cases seen at Vet School - Trade Schools vs College programs for farriers - Owners further education does work - Diego returns from 4 day horse clinic with swollen hind quarter.