Well I never thought "forbidden parmesan" but that's what I'll be thinking from now on. It's satisfying to see comfort and quality of life restored to these cows. I'm not against animal products such as meat and milk but farmers that invest in the care and humane treatment of their livestock are the ones that I try to do business with.
I work at a Italian restaurant and every time I see the parm I think to myself “man that kind of looks like bits of hoof” I live near a dairy farm and have see them act of trimming at it’s ruined parm for me 😂
I had literally just said aloud “yup that looks like slices of hard cheese.” When you mention “forbidden parmesan” It was like you broke the fourth wall 🤣🤣🤣
I'm 37 years old. I really love animals, but never wanted to be a vet or anything. Because the idea of seeing all those sick animals (not to mention the families who are worried, or even the abusers who don't care for their pets) feels like too much to handle emotionally. But watching your videos makes me want to learn to do your job. It just seems so satisfying to care for animals like this. Obviously there is a lot more to the job than what you show (plus tons of training) and maybe you see an extra share of misery too. But seeing you help these animals is literally inspiring to me.
@@countingdays856 lol there's a lot I don't know about farming, but I don't think cows can live on their own. Farming has been around for ages for a reason.
@@countingdays856 I completely empathize where you are coming from. But I do not believe cows are anything but domestic at this point. They cannot survive in the wild. And while I am personally conflicted on the reasons for and consequences of their domestication, I am very thankful that there are people out here like Nate to care for them in a way that directly supports their health and comfort.
Question: So what's the resistance like when cutting, because these always seem like they're a level up from soap carving? Or is it more like wood carving?
There's a reason why farriers have forearms like Popeyes! Hooves are strong and hard. What your seeing is years worth of muscle conditioning and very sharp tools.
Good grief, I couldn’t imagine having that stuck in my foot, poor girl, but luckily for her, she had Nate come to her rescue, the knight in shining armour for cows, great job as always Nate, thank you for helping her👍🙏
Having a screw in the foot and having a screw in the hoof are two different things: one hurts like hell, the other very rarely, it would need a quite long screw to go that deep.
Maybe it's my ADHD but i only watch your channel for this. Some others came up as recommended but you're the only one I enjoy fpr this. You're not a "personality" going "look at me" every 30 seconds it's " this is the thing, I'm doing the thing. This is how you thing." Love you, Nate!
Hi Nate, I'm enjoying the 4 to 5 minute videos from start to finish. It seems a perfect balance between a depth of knowledge and it's short enough to squeeze in quickly. Keep up the great work 👍
You read my mind! I was thinking "wow it would be cool to really see the slices with the hole" and next thing I knew, you did slow-mo shots! Keep being great, Nate!
I really like your playlists where you show the same heifer in a subsequent follow up checks as a problem is resolved after the initial trim. Keep up the good work. Great channel and content.
You help so many of these wonderful animals out. I learn a lot by watching your videos. I've never trimmed a hoof before, but maybe I could in an emergency
I love how the different factors affect the hardness of the hooves. I'm fascinated by the differences in colour, melanin, size, shape and wobble of the herds. 😀
How do you know how deep to trim the hoof? Does it hurt the cow at all? I find this quite interesting and fantastic seeing how well you look after them 👍
@@imthegoat94 while I do find that thinking that a good trim would hurt tiresome. I am curious in this situation how does he know how deep he can cut, their nails arnt like ours so I'm curious how deep you can go
I am so glad I discovered this channel. I never in my life imagined I would ever see a man treating cows' hoof injuries make such an internet culture savy comment like calling the shavings "forbidden parmesan". You make what sounds on the furface like an extremely mundane and uninteresting task legitimately entertaining to watch for hours. Good work.
While watching this video, I had the strangest idea. The absurd notion came to me that Nate, with 19 or so years of experience at the time of this video, had a perfectly logical reason for not using a screwdriver. Silly of me, I know.
