Gotta love people that have never been around horse's tell you how a particular horse is feeling and how there communicating. And you spend every day all day round horse's of many different breed's. I could feel your frustration on the back hoof. Have a good day every day. Thanks for the video's.
Well done bro! Just let them talk. They´ll never understand it anyway. They don´t know about our aching backs in the evening, they don´t understand what great relief it is to jump into the driver seat of the truck and just relax a few minutes before arriving the next stable.... "oh, it looks so easy how you do that... so what´s the problem?" - they´ll never understand 🤠 Stay save brother! Greetings from Europe
You did a fantastic job with Duke Caleb, of course horses can be jerks, my best friend owned a jerk of horse, he went through some many farriers, he would kick, bite, and pull, but an excellent horse to ride, so just like humans, animals can be jerks too😂I loved how patient you were with him, excellent videos, excellent channel, thank you very much for posting Caleb, and you take care of yourself too.😂👍💙🐎
My shoulder and hip are screaming just watching this video! Yes, you are extremely patient with this horse. I'm learning a lot from you and your videos. Thank you for posting.
Hey Braddah! Good to hear from you again. You mentioned improving in the job that you do. There's always ways to improve on what you do. Like me in my job in food service as the years go by I end up for example tweaking recipes I know how to do and figure out how I can improve and make that recipe taste even better. It's an evolution as you work, you will find ways to improve, you will even try to improve in areas you are weak.ALOHA!!!!!!!
Just more like this, Caleb. I love it when you do videos like this. It's very interesting and informative for me, as a horse trainer. I always learn so much. It helps me when it comes time to rasp foals feet for the first time. To know what shape they should be in. I try always to keep it in its natural shape, because they're so new, it's easy to do when they are young. Thank you for sharing another great video!! Your friend, the Retired Paramedic and Horse Trainer in Ontario, Canada, Jenn 💖 🇨🇦
Horses can be finicky. Every creature has their own character. “Hats off to you” Thank you for sharing and the patience and determination. Job well done.
I've been watching your videos, and you do an amazing job! My gelding became lame (bone spurs in the pasture joint, toe callus, stretched laminae front toes), which was seen by two vets but was not given any answers on treatment or prevention. My shoer never said anything, since the shoe covers the laminea, and he would shape the hoof to the shoe. Due to the toes grew faster and he'd place the shoe back and trim/rasp the excess. He was my farrier for several years and I have to wonder if my gelding could of lived a better pain-free life. I did change farrier towards the end who specialized in laminitis and tried to give my gelding comfort, but by then, the damage was done and unreversable. ( Farrier used pads in the fronts) My gelding was laid to rest at almost 28 (had him since he was 4). I raised and broke a few horses in my younger years and always started with excellent ground manners and how to stand for the farrier. Zero tolerance for improper behavior, but a horse can sense a good farrier. I'd joke with my farrier about giving me a discount for how well my horses stood for him...but you guys earn every dollar!
Really enjoy how you explain don't only what you are doing, but why you doing what you are doing. I for one would like to see longer videos of you doing all 4 hooves of the horse. I would guess that there would be differences with each hoof.
I like that you explain what you are doing and why . It bothers me that people criticize your work as you are doing a great job and from what I’ve seen, you know what you are doing and have your reasons for the decisions you make. Thank you for making these videos.
Brilliant job in my opinion, the critics can say what they want it's there perogative, however I'd like to see them do what you can do. For me this is an education
Have the owner watch Ryan Rose latest video it shows working with a horse that fights his hind feet. I lease a horse for the summer so I take him back to the owners place to have his feet done every 6 weeks. He is barefoot but their farrier never trims the frog he says it will shed naturally usually about a week later I have to deal w a big flap that is loose. Enjoy your videos thank you for sharing.
Great video. Appreciate your step by step explanation, and your introduction of the tools you use. Duke was obviously a pain in the a**, but the result was so good to see.
Thanks for your knowledge. I have to cut out the fronts of an appaloosa mare after the farrier was paid to do it. she was limping b4 the farrier got there and is still limping a week later. your video gave me the confidence to tackle this job.
This video is so educational! Some animals I think have oppositional defiant disorder. 😂 They don't want to do something because you want them to do it
I have a jerk horse. He has to be reminded of his place all the time. And a grumpy donkey that was owned and mistreated by a farrier for 19yrs and now fights my awesome farrier for every inch of hoof.
Hi, Firstly I would like to admire your viewpoint in life, then the excellent content in your programmes. Here is something back- I notice at a racecourse meeting in England a farrier had a magnetic strap on his wrist -simple ,clever. He also had a "French " shoeing light hammer which brought me to one of the finest shoeing hammer of all F. Dick, Germany- Have a look- real deal - and so are the knives. F. Dick are cutlers of excellent quality. Well done.
I loved hearing his human talk to her boy, what would we do without our animals to love? We want to buy land to live off of, I told my daughter we would have to baby them like we do our pups! LOL! It hurts me to see animals out in the cold, especially when we have ice! My daughter wanted to be a Vet but couldn’t afford it, she’s a Special Education teacher, she loves going to work!
