While working as a farrier in the early 2000’s, specializing in the rehabilitation of horses with hoof problems like laminitis and white line disease, as well as maintenance of horses with and without shoes, I was always searching for what could make the hoof stronger, tougher, more resistant to the fungus of South Florida. This product, Animal Trace Minerals, found me. I had several horses in one barn that had weak lamina and poor quality hoof wall that chipped and flared. I spent many months working to improve hoof quality with limited improvement. One morning when I arrived at the barn to trim, I immediately noticed a difference in quality of the hooves. They were stronger, healthier looking, and more able to support the horses’ weight. The horses were moving more freely and seemed more comfortable. Because of such a drastic change I spent time talking with the owner about what had changed, what was different. The owner then told me the only change was that she had started feeding Animal Trace Minerals six weeks earlier. All four horses in the barn had improved. I immediately went out and bought the product and began feeding it to my own personal horses, noticing an improvement in just two weeks in the shine on their coats. In about four weeks, the change in the hoof was noticeable. I’m a farrier and I thought my horses had pretty good feet before discovering ATM. But I could not deny the improvement, and started recommending it to all my clients. Over the years I found the improvement in hoof horn quality made me look good as a farrier, and gave me something durable to nail a shoe to. Clients were always asking for my advice on hoof supplements. I told them that ATM was the ONLY supplement I had ever seen bring dramatic improvement to the hoof. No other supplement – biotin, lysine, other mineral combinations – brought the same results. My own barn is never without it. I buy it in the fifty-pound size to save money.