I'm an Indian and I've watched plenty of these videos.....one day I'll go to deep south beautiful country and will witness this amazing piece of art live.....I love south.....probably not gonna even visit new york and california. Keep up guys ✌️
Same here..... though I'm only 21 years in. I like to see if there's anything new I can learn. I think we all need to be willing to learn and grow continually.
Horse-shoeing is firmly in the "hard-to-do" column. Since I was little shaver, I've always been envious of the skill set possessed by farriers. A completely un-envious job to be sure, but on the other hand, the results of one's craftsmanship are 100% unambiguous (especially to the consumer). Kudos to all of you who decide to go that route. It is an honorable profession.
As an apprentice ferrier of 3 years (typically takes 4-6) years IF your being mentored by master level ferrier, and as I was extremely lucky to be born into a family of some of the best horsemen across the board in California; I have to say, the "un-envious job" is the absolute perfect fit for me. Short hours with intense physical work and a lot of very good pay. We farriers are the highest paid profession in the entire horse industry including the equine vets. The amount of different skills and trades that all have to come together is staggering. You must be a blacksmith, welder, medical hoof specialist (yes we know far more than any horse vet does about your horses legs and feet), leveling properly, driving nails, it goes on and on. Only %1 of those who attempt to become a ferrier make it, and of that 1% only 10% of them are still doing in it 5 years. That doesnt even get into the physical part lol. I looooove my job!
I met Brice very recently and spent some real valuable time with him. This man has inspired me on so many levels, in many different aspects of life. He is a real valuable friend to have.
Apple doesn’t fall far from the tree, this mans daddy made lives better and pain free for many a horse. The horse industry owes Burney more than they can ever repay.
Hats off to you men and women that are in this profession, ever since I was a little boy I have admired the craftsmanship that goes into being a ferrier it's a different skill set to say the least!!!
Been watching Heartland Schools series, but this one I’ve watched 4x so far. It’s the most understandable advice I’ve watched. Thank you guys for this one!!
Much, much respect. I took horseshoeing in high school as an extracurricular activity. Of course, we didn't get near a real horse, thank God. We had a freezer full of horse legs. I could not believe how easy it was to lame a horse. Our instructor would walk by and say, "Welp, you lamed another one!" I never could get those nails to go in the right way.
The Man is a natural. You connect with the horse and focus on the job. High level of confidence needed to getter done. No guess work. He said it....sculpting the foot to match the other so their equal, achieving balance.
Then strongly consider researching and using natural trimming methods, rather than nailing on iron shoes. . . something horses were never meant to deal with. You are 100 percent right. They deserve better!
My dads been a farrier for 40 years i spent my summers sitting on the back of a shoeing trailer lifting anvils haltering horses and picking up nails and trimmings
This guy defently knows how to shoe a horse . My dad still does it 35 plus years . And this guy tells facts . I remember my dad telling me get the job done and get out from under them. Damn good farrier there
My uncle told me about an incident where the farrier was midway of nailing in the shoe and the horse kicked out and the nail ripped open the guys forearm..... respect for this trade..the kid in this video look like he needs to learn how to handle hand tools first..
I’m headed to Texas on Wednesday for a little escape from Comifornia. The smoke and liberals are getting old. I need to be around some normals for a bit. 🍻🇺🇸
If you notice this all the Democrat States that legalized marijuana so they can keep their people in the clouds this way you're not paying attention to what's going on cuz they're so f***** up
Great Job Mr Blacksmith. I shoe my own saddlebreds with pads and hate it, glad when it's done. No one around me shoes show horses with pads. It took years to learn how to show right and more years how to stand under them.
My boyfriend has put his own winning roadsters in the show ring, as well as those for others in this area. Now we are the only people in our county that even show horses still. Used to show saddlebreds myself, now into Rocky/Kentucky Mountain horses. A flat shod job and no longer have to deal with a trot or canter. One gait you just have to try to get right. Plus shows for other breeds seem to be dwindling locally except for Mountain Horses. Yes, the longer I do it and learn, the more I feel I am only scratching the surface!
Great work and a noble profession that's been around for centuries, sure will be around for centuries more to come. Nothing modern about it,just a man and a horse. I noticed however, that you didn't pre heat the shoes and burn fit them to the hoofs which ensures perfect fit and full contact. Keep up the good work. Greetings from Bosnia
In Europe hot shoeing is pretty much always done 100% of the time. We do that sometimes here in America, especially for apprintaces who wont be able to level a foot well enough by eye and skill. Also, too many repeated burns too a horses sole "can" over a long time cause problems. Yes, if you have a hard time leveling feet properly absolutley use hot shoeing, I still do from time to time if im not feeling confident, but for some reason here in the US ferrier spend a tremendous amount of time learning to trim properly without the hot shoe method.
The things you do for the cowboy lifestyle Dale is inspiring man I love the videos and hopefully one day I can meet ya seeing we both live in texas thanks for the videos
I actually know brice he shoed my horses and he was great friend with my great grandad before my grandad past away and his daughter used to go to my school
I am late to the show but I just died laughin at the this is the reason why they invented cars! It's so true! I was blessed my horse I had as a kid was super tame and loving a girl couldn't asked for a better horse, I still miss her everyday! But you are asking a 1200 pound horse to let you hold its hand basically and for the most part they will do it! It's incredible!
I remember blane and brice back in the day they would be out there roping caves with their dogs hobo biggen and rowdy they were better than alot of professional cowboys good to see people from my old home town of Lubbock good job Brice.
Watching this 4 weeks later at 11:00 on a school night and just thought of a nice story before you know I was born but my grandmas brother sold a horse and he said to the man “do not tie him when he is getting his hooves done” and he tied him when he was getting shod and he killed the man. Sad story but it was pretty interesting to this day. RIP.
When do you need to sedate a horse? We have two mares. One is a a quarter and the other a Percheron cross. Neither of them are the best and will normally take there feet back or stump or hop forward. So our farrier always uses sedation. How can you tell if your farrier is good. He does do the hoofs pretty good and everyone recommendeds him. We’ve been using him for over a year and only lost a shoe once. Does he use sedation because he does not have the time to get them used to being nailed?
I shod a horse while I was at Texas horse shoeing school that used to be a pick up horse for the PBR. Learned a lot while I was there and sure is nice to know where your work goes and where it has been.
... a good Ferrier is worth his weight in gold... if intern says “yes sir” one more time... say “yes sir” one more time bleepity bleep in my best samuel L jackson voice...
I was always taught that any farrier that hot nailed a horse didn't know how to not hit a quick in a hoof and to avoid them. Old school knowledge but I've yet to have a shoed horse that has had a complication with ANY shoeing job in 23 years of riding and owning. But thats just me. Bunch of people still think horses are just tools and not animals with nerve endings.
You guys are amazing I know nothing about horses I know nothing about ranching but I don't know why I can watch this all day I feel like it would hurt the horse I guess it doesn't and could you always put new horseshoes on a horse I mean it grows back right? It seemed like you said something about going too deep you can't make no money
@dale brisby this video is very interesting I'm gonna start horse shoeing it can feed you put clothes on your back when your down and out you can always make money shoeing horses takes years of experience and hard work
Make sure you practice in an area with a population of horse enthusiasts. No one but us locally shoes their horses anymore, the rest have a bunch of turned out trail horses. They call for a trim once a year and then bad mouth my boyfriend because he can't undo a year's neglect in one trim. You'll not make a living on annual trims plus you'll get hurt dealing with a bunch of mannerless beasts.
