You're taking the time to explain what a draft horse hoof needs in the trimming that you are doing is very helpful. Your videos are educational and for someone like myself who knows nothing about the hoof trimming of a horse after watching your videos and listening to your explanations, I have a much better understanding of your thought process in planning out the trim and the tools that you need to achieve a good result. I have been watching the hoof trimming of the dairy cows and bulls and found those videos very interesting, particularly when problems need to be given attention to help the animal to have no pain when full weight is put on the hoof in question.. I can see the physical strength, patience, and skill that is needed to work with these large magnificent work animals and I say thank you for a job well done!
I find this stuff fascinating. My great grandfather was a smith/farrier before I was born...he was one of the only ones in the area that worked on draft horses. Wish he was around to see this stuff...
Your commentary was very much appreciated!!! I have watched a few farriers now and wondered exactly what and why things were being done, so thank you! I also am amazed at the transformation of the foot before and after. It must be lovely to be so helpful to such wonderful creatures as a profession🤩🤗. Keep well!
Thank you for taking time with explanations and education. From your videos it is apparent every hoof is different to some degree or another. There is an art to spatially assessing each foot.
I don't think I have ever met a draft horse who was not a sweet sweet horse..it just seems that the bigger the horse the more calm and gentle and it is a good thing because I can't imagine trying to control one when they are angry.. good luck
Very excellent job! Great to see people like yourself around still who take time to explain what there doing, but most if all care for the welfare of the horse, I breed Clydesdales and it sure is something to keep their feet trimmed and cleaned on time. All the best to you bro!
Excellent hoof-trimming video, I really appreciated the commentary, I was able to learn more about what it’s like to trim horse hooves! I went to check out your channel and expected to see a lot more views and subscribers. You just gained a new subscriber, thanks for the informative videos!
We have a Percheron and a Shire among other horses. They are actually my favourites. Big but very gentle. The farrier always shakes his head when he comes to do their hooves especially the Shire. He is huge at 19 hands.
I wouldnt own anything else but a draft anymore. I never wanted a lead mare, I never wanted a white horse. A white shire lead mare choosed me as her human and I just had to have her. That breed fascinates me. I have to treat them like childrens. I can order one to move the others when they dont listen to me. It`s wild. Literally EVERYTHING became easier and more relaxing with the big shire vs the smaller breed.
Thank you for explaining what and why you are doing. I grew up around horses and saw them being shoed, however I never knew any of the terminology or reasons for what was being done. I love the draft horses.
My husband’s family breeds and breaks Belgians. They are huge babies. And they will use any chance they get to be pet and yes, they just get so relaxed they lean on you. But, never have they hurt me. Even wearing sandals around a 2, 500 lb. stallion while I’m out with them. And there times when there 80 of them!! I just love them!
@leannabrenner Goodness, I hate hearing this. Horses can be kind, sweet, etc, but accidents happen. Horses are fight or flight animals. Instinctually, they can take off in a flash when spooked & hurt you or even kill you, if you are in their flight path. A wasp sting, a flying plastic bag, a snake in the grass, etc can put them in panic mode. If you aren't paying close attention, you could get stepped on, mowed over, knocked around by a sweet, kind horse who is frightened or surprised. Safety is key around animals that can be unpredictable. Better safe than sorry. I have 4 horses, one being a percheron (draft). Please use care, your health & safety depends on it. Not to mention the horse could be punished(euthanized) for causing harm to a human, even when it was the human's negligence..happens a lot.
I got recommended this video and I'm enjoying it. I want MORE footage of this beautiful giant horse to be honest lol. I'm glad to hear the commentary since I have zero idea what's going on. I also enjoy just looking at the trim process, cleaning the frog and such.
I’m brand new to horses in general but have always wanted a draft horse. Can you help me understand why wild horses don’t need this work done to not become lame? Fascinating video I’ll definitely be watching more.
Fantastic and informative. I was never a ferrier or even began training, but i did work with Hanoverian warmbloods. They are big horses but nothing like this. It was very interesting to watch the difference in produre, watching this vs their hooves being worked on. (Im no expert at anything, just spent 4 years almost every weekend working with HWBs)
Love your videos! Where I ride we have a Clydesdale mare, a Belgian and 2 Percheron geldings. One of the Percheron’s is just 7 years old and 19 almost 20 hh and he’s a dapple grey. The other Percheron is in his early 20’s and is about 18hh and is black but turning salt pepper. All are gentle, sometimes they forget how huge they are. Our Clydesdale mare is actually in our lesson program.
Great work. I leant something about frogs today. I didn’t get involved with horses much until later in life. Now I have 5 new best friends apart from my dogs and wife. (In no particular order). I feel obliged to do my best to look after them all.
So very interesting, I haven’t seen a farrier work on a beautiful Draft Horse before, enjoyed this video so much, I’m subscribing, thank you so much, take care.👍
I have never heard the term Draught / Draft Horse before and not actually seeing the Horse in this video I cant imagine what she looks like, but at a guess, I'm thinking that a Draught /Draft horse, or Heavy Horse as we call them here in the UK, would be like our Shire Horses, Clydesdale for instance, would I be correct in saying that ? Great Video by the way, when I was a kid, I used to help the local Farrier who worked on the Horses that pulled the Barges along the Canals, loved it.
This is my first time watching your videos and I thoroughly enjoyed it. I only wish I could have seen a quick pic of Lakota! You now have a new subscriber….thank you for being so caring and knowledgeable. I learned a lot and enjoyed your explanations.
Our draft won't let us near his feet. He was from a kill pen and I'm curious to know if you've ever come across aggressive or not-so-gentle drafts and how to go about getting hoof care if it could be more dangerous than average.
I was taught that it was a bastardization of the German word for the underside of the hoof: the frosch. But I was also learned under a German trainer so I've always taken this with a grain of salt.
he did not show all the works he did for her. i used to use a product called Hoof Flex...YEARS ago on my horses' feet. helped. sort of like handcream cuticle cream for us. i am sure there are bettwe products now. so yes, there are things to use to help with conditioning hooves. owners shoukd apply regularly imho.
@@maggiepatterson7949 you won't ever repair hoof cracks with topicals. It's like your fingernail. Once a crack is there, it's there, and you can't put anything on to reverse it. You have to fix the hoof from the inside out, i. e. nutrition. You have to give the body the right nutrients to grow a strong hoof in the first place, if that makes sense.
From what I understand Draft feet are more like pancakes. When they get long they tend to have the wall grow flat out after a certain point. Once they flair out they chip really easy.
I trim my draft horses and have to live with them and work them I've lived in the west, midwest, and the south east and each environment/soil condition requires different trims, but regardless you want the weight of the horse to be distributed evenly including the frog.
