Sam getting new horse shoes today with frog support pads to prevent and protect him from a bruised heel condition. #horseshoeing # Farrier #oddlysatisfying #horsecare
For those of you who dont know, none of this hurts the horse, except maybe having its leg of for that long, might get a little bit tired. Also they are visibly happier and more active after reshoeing.
@@kelb0y9o20 Shoes are essential for hooves that are regularly in contact with asphalt floors or other rough surfaces. This is because their hooves can be damaged by uneven or hard ground, putting the animal at risk of stepping on objects that damage their natural hooves. in fact is like if the horse go to a jeweler's and say "put me some great fancy protection on my hoves homie" *cool music playing*
Horses in nature that are running on the grass do not need shoes, but working horses walking on roads with the load will damage their hoofs so they need shoes.
@@jaknasty6464 it's like getting your nails trimmed/filed, if the horse is in pain he ain't doing it right, and he'd know, because the horse would be kicking him 😂
@@daniellastandridge3335they have personalities like we do, plenty good sport horses can be impatient and feisty during care. Some behave much like toddlers having a tantrum 😂
@@charleschuckfinley3304 Yeah, and it's remarkable how you can get a half ton prey animal to get accustomed to standing on one less leg while someone literally pries and hammers at their lifted foot for 15 minutes, and then let them repeat it three more times.
если хорошо относиться к лошади и быть деликатным она будет покладистой меня больше пугают маленькие собаки. этих крысок не воспитывают из за размера. вот они в любой момент тяпнуть могут
It really isn't. For sure, if you've got a spoiled one, that hasn't been brought up right, or you don't treat them with respect, it can be quite... intresting, to say the least. But usually it's nothing to be afraid of at all. It's a teamwork between yourself and the horse, when it comes down to it.
as someone who's gotten the opportunity to be around horses and groom them, it's not so bad as long as you know what you're doing and where to stand. the most significant rule is you always stay on your feet and don't go directly behind the horse, since that's the most dangerous spot this guy is working while standing to the side of the horse and is still on his feet so he's really not in much danger
for anyone concerned, this doesn't hurt the horse❤ cause their hooves are like our fingernails, we feel nothing when they get cut, but the frog (the triangle area near the top) is like the skin under our nails, so that is a bit sensitive, thats why they're more careful around that area.
It's actually very unlikely for a horse to bring their hoof up like that! They do sometimes stomp their foot down and accidentally step on the farrier's foot though..
Such a handsome horse with very nice and well-maintained feet! The hoof is a nice shape, and there's no visible splaying, splitting, or twisting of the hoof wall or the foot. Having good, sound feet is vital for a horse's health--injured or neglected feet can outright kill a horse if they're bad enough. But this lovely friend has some very nice hooves, and spiffy shoes to go with them!
My dad was a farrier my entire childhood while also working another full time job. Even as a kid I was amazed at how resilient he was. Work virtually all day welding just to come home and pack up his stuff and break his back shoeing horses until dusk.
@@noxcube6439 I can see how one could infer that from the RU-vid short, and maybe it’s possible for some farriers to find it peaceful. But my dad is a different animal lol. He did it because he didn’t have a formal education and had to leverage any trade work he could get into to make money for our family. He worked two jobs for years and years until landing a decent paying role at a power plant. I’m happy for him now, just wish he’d slow down and realize his worth isn’t determined by how much he works or how much money he makes. He’s getting old and needs to focus on living instead of working for once
@@dorcasmalahlela2805 I have a parent like this. For sure, you can tell them, but very few of us can or do transform deeply driven facets of ourselves because someone said we should do things different.
That’s a very well-behaved horse. I’m surprised he/she didn’t ever struggle or twitch. I love seeing things like this, that most people never get to see. It’s fascinating. Makes me wonder what horses ever did without us for how much work this is.
In the wild horses hooves are worn down by moving over various terrain. However when they run into bad enough issues that could make them go lame... that can easily spell the end for them. Horseshoes are to help support their weight, the weight of a human, and whatever else they might be carrying/hauling.
