Life Changing Donkey Hoof Trimming with Lee Olsen Certified Journeyman Farrier! This Donkey was in a lot of pain and after some specialty hoof trimming he was feeling great! Check it out and let me know what you think!
Is there anything that can be done for the tendons other than praying? Our rescue got a quarter horse recently with a very similar overgrown and bent back opposite hoof issue from neglect. She had got to where she couldn't barely walk at all even to get food and was underweight. They'd left her in a field and would throw hay in but she was in with cows and they were eating all the hay first. Finally a neighbor contacted my rescue and they signed the horse over to us. We were able to remodel the hoof itself and it now lays flat approx like you'd want but she won't put much weight on that foot and it's been over a month with little to no sign of improvement. She is tough as nails and will stand and eat but ability to walk is not good. I recognize that we may not be able to solve this one but I thought I'd ask if you knew any methods we could try, thank you. @@olsenequinecjf
Oh man! You guys are awesome to help out that poor beautiful donkey like you did. We need more wonderful people like you in this world. Thank you and keep doing what you do. Bless all of you!
What a wonderful person you are. I don’t know anything about horses or donkeys but I worked for years as an SPCA animal rescue officer. I’ve seen and rescued many animals from many horrible situations they were in. It always made me smile and tear up when I was able to save an animal . What you did for this donkey is nothing less than incredible. Thank you for being a better human than most.
I would love to see follow up radiographs. Curious to see if the coffin bone will begin to migrate to a more normal position within the hoof capsule with the improved load profile. Nice work.
Speechless, I can't believe how bad that foot was at the start. You did such a good job getting it closer the right shape. The donkey must feel so relieved, he looked like he was in so much pain when he was limping along.
Seeing you guys do this hoof repair with x-rays, a Sawzall, and a grinder makes me even more impressed at the repairs Master Du manages over on the RescueHoof channel using nothing but spatula knives. Am I correct in assuming that if a wild donkey developed a deformed hoof like that, they're basically just dead right? No chance to escape predators I would imagine. Sad.
Its less likely to happen though, wild animals travel a lot further and wear down the material. It is when they are stuck in a limited area of soft ground that this sort of over growth is most likely to develop.
There’s a Chinese guy on RU-vid as well who practices hoof trimming in rural China and specializes in donkeys. His tools are so different than American tools, but kind of ingenious. He doesn’t have access to X-rays or anything, but 40+ years experience trimming donkeys pays off! Unfortunately, every donkey on his channel is like this…or worse. The reason I bring him up is the xrays you took us really shows just how bad overgrowth like this messes up the animal’s entire leg, and not just the foot. I’d also love to see your opinion on the Chinese man’s practice. It’s wild watching him work on such extreme cases without the use of power tools. Also, how do donkeys’ hooves differ from horses? They seem smaller and more vertical, is that true?
Too bad he operates in a quite unsanitary environment and he he is not too prone to do a thorough job. For example he would trim fron hoofs only, leaving back ones untouced. These animals are raised by Chinese farmers for thrir meat, whichnis condidered medicinal, in extremely closed quarters among their feces an urine. That is why they have hese tined snd hoofs. Frankly, the older gentleman who trims donkey hoofs could improve his techniques by watching videos from the Americsn professionals, to say the least without becoming personal in judging his rudimentary techniques and lack of hand tools…
Right? Plus he's a lot quicker with his little sharpened shovel than the vet with his power saw - he takes about twenty seconds per hoof .- I think that as stress during the actually cutting part of the hoof the Chinese master has our vets beat.
These trimmings always amaze me. I love seeing you trimmers make these animals happy. If you see my question, what are the earliest of years that folks started trimming hooves? Thank you
Thank you, it’s hard to say but dark ages for sure. There are leather slipper type of shoes even before steel, it’s recognized very early in the world that the hoof was important to the horse
I'm amazed he was able to walk on it so normally, so fast. I have a rescue lorikeet, who was kept in a TINY cage for a decade, too small to fully extend her wings, so the damage done to her bones & soft tissue means she can't use them at all now, they are stuck in position. They are actually starting to move slightly now, after physio by the avian vet, under anaesthetic, due to how painful it would otherwise be for her, but there's still extremely limited movement from the contractions of the muscles etc, amazing this donkey wasn't in the same situation & taking weeks for them to stretch back to something like normal, if ever
No se como hay “personas “ que no se conmueven ver que un animalito como no tiene vos, no se queja y como todo un valiente, sigue haciendo su trabajo en ( explotación) … gracias a quien lo atendió después de quien sabe cuantos años de dolor. Dios lo bendiga.
I really find it difficult to understand how someone could think that that hoof was NORMAL, that even if you dont know whats NORMAL the fact the others dont look like that should give you some clue! thank you so much to everyone who helped this donkey
Have you ever thought that there are people that know exactly that a hoof like that is not normal, yet they do not care? Why spend money on "something" that is of no use to you? Or do you think that ALL humans are so good that when they see something not normal, they go fix it?
Right! I'm a city girl and mostly just see dogs, cats and squirrels in real life but even I know that the hoof was messed up. Thank goodness this animal was saved.
People who neglect their animals need to be treated ten times worse than the animal was. There is NO excuse for animal abuse and mistreatment...PERIOD!
What a excellent job and how the donkey can walk without pain now. 👍 The people that owned this dockeu should NOT have animals at all!! Right here with this donkey proves it. 💯
There are lots of videos on RU-vid with a Chinese older man who is really good at trimming donkey hoofs. He trims lots of donkeys at markets, with very neglected hoofs. And he uses only hand tools, no vibrating machines. Check him out, it's satisfying to watch.
You have made such a big difference in this donkeys life and I'm sure he's very grateful for it . God bless you and all you do . I hope charges are brought up on the owner , letting any animal get this way is abuse . Again , thank you for helping this donkey and many many others .
It’s a shame that someone allowed this to happen to this poor creature, but it is heart warming to see what you have done to correct that neglect. Hopefully those responsible will be made to account for that neglect.
The way he walks makes me think of how parts of my hand are now that I've got arthritis. Sadly a you can't just take a Sawzall to that, at least not without cutting my hands open first, but I'm glad to see him get better.
I don"t understand how people ignore this. I see more neglected donkeys than most other equines. I have even seen the chestnuts look like horns so overgrown. You can take more off but you can't put it back on.
That X-ray game changer liked the power tools as well. I would be terrified of taking to much off. That not much fun for the animal. Much safer how you did it.
A man who trims cows in Ireland cut the tip of his finger off using a grinder in one hand while holding the hoof in the other. TEC Tv is the channel. I hope you follow the number one rule and you will never cut your finger off-both hands hold the grinder. BOTH!
