We have been selling top quality herbs, herbal blends, supplements and homeopathic remedies for horses for over 17 years. We feel our wide range of products help support your horse whether it is as a calmer, mobility support or many other issues. We have recently introduced our Pick 'n' Mix option so you can have a blend tailor-made for your horse.
We offer FREE POSTAGE for all orders over £49 to mainland UK so please explore our store and enjoy your shopping!
NEWS AND UPDATES
September 15th
MARSHMALLOW ROOT POWDER - out of stock
I'm afraid we are currently out of stock of marshmallow root powder, and therefore Herbal Easigut blends. Our next delivery is due by the end of next week, and we will list it as in stock as soon as it arrives. We're very sorry for any inconvenience this causes.
June 23rd
BACK IN STOCK! MSM and blends containing it (GBM, GBM Extra, Gluco/MSM etc) are now back in stock
June 18th
We are currently out of stock of MSM and any blends that contain it, but our delivery is expected Wednesday 23rd May and will relist as in stock as soon as it arrives.
May 6th
We are experiencing some issues with our website contact page. In the meantime, please email us directly at barefoothorse@hotmail.co.uk.
April 29th
Back in Stock and Price Reduction!
Chamomile, Agnus castus powder and finecut rosehips back in stock, along with the associated calmer blends such as Herbal Mare, Herbal Rig and Herbal Calm. We will continue to use rosehips powder in our blends as this seems to be more available than the finecut rosehips. We will update the stock photos to reflect this change shortly.
Even better, we have been able to source a new herbal supplier and the price of chamomile is such that we have been able to reduce our prices on chamomile and associated blends. If your personalised blend contains chamomile, please contact me to ask for a price review.
April 22nd
BACK IN STOCK!
So pleased to be able to say we are now almost fully stocked. Deliveries of rosehips powder, echinacea, spearmint, neem leaf, marshmallow and glucosamine this week have meant a lot of blends are now back in stock including:
GBM extra
Gluco Extra
Herbal Repel and Soothe
Herbal Detox
Herbal Easi-gut
Herbal Hoof
Herbal Total
Herbal Slim
Herbal Shine
We have also secured a new supplier that will hopefully meanstock shortages in the future will be less likely. We are still waiting for chamomile flowers, which is due in 2-3 weeks, but also have finecut rosehips on its way so will be able to stock rosehips to purchase seperately soon.
Thank you for bearing with us, we have never experienced stock shortages like this and I can assure you we do not enjoy the virtual 'empty shelves'. Looking forward to being able to announce we are FULLY STOCKED very soon!
April 7th
We are still battling the knock-on affect of Brexit, stockpiling and the pandemic. We are currently out of stock of the following:
rosehips powder - expected next week
milk thistle seed powder - expected next week
spearmint - available in May
chamomile - expected late May
vervain - expected this week
neem leaf - no expected delivery date yet
I'm very sorry for the inconvenience this causes and so many blends being out of stock due to this. Please also be aware that personalised blends that have already been listed may not be available if they contain these herbs. If you purchases these, we will be in touch to discuss alternatives or refund. Thank you for your patience and understanding.
March 25th
ROYAL MAIL DELAYS
As always, we aim to dispatch orders the next working day, and have managed to do so for almost all of our orders throughout the last year, despite a large increase in orders.
However, during the current lockdown, we are still aware of delays with Royal Mail services, some orders taking 1-2 weeks to arrive. We can only ask customers to be patient, we are dealing with a high number of emails chasing orders, only for the orders to arrive with the next couple of days. These delays are due to the non essential shops being shut, and a massive increase in online shopping and therefore delivery services. Royal Mail are also having to deal with staff shortages due to illnesses and isolating due to covid. Please also be aware that just because you received another Royal Mail parcel within a few days, it doesn't mean others won't take longer, as it depends what sorting offices they pass through. We have been working 6 days a week for a year now, and we are just a frustrated as our customers about these delivery days, but please bear with us and we hope things will improve next month when online shopping demand lessens.
Thank you for your patience and ongoing custom.
March 11th
We are currently out of stock of rosehips powder, and therefore the blends containing it. Our supplier is expecting their delivery next week so will hopefully be back in stock soon.
SLIPPERY ELM: Update from our supplier: Slippery Elm has now arrived with us but is very expensive. Its becoming very difficult to get hold of now and although it is not endangered yet, there are big concerns about its sustainability.
As an ethical company, we do not feel it is appropriate to stock a product that is affecting the sustainability of a species of plant. We therefore will not be stocking slippery elm powder in the future unless this situation changes. Our marshmallow root powder is widely available and a very effective alternative.
MARSHMALLOW ROOT POWDER PRICE REDUCTION: We are very pleased to say that our normal stock is now back with us, so we have been able to reduce our prices of marshmallow and associated blends such as Herbal Easi-gut. We always strives for competitive and fair prices, and are constantly reviewing our prices to ensure this.
February 15th 2021
SLIPPERY ELM UPDATE
We are currently out of stock of slippery elm powder. Unfortunately, it does seem that we will not be able to source slippery elm for a while, as their is a global availability issue.
(from our supplier) "With regards to the Slippery Elm, there is a Global shortage currently, this originates from the USA, and the crop has been extremely poor which has really endangered the products availability."
February 2nd 2021
PRICE INCREASE AND STOCK AVAILABILITY
The affects of Brexit and the pandemic have really hit trade imports hard, particularly in the last month. We are seeing many delays on the import of herbal products by our main supplier, not helped by larger companies stock piling last year, when we saw stock levels affected. As a small family-run company, we are limited to how much we can store of the 40 herbs and supplements be stock.
We are in regular contact with our supplier and getting the products as soon as we can. Unfortunately, some products are not expected until March, with some not having an expected arrival date yet. We have managed to find some products with other suppliers, but at increased costs. We are also generally finding wholesale prices of herbs are increasing due to the pandemic and Brexit.
I'm afraid we will have to increase the prices of some of our products, in relation to the increases in wholesale prices. We always review our prices and hope that as the situation settles, prices will come down again and our prices can reflect this. We continue to strive to offer high quality supplements for your horses and competitive prices.
Thank you for your patience and understanding, we look forward to the day we are finally fully stocked again!
