Horse Pulls Foot Away From Farrier! 

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Mom is 83 and just got a smart phone and you are her first thing she has seen and ❤❤s you.

I'm a farrier. If you get the opportunity to train on a horse that is just terrible for the farrier and could do a long video on it, that would be a very helpful tool for me to show to my clients. Some folks just have no idea how to get them to stand for me. But this is a great starting point, thanks for sharing!

The mare let her opinion of hot lava be known with her tail. But it really got her focused on how actually the tapping did not hurt. She really thought her way to the answer! It would be fun to see her after her program when she gets her new shoes! ❤

I never had a horse but love to look into their beautiful eyes. They are so strong but at the same time sweet. I appreciate that you are so loving but at the same time firm. Your knowledge and commitment is commendable. I watch you often.

Man I just can’t tell you how much I love how practical you are and how you can break it down serially. The way you kept tapping until she committed and the timing of the release. You make it easy even for us beginners to pick up the concepts involved! Thank you Mr and Mrs Rose!

Great to see your wife in this video and the problems you both face.. great job on fixing this problem...

Remarkable, they learn so quickly.

There is nothing I enjoy more than watching somebody who knows what he's doing! Well done, well done!

Great job as always! I always learn so much from watching your videos!

I've watched many of Ryan's training videos and have used his 'Hot Lava' technique on trailer loading issues. I love his approach to not stress the horse using safe practical steps to get the horse to cooperate - commit to the training session. He takes his time and doesn't rush the horse - builds their confidence level. Super Horseman and Trainer!

Another master class video. We have a horse thar has cost us many farriers. I'm excited to try this and see if it can help.

Our 2 horses lift the leg by their own when you want to work on the hoof and keep the foot up as long as I am working.

i watch every one of your videos, as i want to be either a horse trainer or an equine veterinarian when i’m older. i like a lot of your techniques and use some when the horses i ride misbehave during lunging or riding

Love it! S solutions are SO much better than sedation, which is always a short term bandaid to the behaviour problem.

Always impressive! It just really always goes back to “make the right thing easy and the wrong thing hard” doesn’t it?!?!

That was awesome. Great job 👏

Thanks for another video!

Super impressive. Great to get past sedation. 👌

Great Job Ryan, I've had similar success with a halter off and using a round pen to help the horse find more relief standing still and having its feet worked with than running around the round pen. I was shocked at how well horses figure out where the release area is and stand still on their own even without a halter on.

Your energy is so calm. You make it easy for the horse to trust you

This is so helpful for all of us. Helpful also for those that become difficult just cleaning feet. Ty for the advice and wisdom.❤🐴

The way you team up with your wife is lovely. It's complimentary to your work. Great content.

Hello Ryan, thanks for the video! It really reflects to me as I have exactly the same problem. The horse had some negative experience associated with shoeing in the past, and now it’s causing severe issues when it comes to nailing (once a nail, and the whole horse’s leg as a result, got stuck in the farrier’s jeans, on the back side, where the protection ends as it’s mostly covering just the front and inner part of the farrier’s leg, thick winter socks rule, it really saved the day for the farrier back then). I managed to make the horse stay relatively still for a prolonged amount of time while imitating the nailing hits, even in the same place the horse is being shoed. The problem is that the horse now trusts me, but when it comes to the farrier the horse is being more stressed and still it’s not possible to do it without sedation. So it works fine with me, but not as fine with other people. I do (well, a vet does it for me) sedate the horse each time we do the shoeing, but over time we managed to make it much more smooth and reduce the sedation dose to the bare minimum. Initially we were giving already increased dose and even additional injection in 30 mins or so because the horse was “waking up” fast and starting to “fight” the farrier again. Now I delay the vet visit so we can try to do more with the farrier before the sedation, to see how the situation improves. At least we can remove the shoe first without any sedation. There was even some fun moments, the farrier couldn’t remove the shoe by themselves, but when I was holding the leg, the farrier was able to do that. So again, I can fix that for me, when I’m holding the horse’s leg, but when someone else is taking the horse’s leg it’s becoming a different story. It also helps that the horse does know the farrier well after many visits and trusts them more over time.

Looks much easier than running the horse around in a round pen. Can't wait to use this technique. Thanks for sharing!

Great work! You made that look easy.

Love your training. Thanks for sharing.

Excellent job all around. Thanks

Love your videos and tutorials

All these people trying to correct him when he literally shows how much it worked in a 13 minute long video

Fantastic video!

Thanks for the video, this is exactly what I wanted to work on with my horse. Super helpful :)

That was impressive!

WELL DONE, AS ALWAYS!! Susan

Thanks for the great video

Pretty cool!!

Timing with reward and reprimand, And it's always your idea, leave no guesswork in that horse's brain, simplify to expand

Thank you👍🏽

That’s amazing that you cured her of her naughty habit.

Excellent!

Having owned two horses, the horses were tied up with a harness and rope to a fence post unless I was there to hold the horse. The farrier would then take each hoof between his knees, back to the horses head to shape each hoof with a coarse file. The shoes were then heated and shaped to each hoof then nailed in place. A job that requires a good back and patience. Much respect to these ferriers.