I've noticed in some of the videos that there is redness between the heel and dewclaws. Is that something of concern or something that some cows just have? I really miss going out to the barn to talk to my favorite cow after a bad day and have her listen without judgement. All she expected in return was a good ear scratch. Thank you for taking such great care of these animals.
Nate, as interesting as your videos are to an old Michigan Farm Boy, I just can't bear to watch your handiwork, even though I understand how much relief and husbandry you provide to the livestock. My pucker factor just goes up way too far when trying to watch! Thanks for doing what you do.
For future reference, even in a hoof, removing a screw will cause the least amount of damage if you’re able to unscrew it instead of yank it out. Always worth attempting first.
If it had gone all the way to the flesh and not just stayed on the hoof and if it had threads left on it the flesh could start to heal back around the threads
I love how he is teaching us what happens and what to do in these types of situations, but we are all here watching just because it's entertaining. Isn't that something, huh?
It really is just crazy how thick their hooves are. That you can use the same angle grinder I use to polish my welds. Or cut the muffler off a car. Lol. Love to see the cow be able to walk again too. That always makes me happy
omg the thin slices of horn with the hole watching it shave away, SO SATISFYING! Happy to see the screw did not get down to the corium, thanks for the lovely trim!
I’ve watched your videos to know that it didn’t puncture through because missy didn’t even flinch when you attempted to pull it out..and additionally no redness or oozing.. and you are a mind reader lol I was thinking of Parmesan cheese shavings right when you asked 😂😂😆😆
I’m a car Detailer so when I see poop still on the hooves while it’s being grinded, or scraped, my OCD goes crazy but these are satisfying and really can respect how much goes into farming and animal grooming
Nice video. I always pay attention to the shape of the hoove that gets paired away when there are deformities. Here, it is the darkened area and the hole in the paired away horn, other times it is something else. The shavings hold a tiny remnant of the original problem you've been treating, it is really interesting.
No idea how I stumbled on your channel, I know nothing about cows, but this has me watching the procedure. Why does this remind me of peeling potatoes?!
Nate, there's times I know you've said it's easier and safer to work with the grinder, such as when you have really hard hoof horn. Have you ever considered something like a dremel for working in smaller areas? For instance near but not right next to a lesion, or say in this case if the horn had been harder and you don't want to go too deep too quickly?
Is there a long history of caring for cow hooves? It seems so important from these videos. Thousands of years of cow care, I wonder if there are old books or illustrations showing farmers tending to hooves. Or if it was an entirely word-of-mouth training heritage for long periods of time so there's no way to know how medieval folks managed these issues. Going to go down a google hole.
I find your videos so satisfying to watch!How do you know how 'short' to cut the hoof? Is there like some sort of comfortable length/height range by age or weight that you go by?
I just discovered these videos and find them so intriguing, I want to ask how do you know you aren’t cutting too deep into their hooves? I watch the videos in shock every time
A screwdriver only works because of the mechanism of the threads on a screw gliding between the threads of whatever is holding it. Her hoof is definitely not threaded so a screwdriver would be useless.
As an alcoholic looking at the thumbnail I thought it was going to be another video about what has happened to my brain... boy was I relieved when I realized it was a video of a cows rotten hoof
I’m a suburban mom of two, work in a city of 2.8 million people. I got these videos for some reason and I am absolutely transfixed. I did grow up on a farm, but I don’t ever google or search for cattle toenails or hoof trimmer. I love your channel!
Well in about a month I’ve seen several hood trimmers. And I have to say your camera angles and clarity is top notch. It gives my older eyes a bit of a break.
Why the heck am I fascinated by this? I’ve seen a cow IRL maybe a handful of times in person - but know I can intelligently speak on hoof maintenance at a party.
Yes there is a better tool for that extraction its called a screw gun set on reverse, If the screw hear breaks off then grind around and make a nub use a vise grip and turn counter clockwise until the screw is fully backed off.
I've managed to step on a nail twice, both times in early childhood, both times in the same foot. I can only feel empathy everytime I see one of these types of videos.
