Hoofwall Anatomy Part 3, Lesson's from the Hoof

[MeganSaysRawr]

anyways, He has the calus on his sole but doesnt have over grown bars. I would love your opionion on what you find is best for a young horse. I have been studing your videos and plan to trim him according to your information. I feared that I would have to use the only ferrier around who is not a big beleiver in barefoot or being gentle with horses. I feel now like I have the ability to keep my horse's hooves healthy without the reliance on old fashioned blacksmithing.

[thehappyhoof]

Even if you don't like the farrier, it's good to use one when you are first starting out, to watch and learn how to use the rasp etc. And espeically for "balance", this is where many barefooters mess up (including me). Everything in old school is not bad, tool usage, and balancing the hoof, they are pretty good at "most" of the time. Ask him questions about balancing and what he believes.

[thehappyhoof]

I'm none to gentle myself on occasion depending on the horse. If it's an older horse that knows better, or any horse that's just spoiled, I give them what I call the "good cop, bad cop" treatment. I'll have to video that for people, because it makes the horse just love to stand there for the good cop trimmer, thats me. Bad cop is the person holding the horse at the end of the halter rope from about 5 feet away. Yes I'll have to video how to do this, it's a miracle worker.

[thehappyhoof]

Once you start getting under these horses, you start to undersand more about why a guy doing it for a living, get's a little frustrated with hoses that have not been taught to stand still. I'm not anti-farrier, just anti some of their traditional teachings. There are some excellent farriers who do both shoeing and barefoot.

[MeganSaysRawr]

I found that very informative. I just bought a 5 year old Canadian, who has very strong hooves. his previous owner did only barefoot natural trimming and I am considering wether or not to continue on with that method. What is your opinion. He doenst have any hoof deformaties that I could tell of except the fact one hoof grows noticably faster than the other three? what do you think that could be about?

[thehappyhoof]

Hum, What kind of shape is the frog in on that hoof, and is it faily matched with the other hoof in size and width et. Or is it smaller looking, more compact et.

[rosiewells13]

Thank you so much! I just love all your videos!

Thanks for sharing all your information.

[oneredhorse]

You have given such a great lesson on bars and flares. You are one of a couple of folks (Swiss Hoof School has some nice stuff) who really addresses this connection. I just love your videos and can't wait for the latest release.

[thehappyhoof]

Thankyou. My camera broke but I have a new one coming, HD with all the bells and whistles. Called to buy a webbie and got talked into life time payments (I'm a easy mark).

[oriah87]

I can't find part 4!!! Excellent video's I'm learning alot!

[thebirthden]

I can't find #4?

[greentree906]

Thanks for the information!

[Italianiceisnice]

lol, shut up! (to the dog) great info, never knoew about the filing off of the front tips of the hoof wall---I see it all the time in almost everyblacksmith shoe job at the barn. They'll set the shoe BACK to "help" breakover, then file off ALL the overlapping hoof wall. In addition to making the wall weaker, by filing off that outer wall, wouldn't that increase the possibility of contracting white line dz?

[threemustangs]

Thank you so much for your wonderful videos. You are teaching me so much!

[happycampersMT]

I think part 2 got duplicated here......