Ridecamp: Re: [RC] doing you rown hoof trimming

Quoted from Amanda's message:
> Anyone else out there beside Howard do their own trimming?  How did you 
> learn?

I trim but don't shoe.  I learned by watching an excellent farrier for 
years and being very cautious about it - especially in the beginning.  I 
would only trim a little, then look at the horse walking around for a few 
days before trimming some more.  Even now I put the horse's foot down very 
often to look at what I'm doing.  It takes me forever to trim a horse and 
it kills my back and I hate doing it because it's really hard, but around 
here it is impossible getting someone out to trim just the few horses I 
have that are penned up (3 old, retired horses - the rest run loose and 
wear their feet down), but I don't have any horses in shoes right now 
anyway.  I *really, truly* appreciate a good farrier, let me tell you!

RE: dry, hard feet:  I just got myself an inner tube and have cut it down 
and folded it over to make crude boots for soaking feet before 
trimming.  Cheap and it works.


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