That's the idea. I think there are a lot of horses out there that feel worse after and as such don't want people touching their feet. I think it only gets easier as time goes on if there are a series of good trims where they come away from it feeling better.
He stands still for you like a champ, amazing after such a short time with him. Love him! And his feet look really good for being unkept until now. Really says alot for no metal horse shoes viewpoint. Love that.! Thanks for your time and very informative videos, awesome as always.
Very informative and how cooperative, good, he is👍 his fetlocks are so hairy ! He seems to have solid hooves used by running on hard grounds. Thank you Graeme 🐎
What a good boy. I’m sure glad you’re the expert on hooves. I swear I couldn’t see what needed attention until you pointed it out. (“Good boy”referred to the horse). 😁
Very nice to see that you can trim his feet and do filming! Good job! Hearing your knife scratch over the hoof or small stones I wonder if you can (or already did) give some tips how to sharpen a hoof knife. My sharpening is always somehow not satisfying...
I did do a video a while back but I'm not sure where it is. It was a livestream... I'll see about doing another one. I'm not the best at it overall, but I can get them pretty sharp. The trick is to sharpen often!
He is a beautiful buckskin! ❤️🙏 thanks for the video. But I still don't feel comfortable trying to do it myself. I have 3 horses going to call a farrier
Thank you! Excellent! Also from the most part does this take the place of Farrier visits, if the hooves are doing well? My question is, do you the trims with your tools replace a Farrier trim?
I have a question Graeme. I am under the impression from what I read and see (e.g.Samson, the last chance mustang..) that wild and ferral horses, fighting for their survival have their senses and perhaps, intelligence, more acute than well treated domestic horses, established, fed and secure in a sort of routine of protection and availibilty of food resources. The way the Mustang you trained 2 years ago and Wildie today, proves that once they trust a human and feel secure, they understand quite quickly what to do and expected from them, what is safe and not safe, without trying to escape, bite or kick man after a time of habituation. How do you feel about them compared to the adorable domestic pet horseys ?
I'm sorry I missed this question from you. I believe you probably know my answer by now, but just in case I would say that I much prefer to train wildies than domestics and have found they are more trusting and maintain that trust once established. Domestics seem to carry more baggage around I think.
How can I tell that the walls are needing a trim? I have a mare whos battling a bit of thrush on her front right on the lateral wall and I have been treating with vetrycin and then packing with clay. The rear R she has a stone bruise and an abscess we just released so I'm treating with epsom salt poltice when she will give me the foot. However, even after the old frog is trimmed away, I cannot find the tip of the frog. its level with the sole. It almost looks like it just shed off but its so hard that I cannot tell if there is fresh frog beneath it and due to it being thin, I do not want to take anymore away to find the tip of the frog.
As I don't know what your horse's hoof looks like, I can't give direct advice. Here's what I do know: 1. I've never used clay, nor have I thought it a good idea for anything. 2. Vetrycin seems to be a brand name of a product, I don't know exactly what it is but I personally use simple and cheap betadine watered down 10 to 1 for any cleaning I need to do of a frog. This is a surgical wash. This is only used to be able to see what I'm doing and possible flush out "bad things", it's not for "curing" thrush. 3. Thrush is caused by bad trimming, nothing else. Good trimming will fix it. If you really want to speed up the process you can use a very strong antibiotic applied topically in the central sulcus (as it will always have a bad crack), stuff with a bit of cotton and leave it for a week or 2, apply once more if need be. Most solve after 1 treatment. The most important thing to do though is trim properly. Based on your description I can tell your horse has very poor hoof care. Abscesses and "stone bruises" are all signs of internal damage and trauma. If the tip of the frog is level with the sole you have very serious issues. Stop trimming the frog and stop looking for the tip of the frog. It'll sort out when the rest of the hoof sorts out. If I were to guess, somebody told you to trim the toes incessantly, that is unneeded. Here are two other videos that may help you: ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-H8SExXMKxns.html ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-nvts-Rr8ZkQ.html
@@StableHorseTraining Actually, her hooves look great but we did have a very long and muddy season here. The place I board her kept the horses ion the paddock rather than the field like they are now. We bought her last year and she was kept as a pasture pet prior. The thrush is only in one small area as I have been cleaning and treating daily. I use a farrier every 8 weeks and do not trim her myself. The hoof we have been dealing with regarding the tip of the frog is the one she has the thrush. I am allowing it to grow back thick and plump and not working or riding her until it is. The thrush is being treated with a betadine solution called vetrycin and I am also packing until the fields finish drying here in Idaho. If she were on my own property, I highly doubt I would be dealing with this problem. Its difficult to get a horse that was a pet in the pasture to a prime working animal.
I purchased them on Amazon, they are bonsai nippers actually :) absolutely amazing little nippers to be honest, well worth the money. Get the expensive ones as they just last years and years
Are they only for taking out bits of frog and bar and a larger, separate nipper used for walls? I find it difficult to trim bars and frog with a hoof knife and it looks like this would help a lot.
Is it this one, because there are about ten different kinds. Wazakura Hand Forged Bonsai Concave Branch Cutter, Made in Japan 8inch(200mm), Japanese Gardening Tools, Straight Edge Black $45.99
There was an answer that it was a bonsai nipper. Could you please tell me which one it was, because there are a bunch on Amazon. Was it Wazakura Hand Forged Bonsai Concave Branch Cutter, Made in Japan 8inch(200mm) "Straight Edge Black" $45.99
Horses don't need shoes. Shoes are an invention from a very very very long time ago and there are far superior methods and technology nowadays to protect their feet if they need it.
