Basic Hoof Trimming

This is the first in a series of videos I plan to post on hoof care. Please seek assistance from a qualified professional farrier before you attempt to try anything taught or shown on these videos.

As a note, I did pull the foot forward after the camera was turned off to check for and address any flares that were not obvious from the underside view. However, I wanted to keep this first video to a basic overview of the steps in trimming without going into addressing flares or corrective work, and so I chose not to include the final step.

Category:

Pets & Animals

Tags:

• farrier
• horseshoeing
• horse
• horses
• trim
• trimming
• barefoot
• hoof
• hooves
• shoer
• shoeing
• equine

[DragonflyDore]

Hi!

Out of curiousity do you work with the Indiana Horse Rescue??

Your voice is very familiar.

[sparrowhawkd]

I do trim occasionally trim horses at the Frankfort facility. The "Barefoot trim on a misbehaving horse" video was filmed there.

[lostNfound93]

how do u no when ur not going to far for trimming the frog

[sparrowhawkd]

I watched hundreds of trims before I tried it. You just kind of know where everything is at after a while.

[PJFable]

Your digging away at the sole on a flat footed horse?. What does this tell you?. The frog is a required item of the foot, best not rape it out existence. Rasp action, heel to toe not crossways. Then taking out more sole pressure once you've rasped to live white line. Your system needs to be carefully rethought.

[bdg4146432]

Thank you for taking the time to post a video. To those with negative comments get off your fat rear and make your own video. There are multiple ways to get the objective you want. So stick it.

[burrejo]

@devikafayegw you only want to trim the frog if it has flaps where thrush can grow or for the horses comfort...( a horse that had extremely over grown feet and the frog had grown far below the height of the heels) you should be very critical of any cut you have to make into the frog and basically NOT do what she did in this video....only trimming of it I do is as mentioned above and a 45 degree at the apex of the frog. You want a nice calloused frog and sole.

[burrejo]

@jccrick123 that comment and the last comment....please don't even try by yourself....find somebody to train under and watch. It's not something you can just got at, its hard work and def takes skills.

[burrejo]

@skipstjsprat Nice...She is not a Pete Ramey fan...I can tell this.

[burrejo]

If you end up with tender footed horses all the time you may want to look into what you're doing to that frog and sole....you want a good calloused sole and frog...each part of a horses foot will change and mold to its terrain it lives in to carry its percentage of weight...softer muddy terrains will have deeper dished concave feet where if you have a horse that lives on flat hard ground will develop flatter feet.Trim frog only if has flaps or for comfort, trim sole only if flakey and dead.....

[TwisterSidster]

dose it hurt the horse?

[LonelyWolfesss]

@miabear13 LOL i just came back to read this and i was like HAHAHA and my brother looked at me creepily

[miabear13]

@LonelyWolfesss ur funny :)

[Thekeyofawesome3]

When i grow up i wanna be a farrier SO bad! I know it's hard, but i'm really eager to learn when i'm older!

[missscheerleaderswag]

HOW MANY TIMES A WEEK SHOULD YOU TRIM THEIR HOOVES

[fonjadidi]

Heey awesome video could you tell what what exactly the frog is because i thought it was highly sensitive ;)