just wondering but if this is meant to be natural then why are you trimming from the top? Last I checked horses wore their feet from the bottom
Also that horse has a majorly depressed frog, from the lack of trimming of the heels and causing the hoof wall to take ALL the pressure, also the hoof is never a 'bad hoof' until something intervenes, why is it a bad hoof find out why and see if you can repair it don't just throw your hands in the air and say 'its just an aweful hoof', maybe the trim?
hate to say it but these fads you guys get into are crazy.. all you are doing is dubbing off the toe.. you are not shortning the foot at all, you are just giving the appearance of that. I have taking over many lame horses because of this, and have to put shoes on them so they dont wear anymore toe off.. i cant stress enough that you have to shorten the toe from the bottom! But maybe 4 years of schooling and having my journeyman, and theraputic means nothing. Quit crippling horses
looks a lot like a mustang roll keeping the outside chipped off and letting them decide how they want/ need there foot your just helping them keep it that way by rasping it were in the wild they would have rocks and things like that to break and chip it off look at your horses foot if you ride bare foot on the dirt roads a lot its about the same just keeping it neater and cleaner.
A good looking hoof is not necessarily a healthy hoof. I encourage you to respect the integrity of the hoof capsule and not take away the laminae wedge with your rasp. That will only bring more and more flares.
Please stop giving them a reason to attack barefootedness.
I have been trimming my 3 horses and 3 mules this way now for several months, and have been very happy with the results. It doesn't thin the wall at all. Their feet have never looked better. And they are sound and can walk across ugly big gravel without any problems.
You didn´t explain the significance of the lines you drew! Please do. Would you work any flare off that way as well? Why do you trim from the top as opposed to below like the majority of natural hoof trimmers?
This hoof looks like it is distorted from all the weakening of the hoof support you are doing. Leaving the heels untrimmed(like you do)will cause lots of issues-like the abscess you went digging after. I am sorry but your method is greatly flawed!
The front of the wall was rasped to a sort of blunted appearance. Isn't it bad to rasp all the wall off to achieve a "better" shape? Many years ago, I had a blacksmith that did that to my old mare, so he could set the shoe back on her since she had long toe/low heel. I put her down last Christmas due to low ringbone. Her two colts have been barefoot since birth and doing great!
IF and I mean IF the bars need touching up I will do it, I also roll the heels to engage the frog from the bottom. TFTT is not just about rasping the hoofwall it is a philosphy as well. What overgrown sole?
Where did you learn to do this? It seems rather abusive to the hoof. From my experience horses do not grow wierd hooves unless they have been injured in some way. As the old German proverb states: "The hoof is but clay in the farriers hand."
Ummmm......don't you think you're taking a lot off the hoof wall with that rasp? ESPECIALLY with the course side of the rasp? I also noticed that there is no concavity to her sole - she's flat footed. By thinning out that hoof wall where you are it appears she has flared around her entire hoof, thus dropping the sole. The hoof keeps trying to repair itself and it can't with the thinned out base, so it flares. If she could get some concavity back it might help eliminate that lump - which I think
Why in the world would I not use the coarse side, so I can get done faster and easier :) Fine side rasping of hoofcapsule sounds like KC talking. I am not thinning the wall. Please explain how the video above is showing me doing that. Horse has very very thick soles and the concavity her foot grows.
SICK!!
Riderealhorses 5 months ago
just wondering but if this is meant to be natural then why are you trimming from the top? Last I checked horses wore their feet from the bottom
Also that horse has a majorly depressed frog, from the lack of trimming of the heels and causing the hoof wall to take ALL the pressure, also the hoof is never a 'bad hoof' until something intervenes, why is it a bad hoof find out why and see if you can repair it don't just throw your hands in the air and say 'its just an aweful hoof', maybe the trim?
