How to make your elderly horse more comfortable during a trim

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Farrier Kirk Adkins gives expert advice on how to help your elderly, arthritic or foundered horse feel more comfortable while being trimmed. Certain positions while holding feet up can exacerbate pain. Kirk also shares tricks on how to trim a horse who can't hold their feet up at all. This video is a must for anyone who has a horse that struggles while being trimmed or shod.

Category:

Pets & Animals

Tags:

• horse
• trim
• trimmed
• old
• elderly
• comfortable
• farrier
• stand
• balance
• hoof
• arthritis
• founder
• horses
• equestrian
• barn
• stable
• dressage
• western
• english
• lame
• lameness
• sound

[zoeeileve]

horse at the end of vid i'm gonna yawn!!

person no don't (taps horse's nose)

horse yes i'm sill yawning!!!

[LaRanaTJ]

What a fabulous little vid. Yours should be on ExpertVillage. Not the bad and often misguiding tat they have on their site. You were clear, useful and obviously knew what you were taking about. The ExV crowd should be bought to account with all the bad advise they give.

[MegganSays]

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