HoofTalk, Inc. was established in 1993 by longtime farrier Lyle (Bergy) Bergeleen, who has been successfully practicing his unique, completely natural techniques for achieving hoof balance in horses since 1969. Bergy's proven methods, developed from years of shoeing domestic horses and studying horses in the wild, revolve around the concept of straight hairlines being an absolute necessity. To date, the practice of this extraordinary method of shoeing horses has healed thousands of unsound horses previously thought incurable. Currently, HoofTalk, Inc., based in Austin, Texas, provides farrier services throughout the continental United States, schools for owners wishing to learn how to shoe and trim their horses, and professional courses for would-be farriers seeking to learn Bergy's methods.