We had a wonderful farrier when I was a kid. He never tied any of our horses. He spent time scratching and talking to them first, trimmed the hooves and ended with scratches and a carrot. He truly loved horses. I learned a lot from him.
This is the best barefoot trim video I have seen yet. I like the way you interact with your horse and allow her to have a break every once in a while. 🙂 Super thorough, thank you!
This is not only informative but it is also a lesson in how to handle a horse in a soft, gentle manner with the least amount of stress on the horse. This was quite a relief after watching a couple of tictok videos someone sent me of stupid humans getting kicked and bitten by their horses due to their own stupidity. In one, the human put herself between her horse, who had already been kicking, and a fence so she had nowhere to go when the horse side-kicked her. The other was in a stall with a mare and her newborn (the foal had a puffy jacket on so what the heck were they doing). The mare gave plenty of warning signs before she lunged and bit the woman's shoulder or neck. It was hard to see where she got her. Only one person commented that the first horse might have been in pain from the saddle that was on her. The rest wanted to boot the horse and other abusive reactions. Sigh. Thanks for being a good example of superb horsemanship.
Wonderful how nice you communicate with Lena! People love at me when I tell horses "wait a moment" when they want heir feet back. But in fact they all get it and know they do not have to pull fast their hooves off my hand because I ask for the moment when they ask for pausing. Than I do a little bit what I wanted to do and let them use this hoof for a while. Horses are willing to be kind and respectfull when you show the you respect their needs. I love it! Very nice video, thank you!
@@StableHorseTraining Absolutely! If we as humans were able to communicate without using words so clear like horses or dogs than we would not need the words. But I am sure using the words makes us straight in communicating our thought with our energy and this is what the animals understand. Difficult to teach my clients sometimes but they all can see the results immediately when I train their horses or dogs. I love it. - And in my further post it was ment to be "laugh at me" not "love at me". Sorry. My english skills are less than my skills with animals. 🤣😇
Good morning 🌄 Graeme. Hey let's face it, if your horse has no feet.....You have no horse 🐴. Awe, there's my favorite girl, I love Lena ❤️. Great video my friend. Sure looks beautiful in your neck of the woods. It's unusually cold 🥶, rainy 🌧️, with 70 mile an hour winds 😱 today here in AZ. It's crazy. Blessings to you and yours 🙌 Jennifer
This horse is really enjoying the attention and love you are giving her, setting her up for looking forward to her pedicures, beautiful thing to see. 😊
Graeme's horses are allowed to express themselves, so I'd reckon Lena would definitely react in some way if anything he did was hurting her. As well behaved as Lena, or any other horse for that matter is, they let you know if it's uncomfortable or even hurtful. Yes, they are prey animals and might hide injuries and anything alike they already have. But I'm positive they'll 'tell' you in the moment. You just need to be able to listen to your horse and not misinterpret what they tell you. Very informative video both here and on the academy channel. Was a nice double whammy with Lena today :D
Yes! My mare has a lot of trauma about her legs being handled since at her last home they would put her in stocks and tie her feet up. I started working with her on building trust and getting her to understand that I wasn't going to hurt her when I was holding her leg. Fast-forward to 1 year later (today), and she is such a great communicator - once we got past all of the fear. Randomly while I'm trimming she will refuse to lift her leg up (I always ask with a touch, not pulling). This is her saying "This foot feels good. It doesn't need to be trimmed anymore." And she is always right. I've learned to trust her judgment, and it has made all the difference in working with her :)
From an ignorant horse lover, I think this is one of the best videos that got me to understand foot care. For example, I didn’t know that the bar acted as a callus or that it had no pain sensitivity. What does cause pain? If you go too deep in an area? Also where do you start? Is it the sole first then the frog followed by the frog, or the wall first? You changed the order on 1/2 the foot.
Hmm.. not sure if you're getting words mixed, but I'll clarify: 1. The bars are not callus, they are hoof wall. The frog is callus. The outer frog material does not feel any pain at all but being a callus, when you press on it, that pressure transfers to the inner structure. 2. Pain is caused by too thin of a frog, like any callus, and the pressure exerted through stepping on something (or nothing in particular in some cases) causes inner foot pain to the frog corium. 3. If you go to deep in cutting the frog, you'll cause the above. 4. It doesn't matter where you start 5. Yes, I changed the order to prove a point of that the order doesn't matter. Sometimes it's logical to start at a particular spot and helps people learn.