My first viewing of a horse pedicure😅I suffer from anxiety disorder and this was so educational and peaceful to watch. Just natural noise, no loud music or a billion colors jumping out of the screen. I'm glad RU-vid recommended this based on my page being full of rain sounds and positive meditation channels ❤❤❤❤I need 3-10hrs video of you doing horse pedicures (or being a farrier as humans call it lol) to play in the background while helping me relax and/or falling asleep. See this goes to show you that there is always someone out in life that needs your type of you❤❤
I also suffer from clinical anxiety, and this was so anxiety inducing for me lol. The sharp squeaking of shaving off bits of the hoof, just the idea of part of the body being shaved off like that, even though I know it doesn't hurt and that it grows back, seeing something be nailed into an animal even though I know it's just in the hoof (the nails are so long!). I always click on this type of video thinking it must be cool to see, but it always makes me feel so anxious. Glad it calms you down though lol.
I can’t imagine what this job must do to your back having to be bent like this for long periods of time! Hope you’re taking care of yourself after taking amazing care of these horses! ❤️❤️
A horse that knows it can trust people will stand patiently, as it does not hurt. A nervous young horse needs reassurance, but learns quickly. Like trying to trim a young child’s fingernails lol
@@jenisismanuel9517 I'd hope so, if not then I would be fairly apprehensive to the idea of it not being painful, especially the part where he's just hammering nails into it
@@jenisismanuel9517 Yes. It’s the same material that forms the outer wall. The bottom of the hoof at the centre is a softer material known as the frog, to provide some shock absorption. Inside & above the frog is where tissue begins, the laminae that support the coffin bone. The exterior of the hoof must be kept in good condition to support the internal structure, but is not sensitive
i have never seen a hoof restoration video before so when you took off the shoe and what looked like the entire hoof popped off my jaw dropped. i don't think i'll ever understand how horse hooves work, lovely video
I'm only halfway through the video, and this is my first time seeing this type of shoe so I might be wrong, but I believe this is a padded shoe. Most horseshoes as I'm sure you might have seen, are only the medal bit around the outside. Without the big plasticy bit covering the bottom of the hoof. The horse hoof has the outer rim, what you see the medal shoe being attached to and supporting. Then it hollows out sorta in the middle, the back (where the shoe is open) is thinner than in the front, as you can see. The triangle shaped part on the underside is called the frog (might be spelled differently, I'm not sure) it is a fleshy muscle I think? You have to be careful with it, it can be sensitive especially with a horse with foot issues. Some horses don't even really have frogs, some have huge frogs. All hooves are different. There's tons of diagrams on hooves, I've learned a lot from model horses and the painting/customization of them (I was in the sphere and did the work for several years) painting depth onto a mostly flat hoof is super fun! Getting to make it look like a frog and everything, really cool. Anyway, my info might not be the most accurate, I was hyperfixated on horses years ago but got bored of it all and forgot a lot of info so take what I say with a grain of salt! Hope this helped understand a bit better, if you read this all lol
@@hueytran9691 I assume you mean the white that got uncovered when he started cutting the hoof? After taking the shoe off Yes, he's just trimming up the hoof, can't let em grow too long!
This is an honest trade. Perfect combination of the intelligent sensetivity horses require, the strength and realness of a physical job, compassion to help animals stay healthy, and a meticulous eye for detail. Long live Farriers :)
This does not hurt the horse. It is like something is happening to your feet, but you have shoes on. You will feel it, but you will not get hurt. The horse undergoes the same thing. Hope it helps.. 👍
8:50 I love how the horse puts it's hoof on that piedestal. What a good boy/girl! I can't imagine how stressful this must be if you have to work on a nervous or obnoxious horse. I get that it takes years of experience to keep them as calm and helpful as this one.
Honestly, one of the most fascinating videos I have ever watched on youtube. I know next to nothing about horses or how they are shoed and this was so interesting to watch. Looks like such a neat, professional job but I was worried about how the poor Farrier protects his back from pain if he's bent over doing that all day!
