Intro to hoof trimming for the horse owner, Part 3 of 3

Dawn Willoughby does a basic horse hoof trimming demo, explaining to the horse owner what simple steps he/she can do to keep their horses hooves maintained in between visits. For more information, visit her site at http://www.4sweetfeet.com/

Category:

Education

Tags:

• hoof
• trimming
• natural hoof
• horse
• horse care
• farrier
• barefoot trim
• barefoot horse
• rasp
• natural horsemanship
• thoroughbred
• education
• horse owner
• horsemanship

[threehorsez]

Of all the videos I've explored, and that's been a few, this set of 3 is the easiest to understand and most thorough yet! Really - everything falls into place with this video. Additionally, your attitude (and that of your horse, and how you handle him) is just a pleasure to watch! Thank you so much for this! I can really tell that you do love teaching people because you do it so very well.

[earthologie]

THANK YOU!

[SuperSweetdon]

what you do when thay like to kick a lot my horse been biting befor i got tham

[hyperfocus2011]

@r1brygo That's how it should be done. Check out Pete Ramey.

[camitubbs]

I love your videos, you are a great teacher. I am new to going barefoot and think it is the best way to go. I am wondering about the sole. 3/4 inch of the sole on my horse makes contact with the ground and then is very shallow. Normally people would say to take the hoof knife and remove the sole. But if you remove it then you remove the protective callous right? What is more important to take care of?

[r1brygo]

@rmhogue

Tryng to learn to trim a hoof from a 30 min video is a bad idea. People and horses will get hurt. You are rasping all the hoof wall away above the sole and putting him on his sole.

[rmhogue]

Great videos! Thanks!

[PSNapier]

Great videos, they helped me a lot when I started trimming my ponies feet. Thanks for uploading. :)

[hoofforeeya]

The bars are growing at the same rate as the walls, so why wouldn't you trim them as much as the walls? The bars actually get pushed up within the hoof capsule and over time, will sharply pinch the interior portions above (the DDFT, digital arteries and the navicular region) and also choke the blood vessels feeding the frog corium unless trimmed or worn off by rocks. When they are long, they also distort the lateral heel walls causing flaring and eventual quarter cracks. But these r great videos