Awsome. Thanks!

Fascinating ❤

Great job. I feel for this mare. Reminds me of myself at the dentist- expecting the worst

Our draft kicked and pulled away her hoof when the farrier was on the last nail, then used her other hoof to pull all the nails out. We tried calming med on her and she was drunk but still could pull her hoof away. So now we are in the process of trying to find boots (so far no one has her size) or use a different type of shoes… glue on? If her feet weren’t as brittle (they crack where the nails are) and she wasn’t so flat footed to the point of limping we could do without, but not so… she wouldn’t let the farrier trim the next time, so I used your method of hot lava until she held still for him. That worked! Still hoping to find something that works best for her!

Really interesting she didn’t like the hot lava. Ears back and swishing tail.

Thanks for this video, I have similar problems too. My mare kicks and climbs a lot when she gives her hooves and when the shoes come on. I'll try your advice. I hope my English isn't too bad to understand me. Kind regards, Verena

You are awrsome. Just saying! Thank you for sharing!

🤔 Glad to hear the old nail was looked after ! 😂

When I get a pedicure toe nail trim I cannot stand the ones that dig into my nail bed or under the nail. It hurts!

Don’t stop tapping when she pulls away

Perhaps in the long term, the mare needs to stand better for the farrier, but in the short term, perhaps a Renegade or similar boot would be easier and quicker for her and rider.

You are dealing with a gentle low energy horse that stands still. I have high energy horses that do not want to stand still especially when being shod. It's good to use a tie ring like you are doing. I use a tie ring on those that are wanting to back up and freak out when being schooled. Eventually I can tie them a little more secure to something that that is secure and strong like a steel cemented pipe fence. I put a chin chain through the halter and tie a big loop in the end then I can keep that loop over my elbow so I can let the horse know exactly when he screwing up and can communicate to him better than after the fact. Especially on stallions who have a mind of their own this helps to get the point over before that foot hits the ground.

Question, I have an Arab who doesn't mind moving her feet and working. Is there a different technique that would work for a really hot horse?

Wow 😅👏

Apparently you don't know the old farrier trick you give them something to think about put a blanket clip on her chin give her something to think about you don't need a twitch she will be more occupied about what you did with her chin to her foot. Some days I wish I could do this to people!

It amazes me how accomplished horse people who compete with their horses have no timing and feel to train their horse to keep their foot up for the farrier. Ryan does a great job at explaining the process though or a method to work on this, as always.

If you like Ryan you need to watch Steven young he’s awesome !

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You need to recognize a bad habit, horse walked off while my right foot was going in the stirrup then it was my right leg going over the candle then it was my left foot going in the stirrup, needed to be addressed with the right foot going in the stirrup, The mayor stands good though, standing is the number one step!

W O W

I’m just going to say…. If that mare has poor foot structure, specifically on her heels, hitting that shoe with a hammer could be sending jolts of pain through the foot. I get that some of it could be behavioral. But I’m a trained Applied Equine Podiatrist, and I’ve had a horse that was uncomfortable just having his heels trimmed because there was so little inner wall to protect the heels. I just would feel bad if this mare was having a genuine pain response and she was being told to sit down and shut up.

Don’t drop the hoof. You put it down all the way. No snatching permitted.

What if you just kept repeating the picking up and tapping without the driving her around so that just the repetition was all that was needed?

Every time she tugs you stop tapping eventually she gave in but won’t forget that mostly she was in control of you r actions

My horse just will NOT yield to pressure like that. She doesn’t really care if I or the rope smack into her. I’m jealous of people with sensitive horses 😞

There's a simpler way to get her to cooperate... put tape on her nose. Js

I’m sorry but she is most likely still in pain.

You are shoeing a horse while wearing crocs?? Hopefully NOT!

No horse is ever "naughty". She should know that! It reveals an attitude with no place in the horse world.

This is something horses do. If she's not doing something uncommon

Ok Mom just be careful ppoppppp999⁹⁹

How could metal shoes reduce pain? Maybe listen to the horse who doesn't want her feet pounded on. It could hurt or just not feel good. She is trying to cooperate.

Why would you nail a metal shoe on a painful hoof? Makes absolutely no sense at all. A shoe on any injured hoof will not make the injury be magically healed and well likely continue to degrade. Think about it. I am going to put a shoe on one foot. How comfortable will your walking/function be? You know the foot is sore so you beat on it with a hammer????? Hûh! Please

As a healthcare practitioner of almost twenty years, the first thing I'm going to say is uzoho stand. I hope Jack with the cradle will allow the horse to rest that leg rather than you having to hold it up in the air the way you show in the beginning of your video and can drastically reduce the amount of stress a horse feels regarding the whole process of having the hind feet messed with especially after an injury. All of Ryan's points are good but s hoofjack by itself could be hugely beneficial in solving the issue

jeze good way to get kicked in the head, lucky the mare is quite, pull the halter firm and head towards your body....safety out the window here...it's obvious you haven't worked in a mustering camp with a plant of young colts...

Great lesson. Only thing I would do differently is not start what I'm saying with, "So . . . "

Because its a woman