taashjahorselover 7 months ago
hate to say it but these fads you guys get into are crazy.. all you are doing is dubbing off the toe.. you are not shortning the foot at all, you are just giving the appearance of that. I have taking over many lame horses because of this, and have to put shoes on them so they dont wear anymore toe off.. i cant stress enough that you have to shorten the toe from the bottom! But maybe 4 years of schooling and having my journeyman, and theraputic means nothing. Quit crippling horses
bradsnyder1 7 months ago
Wow...
pcc483 11 months ago
Great video! I do trimming from the top too, thought I was the only one lol, glad to see i'm not. It works wonders on my belgians :)
bighorses1 1 year ago
looks a lot like a mustang roll keeping the outside chipped off and letting them decide how they want/ need there foot your just helping them keep it that way by rasping it were in the wild they would have rocks and things like that to break and chip it off look at your horses foot if you ride bare foot on the dirt roads a lot its about the same just keeping it neater and cleaner.
horselady36501 1 year ago
A good looking hoof is not necessarily a healthy hoof. I encourage you to respect the integrity of the hoof capsule and not take away the laminae wedge with your rasp. That will only bring more and more flares.
Please stop giving them a reason to attack barefootedness.
kolianet 2 years ago
I have been trimming my 3 horses and 3 mules this way now for several months, and have been very happy with the results. It doesn't thin the wall at all. Their feet have never looked better. And they are sound and can walk across ugly big gravel without any problems.
John1895 2 years ago
You didn´t explain the significance of the lines you drew! Please do. Would you work any flare off that way as well? Why do you trim from the top as opposed to below like the majority of natural hoof trimmers?
LaRanaTJ 2 years ago
And since when did horses naturally "trim" their hoofs from the top? I just cant imagine they are doing that? Maybe in the US?
krussedulltull 3 years ago
This hoof looks like it is distorted from all the weakening of the hoof support you are doing. Leaving the heels untrimmed(like you do)will cause lots of issues-like the abscess you went digging after. I am sorry but your method is greatly flawed!
okcismelanie 3 years ago
The front of the wall was rasped to a sort of blunted appearance. Isn't it bad to rasp all the wall off to achieve a "better" shape? Many years ago, I had a blacksmith that did that to my old mare, so he could set the shoe back on her since she had long toe/low heel. I put her down last Christmas due to low ringbone. Her two colts have been barefoot since birth and doing great!
Italianiceisnice 3 years ago
No, I have no problems with rasping the wall this way.
I'm working on hugging the capsule to the coffin bone. Each horse is unique, so do what is best for each horse.
irishcas 3 years ago
what about the bars, and all the overgrown sole? is the hoof actually functional when trimming from the top?
krussedulltull 3 years ago
IF and I mean IF the bars need touching up I will do it, I also roll the heels to engage the frog from the bottom. TFTT is not just about rasping the hoofwall it is a philosphy as well. What overgrown sole?
irishcas 3 years ago
What are you talking about, thers no overgrown sole. If there is then show me, in wich frame?
XArabHunterX 3 years ago
Where did you learn to do this? It seems rather abusive to the hoof. From my experience horses do not grow wierd hooves unless they have been injured in some way. As the old German proverb states: "The hoof is but clay in the farriers hand."
akathh 3 years ago
Ummmm......don't you think you're taking a lot off the hoof wall with that rasp? ESPECIALLY with the course side of the rasp? I also noticed that there is no concavity to her sole - she's flat footed. By thinning out that hoof wall where you are it appears she has flared around her entire hoof, thus dropping the sole. The hoof keeps trying to repair itself and it can't with the thinned out base, so it flares. If she could get some concavity back it might help eliminate that lump - which I think
happycampersMT 3 years ago
is actually a callous from being flat footed.
Just my 2 cents. Don't mean to offend. I never would use the coarse side of the rasp on the hoof wall, only the fine side.
happycampersMT 3 years ago
Why in the world would I not use the coarse side, so I can get done faster and easier :) Fine side rasping of hoofcapsule sounds like KC talking. I am not thinning the wall. Please explain how the video above is showing me doing that. Horse has very very thick soles and the concavity her foot grows.
irishcas 3 years ago
Your a cool cool kitty from New York City. :)
o7jimmy 3 years ago