Equi-Shine by Doctors Choice Supplements

Strong hooves are a team effort. This before-and-after from Dustin Johanning of Arrow J Ranch Farrier Service shows what can happen when sound farrier practices are paired with balanced, foundational nutrition. After a little over a year of consistent hoof care and Equi-Shine Pellets, this horse went from white line disease, crumbling hoof walls and crushed heels to a healthier, stronger hoof.

Your farrier shapes the hoof. Nutrition helps build it. Strong hooves start from within.
Amy Dunn Johanning

Your farrier can shape and balance the hoof, but nutrition provides the materials to build it. When balanced nutrition and consistent farrier care work together, you're supporting stronger hoof walls, healthier soles, and better-quality growth from the inside out.

Healthy hooves are a partnership, feed the hoof your farrier wants to work with.

Biotin is only one piece of the puzzle.

Healthy hooves require complete nutrition, not just one ingredient.

That's why Equi-Shine Pellets provide the nutritional foundation while Biotin Methionine offers targeted support.

The white line is the connection between your horse's hoof wall and the internal structures of the hoof. While white line disease is caused by opportunistic bacteria and fungi invading weakened hoof tissue, the strength of that tissue is influenced long before infection ever occurs.

Think of the white line as the mortar holding a brick wall together. If the mortar is weak, cracks develop, and those cracks create an opportunity for outside invaders.

That's where nutrition comes in.

A balanced diet provides the nutrients needed to grow stronger, healthier hoof horn that is more resilient to everyday stress. Trace minerals such as zinc and copper support keratin production and connective tissue integrity, while methionine provides essential sulfur for strong hoof horn formation. Together, these nutrients help produce a tighter, healthier white line and stronger hoof wall over time.

While good hoof hygiene, regular farrier care, and proper environmental management are essential for preventing white line disease, they work best when paired with balanced nutrition. Your farrier can remove damaged hoof and restore proper balance, but the quality of the new hoof growing down from the coronary band depends on the building materials your horse receives every day.

Because the hoof your farrier trims today was built over the past 8–12 months, consistency is key.

Healthy hooves aren't built by treating problems after they appear, they're built every day through balanced nutrition, proper mineral balance, and routine hoof care.

Think of the laminae as millions of tiny pieces of Velcro.

Their job is attaching the hoof wall to the coffin bone.

When they're healthy...Everything stays connected.

When they're damaged...The hoof loses structural support.

Nutrition helps support healthy tissue development throughout the hoof, including the structures responsible for holding everything together.

The Team Behind Healthy Hooves

Healthy hooves aren't built by one ingredient.

They're built by nutrients working together.

Zinc
Supports:
-Keratin formation
-Hoof horn quality
-Skin health

Copper
Supports:
-Strong connective tissue
-Cross-linking within hoof horn
-Structural integrity

Selenium
Supports:
-Antioxidant protection
-Healthy tissue repair
-Muscle function
-Immune health

Cobalt
Supports:
-Vitamin B12 production
-Healthy hindgut microbes
-Nutrient utilization
-Energy metabolism

When these nutrients are properly balanced, they help produce stronger, healthier hoof horn from the inside out.

Low NSC is only one piece of the metabolic horse puzzle.

Our Equine Metabolic Pack contains several products designed to complement a forage-first approach and support long-term wellness:

• Equi-Shine™ Ultimate
• Equi-Shine™ Myo-Ease Plus
• Equi-Shine™ Super E
• Equi-Shine™ Daily Start Probiotic

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Think about building a brick wall.

🧱 The bricks are your foundation.

Without strong bricks......it doesn't matter how good the mortar is.

That's exactly how hoof nutrition works.

The Brick = Equi-Shine Pellets

Provides the balanced nutrition needed to build healthy hoof horn including:

• Vitamins
• Organic trace minerals
• Amino acids
• Complete nutritional foundation

The Mortar = Biotin Methionine

Supports:

• Horn strength
• Hoof wall integrity
• Keratin production

But here's the important part...

Biotin can't build quality hoof horn if there isn't a quality foundation to begin with.

That's why we recommend Equi-Shine Pellets as the nutritional foundation before adding Biotin Methionine for additional hoof support.