The hoof

Whoever knows his/her way around horses knows: Hooves are vital for the horse’s health. Hooves are very sensible, anatomically highly complex structures. In the course of the evolutionary transmutation to being a solid-hoofed ungulate, the various layers of skin in the area around the tip of the toe have adapted to the intense mechanical strain:

• In areas where the subcutanious tissue makes contact with the lateral surface or the underside of the P3 or rather the fibrocartilage of the P3, the subcutis becomes their periosteum or perichondrium.
• In the area taken up by the periople, the coronet, the frog and the heel, deposits of connective and adipose tissues combine to form shock-absorbing bolsters and cushioning.

The shock-absorbing so-called hoof mechanism originates from this evolution. That’s why we at Dallmer have asked ourselves: Why do people pierce through such a sensitive finely tuned system with nails? As none of the conventional answers could convince us, we’ve developed an alternative that is gently supporting its natural functions while also being respektful of the hoof itself: The nailless hoofshoe to glue-on or to buckle on.