The past 2 days I've been asking people if it's OK to feed soaked hay pellets while I work on horses and ponies with mild behavior problems. I'm done with struggling to trim animals that aren't enjoying the process. It's been working well,especially when owners don't have training skills. I'm done trimming and the horse hardly noticed what happened 😉
Old old farm trick we used 30+ years ago was peanut butter. A very old school farrier kept peanut butter in his truck and you never knew how PB came in as a farrier tool until there was this one stallion who would not hold still no matter what anyone did. Farrier grabbed the Peanut Butter and came back and grabbed a big scoop out and smeared it up on the horses upper jaw/roof of his mouth and that stallion was so preoccupied with licking peanut butter off the roof of his mouth the farrier could do his feet while he was distracted and shoving his tongue around to get PB and not moving his feet. Then we knew why really old school farrier kept a jar of peanut butter in their farrier tool kit. Like she says in another video on how hard it is for horses to be tense in certain positions, well you saw this stallion twist his head sideways and up and down and I can say there was lick and chewing in every direction, but he wasn't able to remain stiff and fight anyone trying to do his feet. He was moving his own head to not allow for him to be stiff and be able to lean into the farrier or be able to hold down on a foot. I've only had to use it a few times since then, but it's a great trick to keep in your pocket in case you ever need it. This was a horse who wouldn't stand with a halter and lead and kept trying to move and then you could also feel him brace into the farrier (or anybody) who tried to pick up a foot and would also lean into the farrier if he got a foot up. I think the farrier had an epic time smearing that PB into every nook and cranny so the horse needed to work super hard to get it all.
@@blackdandelion5549 I love hearing stories like this! Thank you for sharing your experiences with me. They are very interesting and enjoyable. Now I’m going to have to go out and buy some peanut butter to add to my arsenal ❤️🤗🙌🏻🐴!!
Good video! I have a question is it possible that by me trimming once a week..can I help with an NPA? And flares? In his hind feet the sole sort of dishes out, what does that usually mean? Look forward to your response.
It can definitely help with both of those things. Small frequent trims are the best. Before you remove too much material it would be best to get X-rays to see what things look like inside the hoof. Sometimes the coffin bone remodels medial/laterally flare is actually deviation which cannot be fixed.
Do you shorten the schedule in the summer? I have been trying to get our farther to go five weeks in the summer but he refuses to move off the six week schedule.
I do have most horses on a shorter schedule in the summer. I have a lot on a 4 week trim cycle. Some people cannot afford that though and sometimes the horse doesn’t need to be done on that short of a schedule. Although I find the overwhelming majority would be benefit from being on a 4-5 week schedule. If you are chasing any type of pathology you are chasing it instead of improving it at around the 3-4 week mark.
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The past 2 days I've been asking people if it's OK to feed soaked hay pellets while I work on horses and ponies with mild behavior problems. I'm done with struggling to trim animals that aren't enjoying the process. It's been working well,especially when owners don't have training skills.
I'm done trimming and the horse hardly noticed what happened 😉
Right! Sometimes the fastest way to their heart is through their stomach ❤️!
Old old farm trick we used 30+ years ago was peanut butter. A very old school farrier kept peanut butter in his truck and you never knew how PB came in as a farrier tool until there was this one stallion who would not hold still no matter what anyone did. Farrier grabbed the Peanut Butter and came back and grabbed a big scoop out and smeared it up on the horses upper jaw/roof of his mouth and that stallion was so preoccupied with licking peanut butter off the roof of his mouth the farrier could do his feet while he was distracted and shoving his tongue around to get PB and not moving his feet. Then we knew why really old school farrier kept a jar of peanut butter in their farrier tool kit.
Like she says in another video on how hard it is for horses to be tense in certain positions, well you saw this stallion twist his head sideways and up and down and I can say there was lick and chewing in every direction, but he wasn't able to remain stiff and fight anyone trying to do his feet. He was moving his own head to not allow for him to be stiff and be able to lean into the farrier or be able to hold down on a foot. I've only had to use it a few times since then, but it's a great trick to keep in your pocket in case you ever need it. This was a horse who wouldn't stand with a halter and lead and kept trying to move and then you could also feel him brace into the farrier (or anybody) who tried to pick up a foot and would also lean into the farrier if he got a foot up. I think the farrier had an epic time smearing that PB into every nook and cranny so the horse needed to work super hard to get it all.
@@blackdandelion5549 I love hearing stories like this! Thank you for sharing your experiences with me. They are very interesting and enjoyable. Now I’m going to have to go out and buy some peanut butter to add to my arsenal ❤️🤗🙌🏻🐴!!
Well done.
Thank you for your comment and for watching!
Good video!
I have a question is it possible that by me trimming once a week..can I help with an NPA? And flares?
In his hind feet the sole sort of dishes out, what does that usually mean?
Look forward to your response.
It can definitely help with both of those things. Small frequent trims are the best. Before you remove too much material it would be best to get X-rays to see what things look like inside the hoof. Sometimes the coffin bone remodels medial/laterally flare is actually deviation which cannot be fixed.
Do you shorten the schedule in the summer? I have been trying to get our farther to go five weeks in the summer but he refuses to move off the six week schedule.
I meant farrier not farther
I do have most horses on a shorter schedule in the summer. I have a lot on a 4 week trim cycle. Some people cannot afford that though and sometimes the horse doesn’t need to be done on that short of a schedule. Although I find the overwhelming majority would be benefit from being on a 4-5 week schedule. If you are chasing any type of pathology you are chasing it instead of improving it at around the 3-4 week mark.
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