Lena has the best hooves I've ever seen. That is such a great statement to your love & true care you give your horses. Most of what I've seen is the horror stories or general neglect in proper hoove care. This is a great video you are a good teacher!
I love Lena ❤️ just like Roni & Gracie do. Well, maybe not as much as they do, but I love her. She's a great horse. She's a big boned girl just like me, lol ☺️ It's good to see her on such great health.
I love watching all of your videos. Thank you for sharing those details. Lately, all the farriers are trimming my horses with really long toes and short heels. I've decided to take the plunge and trim my own hooves. I have donkeys as well and they need to have a much longer heel than what anyone is giving them. Watching your videos is giving me the confidence I need to do my own trims. Thank you.
@@StableHorseTraining I'm actually planning on purchasing this course. I got fired from my job earlier this month, so money is tight until I get another job. 🙃
Wonderful! There are a pile of videos for free here of course that I'm sure will help a lot. Always feel free to ask questions if you are wondering about something :)
Why do you think they need tall heels? Horses land flat footed, heel should absolutely be trimmed heels down to the hard sole plane in balance with the toe.
Thank you for this! I've been starting to trim my own horse, after she had a terrible, too short, too flat trim from an area farrier. The upside to her having been taken too short is that I have lots of time to try out little things and clean things up while her hooves grow back. I've been incorporating little touch-ups with the rasp and some mini nippers into our regular grooming sessions, and it makes it easier on both of us, while never letting the hooves grow out of control!
Yes, a dull knife is dangerous, as I've found out in the kitchen! You have to put more pressure on it to get anything cut and then, if it does slip, there's all that extra force behind it, which can cause a nasty injury. Ouch!
Is it normal for that non-exfoliated sole to smell like fungus even if there is no current thrush infection? I have a mare who's right front hoof ALWAYS grows out in the toe much faster than the left and this foot has this issue going on. I am curious because this foot also have a frog that is always level with the sole regardless of farrier leveling.
It's hard to answer your questions as I can't see the hoof, but if you smell something bad, then there is something bad somewhere in there. Toes don't grow faster on a foot, they wear down faster on a foot. Also, I don't know what you're determining "faster growth" from, so I can't comment on that too much. I don't know what "farrier leveling" is, sounds terrible, but a frog that doesn't grow down much usually means the sole is spread out so bad that the hoof just can't grow anything healthy. Based on what you're told me in your comment/questions, I expect your horse has serious issues.
I live in Arizona and am interested in farrier work, but I have limited to almost no real experience with trimming. How would I go about finding somewhere/someone that would be willing to train a new student? Any help would be appreciated, thank you!
I have no idea to be honest. I have a course you can try that is economical at $50 which can provide guidance but it really takes a LOT of practice and doing a bit at a time at first. I think anybody can do it personally
Thank you, that was great to watch, i am studying a lot lately about hoof trimming and our new natural barefoot farrier is coming 2 March, im told she is great and explaines a lot too while trimming. I will watch your video again to, do you keep the heel the same height as the frog or a little higher, sorry English is not my first language i hope you understand what im writing 😄
Wow! How exciting that there are farriers now who specialize in keeping barefoot horses in tiptop shape. Graeme is a natural and an excellent instructor but I wld be so nervous. I would feel better having an expert right there, involved. What country and area are you from, if you don't mind my asking?
@@pennywebb867 hi, Penny i am from the Netherlands, i am really happy because she normally does not take new horses, she is full, but she comes for another horse on our stable so she agreed to do my young horse as well 🥳
Can you please explain why you don’t take the heel down to the level of balance with the toe, to the hard sole? What is the purpose of leaving any heel above toe wall height when horses land flat footed?
I live in Southern California where it rarely rains and my horses' hooves are hard as concrete so I have never been able to use a knife successfully. It's like trying to cut a rock. Lots of false sole I can't get rid of 😔
It means to take the load off of the walls, the load being the weight of the horse. Many horses have the full load on the walls and not the sole and frog area. Shod horses especially. It's incredibly detrimental and leads to all kinds of problems.
I'm curious how you determined "a lot of toe" and what amount is "a lot" to be honest. The answer is no to both from my viewpoint of course or I would have trimmed differently.
