Finding Lame Mule's Abscess & A Screw Stuck In The Other foot 

My Dog And Me, Thank you so much. Animals have no judgement. They mirror back what you give them. They are a Blessing. Thanks for watching and Greetings to you too from Utah.

Better in 2 days.

I soak The Foot in espon salt, & wrap his foot, Make sure it's dry! Never use Hydrogen peroxide it clots their Blood,, use. A Badjy cream on the hoof, of Hoof flex bependind on the wound

I always keep BUTe for Horses

Try BUTe it will help with pain and swelling

Ask ur VET

There's a product called hoof flex. It moisturizes the hoof to stop cracking,splitting. That's what you need.

seamus, Sure glad you enjoyed off the cuff encounter. Oh and I found out a few years ago that I'm more than 50% Scottish Irish. Thanks for watching.

@@RockinJFarrier as long as your not English Haha best of luck and I'll keep looking at your videos I'll like and suscribe take care seamus by the way what's your name ?

348Tobico, They are smart. Most can tell when you are trying to help them. He was a good old boy. The hooves were really hard. dry Sumer. Thanks for watching

Bill, Thanks, The bender is an amazing tool.

You have eyes like an eagle

Randy, ya it’s challenge. Trying to film, work on the horse, making sure the work is in the shot, which you don’t know till after, and you can’t redo it, and oh ya don’t move your head. 😂it’s quite the process🤪. Thanks for watching anyway.

Edward, Thank you, welcome aboard.

Thank you.

Thank you very much!

Cheryl, Thanks for your concern. Out in the manure there is little sanitary. One foot in the wet by the water trough or stepping where they eliminate even bandaged or not and there is bacteria. the abscess is walled off. Once the pressure is drained They heal right up. If it ain't broke don't fix it. What we did worked perfect. Mule sound in just over 2 days.

Dan Bentsen.They absolutely do. I had one run accross the field to put his head on my chest, at the amazement of the owner, who said, "He never does that to me" !!! Treat them with respect. They respond in kind. Thanks for watching and for your input.

Linda, That way I support my back resting on my elbows. My Dad did it that way and shod horses till 75. Thanks for watching.

Learn something every day. Thanks

Charles, Ya, They are more like the Donkey, or Jack, the Dad of the mule. hooves are thicker too.

I carry them on my chaps. I don’t want a bucket or cart to stumble over. Setting them down once in a while is not to big of a deal. Thanks for watching.

Healed up in 2 days. If the nails bothered him, that mule would have dang sure let me know. 🤔

The nails are the normal way iron shoes have always been fitted to Mules and horses. The part the nails go into are like our finger nails, there are no nerves so no feeling at all. He is a beautiful well behaved boy, he would let it be very clearly known if he was in any discomfort.

I have watched him. I used to trim cows. He deals with a lot of infection because of the wet sloppy conditions the cows are in 24-7. Thanks for watching.

He put iodine after. The mule was sound in 2 days and went on a ride.

wouldn't know the answer to that.

Jarrett, It doesn't feel good when they get hold of you. Thanks for watching.

Jessica, No he hasn't had shoes in years. The screw was from the roofing.

My goal was to find the abscess and get the mule relief. Mission accomplished. My tool is already over it, I put it in counciling after we got finished. It gets triggered once in a while however.

Rocks have a way of working there way into the hoof sometimes.

Michael, It's pretty tough to overcome confirmation issues. You can tip the heal of the shoe, lowering the inside edge, then the heel is gently forced out. Usually the heel is short, not even with the other heel. you want to trim the opposite heel a bit shorter. you can tip both webbs if both heels are contracted. If you just maintain them they usually stay sound for years.Thanks for watching.

No Never use hydrogen peroxide on a Horse

Can't you soak his foot in water and Epsom salt and see if something will come out like a pebbles 😊

Oly, when you handle a couple thousand critters a year, you get kicked once in a while, but see the signs and avoid most of it. Thanks for watching

Alice Cain, They are not all gushers. Some are just small like this one. If it expands under the whole sole they have a lot more drainage. Once drained they heal up quick most of the time. Thanks for watching.

Rockin J doesnt show off his new cars, trucks, and crushes like GP does. My farrier journey started with HoofGP, but his channel is so much extra than it used to be. I go to Nate the Hoof Guy for my cattle fix these days.

I drained what was there. He put stuff on it later.

Honestly. You do not put a shoe over an abcess..that retards drainage and you do not consider riding a sore abscessed mule..good god

@@reneecatherin5166 It was not an all encompassing abscess. They don't usually continue to drain for days. I've drained thousands on Dairy cows. The shoe took the pressure off the sole. He never limped after one day. Soaking keeps the new growth soft.

@@reneecatherin5166 Yes, I thought what he did did not pass the smell test of common sense.

