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  • You trimmed off the frog, how is that a bare foot trim? They need that frog to walk on...

  • "A+" for not getting flustered, and for dogged determination in holding on to that foot. But I think that horse could hurt somebody. Do be careful.

  • How old is that kid??? Im impressed!

  • I would shut the camera off and tune that puke up. It's obvious by the way he keeps trying to rest his right hind he has a a lameness issue but NO excuse for a horse to pull away that violently. I've shod foundered horses with 2 feet in the grave that stood better then that. Yer one step away from getting pulled under that horse and stomped. Working on horses like that will get you a reputation for working on shit horses and that's all you'll have...nobody wants to be that person

  • your a good trimmer, but i cant help but flinch when you trim that sole, it seems the horse is trying to tell you that

  • 10 points for determination. Not particularey impressed with the trim job thought..

    Overall, glad she checked for level and ran the paces, but the statement "sole pressure creates soreness" is just asinine. Do you know what a digital cushion is? Do you realize that auxiliary pump relies soley on sole-pressure to pump the blood in the leg? Sole pressure is natural..

    Instead, lets pare away the live sole, cut away the protection on the horses coffin bone. Yeah.... good call.

  • Great job!!! you do very good!!! my horse does this same crap always snatching away.. he dislikes having his feet done lol

  • Great job handling that horse! My little guy was fidgety with the farrier for a while, but he handled it just like you did, with patience and skill and it made all the difference!

  • Poorly trained or not at all.

    It's not giving of it's hooves with patients or understanding.

    Add a horse handling surcharge.

    You did well to tollerate this nonsense.

  • Blainehorseshoeing , I hope u charged the owner double for the ignorance and neglect to that horse , after 15 years in this business I've learned one thing , most horse owners should buy cats , since all they want is a pet and a spoiled brat , anyone who thinks that horse is anything but poorly trained knows nothing about horses , should've knocked him twitched his ass then slapped the owner with ur rasp !!!! Lol

  • This horse obviously needs more training before you go pick his feet up for like 5 minuets at a time!

  • You got SPUNK!

  • Sometimes a good hard whack on the butt with the rasp works, not always. What I find most helpful is to run the horse in a round pen the moment it gets reactive. Also be sure you are not putting the horse in a position of discomfort by holding the foot too high or too far out to the side.

    If it won't stand still, run it until it wishes it could stand still and catch its wind.

  • @144822 buddy im sure if you gave this mare 'a good hard whack' she would kick you.

  • To all the horse owners out there who think all farriers should be this patient, there are a few reasons that experienced farriers dont like working on horses like this. One is that you will never physically make it to be an experienced farrier if you work on a lot like this. Also we have a book full of clients who regularly handle and ride their horses, so why would we want to get hurt for one that obviously has very little time spent working with his feet.

  • I wouldn't have the patience like that.

  • @sparker723 fucker, hope you die.

  • Awh i love that bit

    "Youtubers love videos about dangerous things right?"

    You are so patient and calm with that horse, good job!! I wish Every farrier should be like you.

  • You're awesome! Trimming at your age :D You work very quickly. And I feel for you with that sucky problem. Just from a personal perspective, with a misbehaving horse, I'd be more vocal and calming. But I think your attitude really helped a lot vs. the big burly farriers who just go loud and scary!

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  • you have to bring your heals way down. If you don't your heals will be brought forward causing tension on the deep digital flexor tendon. you can see the heals already starting to shoot forward. heals should be brought back to the highest and widest part of the frog.

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  • Way to persevere :) One question, heels? I didn't see you touch those much. Also wondering about the lateral sole pressure? Your knife needs sharpening, too, eh? I know all about dull knives! Doesn't matter how many you own, sooner or later you'll have nothing but dull ones! Thanks for posting, it was kinda entertaining, but you handled it well. Good for you.

  • The reason why it is misbehaving is because you don't ever touch the frog even if it is dead.

  • @stangsydney11 That's just plain not true, the dead layer of the frog will often conceal pockets or abcesses, and regular trimming will reveal problems early so they can be treated.

  • you should never trim the sole even if it is dead sole...It will sluff off alone!