@@StableHorseTrainingthey will have to correct me if I'm wrong but i guess from our viewpoint the toe looks like there's extra sole protruding there? In the video you said you were gonna leave it alone! Maybe the user was asking why?
The labor involved with this work is a concern. I can understand now why people hire someone else to do it. She is such a calm horse and it makes me think she understands what you are doing to her. Does she?
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We had a wonderful farrier when I was a kid. He never tied any of our horses. He spent time scratching and talking to them first, trimmed the hooves and ended with scratches and a carrot. He truly loved horses. I learned a lot from him.
That sounds amazing. A good person
True blessing to experience
This is the best barefoot trim video I have seen yet. I like the way you interact with your horse and allow her to have a break every once in a while. 🙂 Super thorough, thank you!
Glad you enjoyed it!
This is not only informative but it is also a lesson in how to handle a horse in a soft, gentle manner with the least amount of stress on the horse. This was quite a relief after watching a couple of tictok videos someone sent me of stupid humans getting kicked and bitten by their horses due to their own stupidity. In one, the human put herself between her horse, who had already been kicking, and a fence so she had nowhere to go when the horse side-kicked her. The other was in a stall with a mare and her newborn (the foal had a puffy jacket on so what the heck were they doing). The mare gave plenty of warning signs before she lunged and bit the woman's shoulder or neck. It was hard to see where she got her. Only one person commented that the first horse might have been in pain from the saddle that was on her. The rest wanted to boot the horse and other abusive reactions. Sigh.
Thanks for being a good example of superb horsemanship.
Thank you very much :)
Lena is such a sweetheart & the perfect model for showing us how to trim.
VERY nice trim!!! Love the extra knowledge you pass on...Lena LOVES you.
Thank you so much for taking the time to show the horse trim video. Interesting to see how it is done. 😊 such a great explanation
You are so welcome!
Wonderful how nice you communicate with Lena! People love at me when I tell horses "wait a moment" when they want heir feet back. But in fact they all get it and know they do not have to pull fast their hooves off my hand because I ask for the moment when they ask for pausing. Than I do a little bit what I wanted to do and let them use this hoof for a while. Horses are willing to be kind and respectfull when you show the you respect their needs. I love it! Very nice video, thank you!
Agreed, while horses may not quite understand individual words, they do seem to get the idea of the thought and feel behind them.
@@StableHorseTraining Absolutely! If we as humans were able to communicate without using words so clear like horses or dogs than we would not need the words. But I am sure using the words makes us straight in communicating our thought with our energy and this is what the animals understand. Difficult to teach my clients sometimes but they all can see the results immediately when I train their horses or dogs. I love it. - And in my further post it was ment to be "laugh at me" not "love at me". Sorry. My english skills are less than my skills with animals. 🤣😇
I’ve never had a farrier make my horses hooves this nice ❤ looks so good
Good morning 🌄 Graeme. Hey let's face it, if your horse has no feet.....You have no horse 🐴. Awe, there's my favorite girl, I love Lena ❤️. Great video my friend. Sure looks beautiful in your neck of the woods. It's unusually cold 🥶, rainy 🌧️, with 70 mile an hour winds 😱 today here in AZ. It's crazy. Blessings to you and yours 🙌 Jennifer
Thank you Jennifer!
Excellent presentation Graeme. Loved Lenas gravciouness. Beautiful work!
Thank you Jill!
This horse is really enjoying the attention and love you are giving her, setting her up for looking forward to her pedicures, beautiful thing to see. 😊
You are very appreciated, Graeme. Thank you
Graeme's horses are allowed to express themselves, so I'd reckon Lena would definitely react in some way if anything he did was hurting her.
As well behaved as Lena, or any other horse for that matter is, they let you know if it's uncomfortable or even hurtful. Yes, they are prey animals and might hide injuries and anything alike they already have. But I'm positive they'll 'tell' you in the moment. You just need to be able to listen to your horse and not misinterpret what they tell you.
Very informative video both here and on the academy channel. Was a nice double whammy with Lena today :D
Thank you! Yes, horses will very quickly communicate their frustration or displeasure for sure.
Yes! My mare has a lot of trauma about her legs being handled since at her last home they would put her in stocks and tie her feet up. I started working with her on building trust and getting her to understand that I wasn't going to hurt her when I was holding her leg. Fast-forward to 1 year later (today), and she is such a great communicator - once we got past all of the fear.