Thank you for this video of the front and rear. Excellent work!! After my Father had MRI to see how bad the liver cancer had spread, the had this very worried look on his face. He said yo dad, sir it looks like it worse than we thought. So they started to show him the various dark spots. Except for the seriousness of the liver the rest were spots from where a horse had done some damage. The doc would say this dark spot and that spot and dad said no, that's where a horse hit me or the horse bucked and fell off. 😂. He would also say they all have personality of there own.
Good and thanks about letting people know it is not always neglect. But even so we should have a plan in play for just some hiccups that if it affects humans it also affects their animal responsibilities.🎉
This is great! I just saw the heal in a whole new light! Heals have been a mystery to me in how they should be managed. Get the heal under the weight. Thank you.
Thank you for taking the time and sharing your knowledge with us patiently ☺️☺️as lots of us living in the cities and know nothing about horses but riding them occasionally 😂🙏🏼🙏🏼♥️♥️♥️♥️👍🏼👌🏼👌🏼
So I am watching a ton of farrier videos, as my mare has become impossible with her feet with groom and farrier, she was raised i was her own as a pet for her first 6 years, turned her into a clever, difficult mare. She allows me to pick and raspberry her feet. So the journey is now for me to learn how to trim. (I am a 63 year old lady horse rider and coach.. So a brand new experienc is this journey of The making of a Farrier for Faye🦄
„Horses can’t be jerks“ - My horse can switch between being a jerk / clowning around and putting in the effort. She knows very well when and how she is misbehaving, but does it anyway to get my attention. But as soon as I give her a really stern talking and she realizes that this right here (usually the ferrier visiting) is important, she’ll calm down and perform as she should. So yeah, horses can and choose to be jerks. Anyone who says otherwise clearly underestimates how intelligent these creatures are.
"No bad horses/dogs/etc only bad owners" is said by people who don't realize that animals have personalities and free will. Yes, training helps mitigate most of those behaviors, but it won't completely eradicate it in an animal that chooses to persist, especially when that animal seriously outweighs you.
My TB is not a fan of having his hind feet done. He used to have pain in his hocks and I think he resorts to thinking he still does. Some of my farriers would work his foot lower (not raise it as high while trimming) and that helped until we fixed the pain issue. He’s now bare in the hind (thanks to a good farrier shaping his feet and a good hoof supplement) and so his hind feet take 1/4 the time!
Great stuff! I'm watching his standing hind leg when you work the left hind hoof. Maybe he is uncomfortable on that supporting hind leg and not just particular about his hind hooves?
Wonder job... Love your channel ❤️ Please make sure you wear shoulder strap supports and do lower back exercises with this job. Before you know it, you'll aquire a rounded back and shoulders with lower back arthritis. An ounce of prevention is worth a pound of gold...
I have an old mare who also fights like this gelding when her hind feet are worked on. Im pretty sure it’s due to arthritis. A gram of bute prior to the farrier’s visit makes a huge difference in her behavior.
Horses that pull their hind legs away like this, do it out of discomfort due to the raised legs position. Usually they feel pain in the pelvic or sacroiliac region. If this happens when I give my horses hoof trim, I stop to give them release execises before I continue trimming. Immediately they stand much happier.
The owner is standing with Duke, isnt he...? Its his responsibility, to make sure, he trains his horse, to stand better for you 🤔😤 I have seen other videos, where the owner trained his horse, to behave and it worked... So it can be done, but we have to work with them and help them with this issue 🥺 ...But you're being really patient, good job 💯👍🏻💪🏻
Omg 😮 I bet you deal with a lot of horses who are pain in the rear. Just as some people are the same. When you file the front of the hoof is that like buffing a finger nail only its on a horse. I know dumb question.
There very well could be something bothering him. Lots of horses that have opinions on their hind end have a reason that hasn’t been discovered yet. I shod a horse that’s Big complaint was he felt less willing on the left rein. Nothing to do with me but several months later it was discovered he had a huge sliver jammed in behind his ear. No wonder he didn’t want to bend. I feel you though. I don’t enjoy the ones that yank and lean near as much as the horses who stand like saints.
I really enjoy your videos. I learn so much from you. Duke was acting like a pill. I know it's not the same, but my dogs are like that when I'm clipping their nails. Front and back are different; every day is different. I also watch a farrier who works in the UK. He uses hoof oil after he's done. Do you ever use hoof oil?
16:31 What people tend to forget (and non-horse people don't seem to understand) is that each horse is an individual with likes and dislikes, good moods and bad. You can have the vet, farrier, a trainer, a saddle fitter - you name it - come out and have a look at your horse, and _maybe_ it is an issue causing him to act out because of pain, traumatic past experiences, or lack of training. But sometimes... he's just a jerk because he doesn't like something and you have to learn to work around that _without_ spoiling them.
Can't see in the video if you are or not but.....when I get one being stubborn like that I'll get that hock in my armpit and lean down a bit they tend to give up after a few tries when there is pressure back
I’ve had horses with “personalities” who are deliberately difficult. It’s almost like a game with them. How can I piss off this human the most. Actually every horse I’ve ever worked with or owned has a personality. Some are very easygoing and gentle, some are sassy and some are just Oscar the Grouch types. Like people animals have personalities.