  • If you say that this horse is misbehaving then I'm afraid you haven't seen a misbehaving horse before!! :D

  • Commendations for being patient, but try a kind word and a pat or stroke when he DOES pick up and hold still. As is all he get gets for cooperation is a new strange and maybe uncomfortable sensation, he needs some sort of comfort to encourage tolerating you wierd people! LOL!

  • But what about balancing the heel, and why take so much material off the soul and frog?

  • Thanks for sharing the video. I am taking a hoof trimming class at my university and I was able to pick up on some tips that will help me.

  • Great job with a difficult horse :D You werent angry or scared...well no more than you should be :)

  • How would you deal with a quarter crack?

  • The horses legs were sore.

  • that horse needs to chill

  • poor horse

    

  • nicely handled. some farriers wont even come out to trim my horse as he has shivers.. but we found one and he is very good. have you ever trimmed a horse with shivers?

  • hi very good video where did you do your training you are top class

  • I have been trimming hooves sence I was 12 and have been doing my owen horses hooves for 6 years, I have only had my owen horses for 6 years :D, and recently started aquiring afiew clients and one is a large foundered donky jack, he was definantly a chalenge, I feal your pain. lol and its nice to c another girl trimming hooves. :D

  • You go girl!

  • kewl video...!!!

  • So not only do they bring you a muddy horse but, one that doesn't stand to be trimmed. Hopefully you charged accordingly!

  • That hoof was not correctly trimmed. Barefoot is only successful if it is done right.

  • @hoofrise Typically a trim is done right when the critter decides to stand right. I believe this individual did a fine job, all things considered. By the way, barefoot is successful when done correctly, horse is fed correctly, and is used or allowed to roam.

  • @viejajefita I agree, the hoof looks to be trimmed correctly, though at first glance it looks a little odd because the farrier didn't scrape the entire sole. Good job on a difficult animal.

  • Good job sticking with that pony. You deserve a beer after that session. Awesome job!!!

  • why don't you reward him when he relaxes by putting his foot down, instead of forcing him to hold it up?

    Why or why did you cut into a perfectly healthy sole and frog?

  • More then anything I was impressed with your attitude! That makes a world of difference and you did a fantastic job. Good Video! Patience and persistence!

  • Jesus Christ, you cut that stuff off? I had no idea, I thought when people did that they were digging out dirt and crap. I should have been smarter than that, I guess it's like our fingernails.

  • Yes..haha

  • The horse is misbehaving because u let him

  • wow u are brave

  • Good Job despite a bad horse, many farriers would have taken a rasp to the horse's belly but you worked it out with patience. Too bad the horse's feet and legs were so dirty.

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  • I'm thinking her opposite hind is hurting her by the way she points it every time she gets her hoof back.

  • I like the way you work, and that you make a point of never letting the foot down unitl the horse is standing quiet. A bit of patience will get you anywhere.

  • you are not scared to get kicked by the horse?

  • You shouldn't be because they aren't anything to be scared of they are more scared of you because humans are a predator to horses

  • i cant wait to become a farrier:P

  • Nice to see someone trim a horse that isn't being an angel. I have a younger horse that I got from someone where he got spoiled and haven't had enough time work with him a lot. I have a feeling that his next trim is going to be a lot like this. Lots of patience required!

  • my horse doesn't keep her feet up and its a giant pain to pick her front feet out. her back feet? come up and stay up like no problem whatso ever. i've even had a proff. help me but they said she just doesn't like it but really didn't give me any tips on how to make her give her feet. Any tips? you have no idea how much i would love to have her just give me her feet no problem and keep them up

  • you may want to take a small whip, and tap your horses front feet every time she puts them down. it seemed to help for a horse at my barn that was resistant to pick his feet up. he also stomped them down a lot, but every time he did that they tapped him with the whip and got him to be wayyyy better. (:

  • Seems my comment was removed. Someone find me too harsh? I just said that this person is holding on to the horses leg for too long time, since the horse seems to be in pain, or not used to being trimmed. Either way it is our job to help it by slowly increasing the time the horse hold a leg up. Over time, this time will (if the horse is sound) increase. But it should take time and lots of patience, and the reward is a safe, calm horse that holds its hoofs for you.

