Barefoot News
With the 6th intake of our Polytechnic Equine Hoof Care course, we a very excited as this is our biggest group yet with some great students from all around Australia plus overseas and still more on the waiting list.
Some Statistics for the courses overall: So far we have had 78 enrolments, some of who just wished to trim their own horses, some have had changes of circumstances since 2007, but most are still training and we have a staggering 36 qualified practitioners out in the field now, many with thriving hoof care businesses.
We are also very excited that due to the large number of enquiries,the Polytechnic have commissioned us to investigate the planning of a Diploma course which will be a Nationally Accredited qualification, hopefully to start in 2012. So we are now in the early stages of development and discussion with various lecturers in their fields of expertise and will be updating everyone as we go.
Cheers from the Polytechnic Hoof Care crew – Jen Clingly, Marg Richardson, Leigh Martin and Jeremy Ford
One Day Hoofcare workshops via Adult Education
Jen and Jeremy from Wild About Hooves will again be running more Adult Ed Hoofcare Workshops – on the 16th of April in Hobart and on the 14th of May at Deloraine.
Functional Hoof Conference Success
Marg Richardson Writes: After months of planning and nerves and excitement, the conference has now been held and I can’t believe what an amazing experience it has been.