Angelica Sundstrom NPHCP (Natural Performance Hoof Care Professional)

Horses have been a part of my life for as long as I can remember. Growing up all I did was draw horses, read horse books, watch horse movies, talk about horses, think about horses, horses, horses, horses. I was quite frankly obsessed. When I turned six I was enrolled in riding lessons at the local barn and met my first pony not long after that. We were involved in pony club for many years, during which of course I absorbed as much information as I could from whomever I could. Some of the information was good and some of it I came to learn later wasn’t all together accurate. Since leaving pony club I have continued searching for information on what makes horses tick.

Despite my insatiable appetite for all things horse I have to credit my sister with introducing me to barefoot. In 2008 my sister found herself with a young horse who wasn’t necessarily properly trained to stand for a farrier. With that in mind she decided she wanted to learn how to trim. In her search for a “learn to trim your own horse course” she came across Lane Moore of the Lazy M Ranch in Caroline, AB. He had a three day clinic that encouraged horse owners to come and learn about hoof trimming.  Naturally I wouldn’t allow her to go without me so in March of 2009 , my sister, my dad, and I packed up our horses and headed out to Caroline for what would soon become one of the biggest paradigm shifts my equine soaked brain had yet experienced up to that point. My mind was blown in that three day clinic, I was also incredulous, how come this wasn’t common knowledge!? So many questions and yet I was also speechless, my mind was reeling. The aftermath of the clinic was that I had become obsessed yet again, my sister and I took on trimming all of our horses, and the mare we previously had shod was relieved of her shoes.

After the clinic I would occasionally think about getting more training in trimming and potentially do this as a career. I kept my eyes open and looked into courses here and there but I didn’t see how I could do those courses working a full-time job, and most of them were out of country. Then on one beautiful November day, in 2014 I believe it was, I saw a wonderful thing in the schedule for Farm Fair. There was to be a lecture on barefoot trimming/horse keeping :D:D:D:D:D!!!!! That is where I met Connie Challice and Birgitta Wilkinson. And, it just so happened that they offered a two year program that was flexible, affordable, within Alberta and filled with the information I was looking for! Despite it being exactly the kind of program I was looking for, I let my job and other things keep me from entering the program until June of 2017.  At that point I was all in and haven’t regretted a moment.

 Contact

Angelica Sundstrom NPHCP
Stony Plain, AB
Cell # 780-910-4306
huckleberryequine@gmail.com