About Us
Hello,
I'm Anne Buteau, Owner of K.I.S.Trace UK.
Welcome to our store!
The Original K.I.S.Trace Powder is now being MANUFACTURED AND DISTRIBUTED IN THE UK and is called "K.I.S.TraceUK", so equines here can benefit from this supplement which has helped to improve health and performance in thousands of horses, ponies, donkeys and mules in the USA and Canada since 2018.
As well as having better quality hoof growth, the overall health of equines being given K.I.S.Trace improved in unexpected ways.
I hope you will consider testing out a bag of this product. The 8kg bag provides a 63 day supply for a 500kg equine.
A bit about me!
I'm originally from Suffolk, but have been working as a hoof care professional in Virginia, USA since 2001.
My herd of equines who are pictured on the front page of this store! I've enjoyed endurance riding over the years and was highest placed rider on the US TREC Team in Portugal in 2012.
My goal with K.I.S.TraceUK is to get this product out to as many horses as possible so they can have the sufficient essential trace minerals for optimum health (so long as their owners do not skimp on the dose!).
My hoof care education began in 1999 and hasn't stopped since...
- 2001-2002 Institute of Applied Equine Podiatry DAEP
- 2003-2006 American Association of Natural Hoof Care Professionals certification
- 2009 American Hoof Association member
- 2010 to present: Progressive Hoof Care Providers, member and mentor.
A bit about "the link between hooves and nutrition":
In the mid 2000's, notable "natural hoof care" pioneers in the equine industry such as Pete Ramey and others, started to notice the incredibly important link between nutrition, overall horse health, and more specifically hoof health. A hoof would be "improving" and then get to a point where the improvement would plateau out.
- What do we mean by "improvement"? I mean the change from a weak, compromised, unhealthy structure to a strong fully functioning robust hoof that allows correct movement, which usually results in an increase in whole body comfort for the horse, and therefore way of moving, attitude and performance.
- "Correct movement" consists of heel first landings, so concussive forces are being absorbed in the way they are designed to be. The horse's stance can become one of relaxation, and not tenseness from bracing against pain and discomfort.
- A weak unstable hoof may have continual cracking of the wall, chronic thrush with a deep central sulcus infection, an underdeveloped digital cushion, hoof wall separation, flaky hoof walls, white line disease, and other issues which are so common that they are considered "normal".
- A weak unstable hoof frequently cannot comfortably carry the horse with or without a rider, and often cannot "hold a shoe".
- Lack of protection of the navicular area by a dense strong frog and digital cushion can commonly result in discomfort and pain, and contribute to "navicular disease".
- So the hooves HAVE to be improved for our horse's long term health and performance.
- The hooves are in a constant state of homeostasis, which is a self regulating and dynamic process whereby the internal and external structures of the hooves are constantly adjusting to external conditions.
- One of the most important external influences on a horse's health that we can have a good amount of control over is nutrition, and specifically the insufficiency of trace minerals in the equines diet.
- You can't grow a healthy hoof if the horse is not in good health.