I love how you keep the horse calm you don’t hurt it you kept it health up and help it!This is just so amazing to watch and it really inspires me !Thank you for making this video
The calmness and precision with which the farrier handles the horse's hoof is impressive. It's fascinating to see the intricate process of shoeing and the attention given to the horse's comfort and well-being.
let me add its not a natural human pose , its literally back breaking. and all it takes is on cranky horse, or one thats had a previous bad experience and they make your life hard
now as a city dweller I found this video quite therapeutic for me... Nothing like kicking the old shoes off (my shoes) and watching a horse have a pedicure. Well done sir!!!....
I've binged a bunch of these over the years whenever its late at night, despite having little interest in the subject or of in horses in general. However that is the first time i have ever seen a hammer designed to break off and twist the nails, that was genuinely fascinating.
From my own experience: my horses knew the ferrier's truck by sound and would lick his face the second they saw him. A good ferrier makes a happy horse for sure!
My horses seemed to associate our ferrier with a happy feeling. The part where they have to stand still isn't their favorite part but they tolerate it, but when they have 'all new feet' the seem to be perkier. We had a few dozen or more over the years for reasons, and those coming from a difficult/neglect background seemed to have a much more positive association than those that regularly had their hooves done from birth. :) I had a passion-project colt I worked with daily and the ferrier wouldn't attempt such a young horse. (They typically jump around all over/don't know how to stand.) It was a moment of immense pride when my 8-10 month old colt took 'best horse I have ever worked with in my career' title for being relaxed and not moving a muscle! He didn't fidget once!!
now have a new appreciation for ferriers.. what immensely hard work this looks like. my back hurt just watching. this is an intreguing video to watch. very informative
This is worth watching and interesting for most people as what we are seeing is someone mastering his craft, this is an innate human quality to recognise and appreciate masterful skill.
Some of my favorite childhood memories were going with my dad to get our horse Leo shoed. The farrier was a long time friend of the family, and was very skilled at it. He was the only person in our area that shoed horses. He has since quit since he is in his 90s now. When I was a child he was in his 60s, and only quit doing it within the last 15 years. He still gets around with only a cane.
They're not all like that, horses are fight or flight animals & if they get upset they can be proper mongrels. The average retirement age for a farrier is only 36 years old & many workplace accident insurance companies won't even give farriers a policy because it's deemed too high risk to be worth their while & the companies that do give them a policy want $2k-3k a year & you have to be hurt for more than 6 weeks before the insurance company starts paying you a wage & when you do start getting paid it's only $200 a week. Many farriers just put the money they would normally give towards an accident insurance company policy & put it in a separate bank account & then they just use those funds for if (when) they get hurt.
The smithing on the shoe looks effortless and is done with such precision it’s mind boggling that someone could master a craft like this so much so that they don’t need measurement. This was the most satisfying hoof work video I’ve ever seen and it’s just awesome dude. 👍🏼
Bro the sound of that anvil is unreal. If that's actually how it sounds with no audio tuning as to not hurt people's ears (some content creators do that) then wow and amazing job on silencing the anvil. No loud pinging or anything. Amazing.
Было очень интересно наблюдать за этой работой. Очень спокойная лошадь, она явно доверяет кузнецу. Современный вид подков впечатляет - добавлен амортизирующий слой, первый раз такое вижу. Спасибо за видео ❤
Sorry, I am just a guy watching this kind of asmr at 2 am... Is there any other way to do this? I mean, bro is standing and bending his spine for that long and it was just one of the four paws and only one horse at a time.. Man you should be VERY well paid for this. Congrats
This weirdly sounds so relaxing, I was watching this out of curiosity last night after doing my homework then I just found myself slowly falling asleep
Rather interesting. I got my own horse, and I'm hoping I can watch when the farrier comes out. It's so fascinating and I often watch horse hooves being cleaned and stuff. It's so cool 😅 great video!
my aunt owns a horse farm so I was sure I knew about everything you were going to do as I've seen this process done quite a few times already but there were definitely a few steps I'd never seen before, like the burning and the pink putty. very interesting!
That is a very well behaved horse, and obviously a calm, self assured farrier - horses pick up on the attitudes and ‘feelings’ of the people around them, and can behave very differently, for different people who are doing the exact same thing.
Your competency is demonstrated by the complete cooperation of the horse. I believe animals can sense your confidence and that you love them, so they trust you. I imagine this is as much a passion as it is a living for you. Kudos.