Jc how many armchair farriers out there? This was nothing. Watch some of the south American or Chinese donkey vids. Bovines and ungulates have high pain tolerance. Get the pressure out you can see relief. And STFW if GP earned some nice tools. He is a caring man and puts his money into equipment not a Porsche or vacations. He does well as farmers like him

ToddtheWadd, Mules are tougher, But Horses have a better shape. Thanks for watching

@@RockinJFarrier I'll watch them all. Thanks very much for sharing

NRA, he put iodine on it later. Once the abscess I’d drained they usually get better in a couple days. Sometimes soaking them doesn’t let it harden up and keeps moisture in.

@@RockinJFarrier Thanks.

Cheryl, yes they needed turned Up, but the Mules feet are really hard and dry, thanks for watching

yup

We drained it, he put iodine later. The mule was sound in 2 days.

@@RockinJFarrier Thank you! I couldn’t imagine that you didn’t treat him. I thought that part must have been omit. He is a handsome old guy.

Graevyan, Thanks

Farrier Tools don't look old unless you let them get wet and rust, and don't use them enough to keep them shined up. On the contrary, my G E Forge and Tool nippers get warn out least once a year. The only part that gets warn is the cutting edge which you can't see in a video.

Gail Wright, He must have been feeding you a line. The females are Molly Mules, The males are John Mules. Mules are a cross between a Male Jack Ass and a Mare,(female horse). If you cross a Stallion on a Jenny (Female Donkey) you get a Henny not a mule. John & Molly Mules can breed, and get pregnant but they absorb them because the chromosomes are off. That's why they castrate the Johns so They don't deal with that. Hope that sheds some light. It probably created more questions........... Thanks

Jacks (male mules) are normally neutered; it helps calm them down. Jacks are always sterile. Molly mules, on the other hand, are *sometimes* fertile. A mule + horse foal is incredibly rare. There's fewer than a dozen a record.

@@Cricket2731 A Jack is a male donkey, male mules are called John’s. And they will breed. But the Molly aborts.

@@Cricket2731 Male mules are John's. Male Donkeys (burros) are Jack 's. Male Henny's are Sam's.

@@RockinJFarrier I have a picture from when I was younger, of a Molly mule + foal. Sire was a horse.

Absence

Sherry, ya it kept the pressure off from where it was sore. Never took a lame step after two days. He went for a day ride with him 3 days later. Once the pressure was gone he got better quick.

Jerry, Their feet are hard, and the hoof wall is thicker, and mules watch where they put their feet and can go bare foot if not ridden every day and in rough conditions. Then front shoes sometimes is all they need. Thanks for watching.

ya, When I was trimming it. Lucky I found it. Wasn't in very far. Good thing.

C W, The mule was sound after 2 days.Can't argue with results.

The mule had his frogs sluff out and had problems growing them, so he didn’t want any cut out. He has been treating them.

A small amount of fluid. He was sound 2 days later and went int the mountains

It was healed in 2 days. Drained thousands in Dairy cows and horses. Iv'e found abscesses after Vets couldn't.

Sharon Anderson, no It wasn’t that big, but there was a little fluid that came out of it. That’s why he was better in a couple of days. Thanks for watching

Gail. It depends on how rough the trails are and how often they ride. A lot of riding in rocky conditions will wear steel shoes paper thin. They can also get stone bruised. Thanks

Interesting.. I had a Mustang years ago and I always only had shoes put on the front. Thanks! Learned something new

even though I have never been near a mule, much less their hooves, I found myself wanting the Chinese farrier's tools. The nippers seem frustratingly slow and inexact.

Have always had Lung issues. Too much hay dust, welding smoke, playing music in smokey clubs, old and over weight I guess.

It's a challenge working with a Go-Pro on your head, not being able to see where it's pointing, until your all done, and yes, try not to move your head. Doin the beast an old dog can do. Thanks.

The mule went on a pack trip 2 days later.

@@RockinJFarrier haters will hate. If it was that bad Mr mule be honking and kicking and biting. He wasn't. You took the pressure out and he let you nail in shoes

@@peterfuchs4596 You're right.There are always one or two. How can they argue with success. Thanks for your input and for watching.

Mules 10x smarter than horses or most people. Cows too. Never got bit by a cow but plenty of horse and the worst, pony, bites. Why got no problem with a nice thin sliced horse sandwich on a chronic misbehaving jerk. Some bulls like that too and one sideways look and back of the barn. And jc this can be done humanely. Better than some 3 yr old rubbed out

Gale, He's an older mule. Not his first rodeo.

It's the farmers who do the damage. They're mostly a bunch of ignorant peasants. The farrier does his best to reverse the damage of months of neglect.

A mule with an abscess is already in pain. He got sound. Nuff said.

The mule was sound in 2 days. ?

Laura, Rock hard feet, and yes it needed tuned up.

I apologize....I don't have enough strength

His feet were rock hard. Difficult to always keep a good edge.

@@RockinJFarrier just seemed like it was dull from the start

It needed tuned up for sure.