Randomly while I'm trimming she will refuse to lift her leg up (I always ask with a touch, not pulling). This is her saying "This foot feels good. It doesn't need to be trimmed anymore." And she is always right. I've learned to trust her judgment, and it has made all the difference in working with her :)
From an ignorant horse lover, I think this is one of the best videos that got me to understand foot care. For example, I didn’t know that the bar acted as a callus or that it had no pain sensitivity. What does cause pain? If you go too deep in an area? Also where do you start? Is it the sole first then the frog followed by the frog, or the wall first? You changed the order on 1/2 the foot.
Hmm.. not sure if you're getting words mixed, but I'll clarify:
1. The bars are not callus, they are hoof wall. The frog is callus. The outer frog material does not feel any pain at all but being a callus, when you press on it, that pressure transfers to the inner structure.
2. Pain is caused by too thin of a frog, like any callus, and the pressure exerted through stepping on something (or nothing in particular in some cases) causes inner foot pain to the frog corium.
3. If you go to deep in cutting the frog, you'll cause the above.
4. It doesn't matter where you start
5. Yes, I changed the order to prove a point of that the order doesn't matter. Sometimes it's logical to start at a particular spot and helps people learn.
@@StableHorseTraining I didn’t get that right lol. I actually used the wrong words Embarrassed.
Lena has the best hooves I've ever seen. That is such a great statement to your love & true care you give your horses. Most of what I've seen is the horror stories or general neglect in proper hoove care. This is a great video you are a good teacher!
Thank you very much :) I'm glad you enjoyed this one with Lena
I love Lena ❤️ just like Roni & Gracie do. Well, maybe not as much as they do, but I love her. She's a great horse. She's a big boned girl just like me, lol ☺️ It's good to see her on such great health.
Thankyou thats really helpful. Ididnt know you could clean up the frog 😮
You're welcome :)
Very good lesson Graeme, helpful for owners 👍
Thanks I've learned so much
Thank you sooo much for this! Loved the video, the best explanation i ever seen!🙌🏼🤩
Glad it was helpful!
That was helpful for basic trim
Thanks
You're welcome!
I love watching all of your videos. Thank you for sharing those details. Lately, all the farriers are trimming my horses with really long toes and short heels. I've decided to take the plunge and trim my own hooves. I have donkeys as well and they need to have a much longer heel than what anyone is giving them. Watching your videos is giving me the confidence I need to do my own trims. Thank you.
You're very welcome, keep in mind that I have a whole course available here: myhorsecoach.com/courses/horse-hoof-trimming-101/
@@StableHorseTraining I'm actually planning on purchasing this course. I got fired from my job earlier this month, so money is tight until I get another job. 🙃
Wonderful! There are a pile of videos for free here of course that I'm sure will help a lot. Always feel free to ask questions if you are wondering about something :)
Why do you think they need tall heels? Horses land flat footed, heel should absolutely be trimmed heels down to the hard sole plane in balance with the toe.
@vanaruone6767 tall is a subjective term. I set them where I believe they need to be set based on growth of the walls, sole and frog
Loved this video. Thank you from the bottom of the world, Tasmania Australia. :)
Thank you!
Such a great video! Thank you Graeme and Lena!!
I love the technique with the bar trimmer, where do you buy those little nippers?
I got them on Amazon, they are bonsai tree trimmers
That is just so pretty and functional!
Thank you for this! I've been starting to trim my own horse, after she had a terrible, too short, too flat trim from an area farrier. The upside to her having been taken too short is that I have lots of time to try out little things and clean things up while her hooves grow back. I've been incorporating little touch-ups with the rasp and some mini nippers into our regular grooming sessions, and it makes it easier on both of us, while never letting the hooves grow out of control!
Good job
thanks!
Yes, a dull knife is dangerous, as I've found out in the kitchen! You have to put more pressure on it to get anything cut and then, if it does slip, there's all that extra force behind it, which can cause a nasty injury. Ouch!
exactly
Lena points her toes like a good foot model.
Thank you so much! I am interested in reviewing your courses.
Awesome, thank you!
I really enjoyed this lesson, you explained well and I enjoyed the process. God bless.