  • Tell, and why you so strongly clean a sole from a hook place? For what it? I always considered that this place which "supports" a hoof bone, never cleaned it.

  • Thank you!

  • Jack Hammering; sure appears to be a uni-lateral weight bearing issue here

    I've learned to avoid trying to hang onto thrashing limbs until the bitter end for the sake of getting paid or "training" the animal. Owners may admire our "patience" (tolerance) and recommend us to their friends (more dinks) none of which will improve our long term lifestyle or pay the medical bills

    wrastling only leads to back and disposistion problems later in your career.

    Stay sound, you got skills. ~Dave

  • LOL..Youtubers like videos about dangerous things...

  • Shes doing a barefoot trim which is diff. from a regular trim thats why you take more off then normal. Its the study of natural foot like the wild horses feet.

  • He's sore from its right hind leg cause its unbalanced by the lack of trimming, at 2:20 his fetlocks drop alot and maybe he needs some correction using shoes and he's probably sore from his tendons and ligament and muscles but you have the patience in order to relief his pain by trimming him often. Just let him rest a little every 15 seconds or something or else your at risk to get kicked and I can tell your back is killin you. Check him out first he's given you signs of pain. Great Job :-)

  • too bad you couldnt come and trim my mares hooves. I rescued her and the last farrier that I had come out was swearing at her calling her names and had even twitched her in a way that I didnt know you could twitch. Since then she hasnt had near the amount of patients to hold up her hooves for anyone.

  • Can you come to my house? Super Job! And what GREAT patience! I would have lost it after 5 minutes. I have one just like him. I love him but boy do I dread trimming him. Please make some more videos! Good Luck!

  • i think that your doing a good job. however your taking off too much sole. it needs to build-up some calouse. if ridden or worked on stoney or hard surfaces you will see that the horse gets a bit foot sore. the rest of your trim was good. well done.

  • just a thought but this horse is sore on his off hind leg. i dont know if u noticed when u uput the foot down on the ground after he held the off hind limb for a bit to show some signs of discomfort on the other hind foot so its not that this horse is misbehaved but sore and in discomfort

  • @hollywoodstitch The horse likely wasn't used to having all the pressure on that leg (for the left hind to be trimmed), so when the left hind was put down to the ground, a lot of pressure left the off hind - would feel weird for a horse not accustomed to balancing like that for a trim - not necessarily sore.

  • Great job! I bet you wanted to cuss at 3:28. I think I would have :) You really didn't seem to let it get to you. Thanks for the inspiration. - a farrier student in his first day

  • the problem is the horse is sore if a horse acts like that most times there is something wrong ,check it out saves a lot of back breaking work.

  • I so feel for you. I trim my own horses and just acquired 3 new mares, who although 6, 4 and 1 have never been properly handled and are very reluctant to pick up their hooves. They have no muscle, which doesn´t help their balance, being one possible reason for their reluctance as they feel vulnerable. As I am working on this problem with the girls, I would certainly speak to the owner of that horse about addressing this problem with his horse. Too many like that kill your back!

  • This horse was owned by the Indiana Horse Rescue; they have sedatives and assistants to help handle and discipline the horses, but there are just too many horses to be able to regularly work with them all on picking up their feet. Many of these horses come in with behavioral issues, and often I am the first farrier they have seen in years. Your right, it will kill my back!

  • As seen above, this horse is sore, the hip or foot take your pick, the foot was to high for the horses comfort also. lift you foot behiind you past your comfort zone, it pinches, would you stand still?

  • Wow, your patience and strength are impressive! ...and, your reflexes are amazing! Kudos for keeping such a calm demeanor with him.

  • maybe horse isn't missbehaving - maybe he is in pain! check the legs and how is he standing! It's obvious that he cannot stand long on his leg so better to put down before him.

  • Nicely Done! You have a nice way of handling the horse and doing a fantastic trim.

  • Owner needs to handle the horse's feet more.

  • thats my tough woman

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