The Mirage of the Natural Foot - Science and Snake Oil in the Barefoot Trimming Debate

by Michael E Miller, MD, CJF, FWCF with a foreward by David Duckett FWCF

This book reviews the history of trimming techniques and the cyclic interest in keeping horses without shoes. Included is the only controlled, comparison study to date of conventional versus "natural" trimming.

About the author:
Michael Miller is a Certified Journeyman Farrier, and is only the fourth US citizen to be awarded the Fellowship of the Worshipful Company of Farriers. He has been a farrier for more than 40 years, initially working with gaitred horses, then show junmpers and hunters. He is also an orthopaedic trauma surgeon. He lives in Huntsville, Alabama.

Paperback, 60 pages, first published 2010.