Thank you 😊
Is it normal for that non-exfoliated sole to smell like fungus even if there is no current thrush infection? I have a mare who's right front hoof ALWAYS grows out in the toe much faster than the left and this foot has this issue going on. I am curious because this foot also have a frog that is always level with the sole regardless of farrier leveling.
It's hard to answer your questions as I can't see the hoof, but if you smell something bad, then there is something bad somewhere in there. Toes don't grow faster on a foot, they wear down faster on a foot. Also, I don't know what you're determining "faster growth" from, so I can't comment on that too much. I don't know what "farrier leveling" is, sounds terrible, but a frog that doesn't grow down much usually means the sole is spread out so bad that the hoof just can't grow anything healthy. Based on what you're told me in your comment/questions, I expect your horse has serious issues.
I live in Arizona and am interested in farrier work, but I have limited to almost no real experience with trimming. How would I go about finding somewhere/someone that would be willing to train a new student? Any help would be appreciated, thank you!
I have no idea to be honest. I have a course you can try that is economical at $50 which can provide guidance but it really takes a LOT of practice and doing a bit at a time at first. I think anybody can do it personally
This was a very helpful video. Can i ask where you got your nippers you used on her bars?
Thank you, that was great to watch, i am studying a lot lately about hoof trimming and our new natural barefoot farrier is coming 2 March, im told she is great and explaines a lot too while trimming. I will watch your video again to, do you keep the heel the same height as the frog or a little higher, sorry English is not my first language i hope you understand what im writing 😄
Frog height is irrelevant. I only determine the wall height off of the sole level. Frog is leveled from there.
Wow! How exciting that there are farriers now who specialize in keeping barefoot horses in tiptop shape. Graeme is a natural and an excellent instructor but I wld be so nervous. I would feel better having an expert right there, involved. What country and area are you from, if you don't mind my asking?
@@pennywebb867 hi, Penny i am from the Netherlands, i am really happy because she normally does not take new horses, she is full, but she comes for another horse on our stable so she agreed to do my young horse as well 🥳
@@Wendy-bd9zu happy for you, stroke of luck. Maybe this practice will spread quickly. 🤞
@@pennywebb867 thanks 🙏 here it is getting more popular already, Congrats on your sign in the forest! I just saw the new video, that's cool 🥳
One more question: How can I be sure that it is time to trim the bars?
You know you can trim the bars when they are leaning over and trapping material under them.
Great video. 👍
Thanks 👍
Oh my, she just loves those scratches.
I would love to learn how to do this but i'm Scared and would never do it to my own horse Would love to find some cadaver feet
That's a good place to start for sure
Can you please explain why you don’t take the heel down to the level of balance with the toe, to the hard sole? What is the purpose of leaving any heel above toe wall height when horses land flat footed?
Health.
I love sweet Lena 🐴🥰!
Im getting a pony soon and my aunt is going to help me take care of it becuase she used to be an equestrian
Good video
Thank you!
I live in Southern California where it rarely rains and my horses' hooves are hard as concrete so I have never been able to use a knife successfully. It's like trying to cut a rock. Lots of false sole I can't get rid of 😔
Need to do some soaking then. Not uncommon in the summer here
What does it mean to unload the walls?
It means to take the load off of the walls, the load being the weight of the horse. Many horses have the full load on the walls and not the sole and frog area. Shod horses especially. It's incredibly detrimental and leads to all kinds of problems.
Great attitude :)
Good thing you only have 7 horses x4= 28 feet!
You have a beautiful big hoof, don’t you Lena…I knew you’re a draft 😍
I'm curious, she looks like she has a lot of foot in front of the tip of her frog. The toe doesn't have to come back any?
I'm curious how you determined "a lot of toe" and what amount is "a lot" to be honest. The answer is no to both from my viewpoint of course or I would have trimmed differently.
@@StableHorseTrainingthey will have to correct me if I'm wrong but i guess from our viewpoint the toe looks like there's extra sole protruding there? In the video you said you were gonna leave it alone! Maybe the user was asking why?
@@Icanabacowe'll never know because they were just another "drive-by commenter" that pops in to say something and then never comes back.
Natural hoof is the best
The labor involved with this work is a concern. I can understand now why people hire someone else to do it. She is such a calm horse and it makes me think she understands what you are doing to her. Does she?
Yes, all horses know what's going on at, every moment. They know what you're touching and when you put their foot down they know what you've done.