Will the Suffolk Punch Colts let me Trim their Feet???
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 6 ก.พ. 2025
- Today we will see if the Suffolk Punch colts will let me trim their feet. I am not a farrier, but I do a little trimming of the colt hooves for one of the first times today.
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Just getting the horse to allow you to pick up its feet is an accomplishment. An animal that strong doesn’t have to let you do that. Kudos to you Jim for staying patiently at it.
I was pleasantly surprised to see you putting a bit of a mustang roll on Earl. Nice job under difficult conditions though the Suffolk’s good character shines through. After being a farrier for 50 years, I’m still interested enough to watch this whole video.
Jim, they look so healthy and beautiful now!
YOU! Have the patience of Jobe! Been there done that. Taking your time is the way to happy hoof management.
I sure enjoyed watching this and learned a bit. Number one lesson: Get 'em used to letting people touch their feet! 🐎
Brenda, your hollyhocks are looking beautiful! Jim, Kudos to you! You are patient, calm and kind.
Wow my back is hurting just watching you. I'm amazed how much those two grown. Great video.
our farrier had a broken back when younger. He does 4 shires and a belgian..........without cage. Let's say he gets good deal when he buys good and services from us
😂 You got your selv a workout there Jim. Not practising enough makes trimming a tuff job. 😉 I feel with you. I trimmed my boy and others for over 10 years, just as part of the hobby. But I let my colt get his first trimms by a professional, since they are much faster and patience of these baby's must be learned as well as you know. I just wanted to sett him up with a good first experience. Now one year later, I do it myself inn between. He is a good bøy. But I likes to argue a little with one of his front feet... Always the last one I pick up. I wonder if that is a game for him 🤣 and I agree, backfeets are the easy ones.
Hoves looking good, like your trimming 👍
If no one has tried this its hard work the farrier really works for every dollar he gets! Its really hard on your back! Great job jim they look so much better! There turning out to be beautiful horses
I’m very fussy about hooves and I think you did a pretty good job!
I have small ponies and I’ve done my share of trimming them. I used to trim my riding horses here and there as well, but it’s very hard work. I usually use a farrier now. He can get through them quickly and my time can be used somewhere else.
I loved how patient you were and never lost your temper. I think that’s where people get into trouble - expecting the youngsters to stand still like it’s no big deal, when it’s a big deal to them until proven otherwise. After they find out that it truly isn’t a big deal and that they can stand there and balance on three legs, then they will be like your other horses. But you know all of that.
Anyway, good job and I look forward to more of Earl and Duke. They are so shiny and healthy looking. You should be very proud of how well your horses look and behave. It says a lot about their owner.
Six horses for two hands - you are Terminator!!! :)
Look at that flower bed it beautiful. I am impress on how the team worked well with you. They trust you. Soon they will hold their own hooves up. Granddad's team use to. It was great to watch. God Bless you and your family and animals.
You said and did it the thing that helps the most "Calm" when they were fidgeting, you didn't raise your voice fact I hardly heard you speak at all couple of soft woa's I have seen it many times at various stables that I've delivered hay to. some of the stable hands doing what you just did, that did not have the patience you just shown. and they would yell at the horse's and they reacted accordingly, Got nervious, excited and fidgeted even more. few of them to the point they would not lift their feet at all. they can be stubborn at times. depends on the handler and you showed the right way Jim great job and example of how to do it. thanks for sharing.
The colt's know gentle Jim is the boss. As always a pleasure to watch. Thanks for sharing.
Thanks for watching!
Sorry couldn't watch it all. I was worried for you but earl is still my favorite of the two. Take care stay safe
@richard-They did great and Jim was pretty tired out!
Great job ,not easy on young horses.
You sir have the patience of Job, thanks for sharing your knowledge once again.
I have watched farrier videos and now I have watched the average farmer do it. The farriers make it look so easy but as you have illustrated, not easy at all. It can be quite the workout and not easy to maintain your patience with a skittish horse. Nice job Jim.
Jim just love your videos takes me back two when I was a little girl and my Dad had the drafts you sir are great with those colts can't wait for them to be old enough to hitched just know it will be great god bless and have a great day
Thanks, you too
Sorry Jim! can't help but chuckle! I was 12 when grandad started teaching me the job of trimming hooves! He had a lot of fun watching me deal with the colts! They were my job lol! Had learn how to shoe too.
The garden is looking beautiful. No doubt the colts comply due to your care of them.
So good to hear Earl has healed well, his coat is looking beautiful, like an English conker!!❤️xxx
Hard work but you did good job!
and Earl is pawing the concrete saying lets get it over with, I don't have all day. great job
You are really great teacher and very carrying individual as i can make out from your video. Despite of tiredness you did so patently. Great learning Jim
Thank you for the videos
Glad it was helpful
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Jim, they're looking magnificent! Earl the problem child! I can see the ring halfway down the walls of their hoofs that denotes when you bought them and their feed changed, alters the growth and often leaves marks. It is said that the two hardest jobs on earth are shoeing horses and shearing sheep. Well, they're growing up fast, glossy in the summer coats, fat and sassy. Thanks for the video. Greetings from Australia.
Your colts are glowing like a new penny. Healthy looking. I admire your patience and how you just kept at the job. That is the best way to train any horse.
Your a great example of how to work in stressful situations so many talk about it but cant really do it!
Patience is a virtue ! You are a patient man 🙂
Good exercise in patience Jim. Very interesting to see their reaction to standing w/out hay. Your other horses were really switching their tails. (Maybe flys) The colts’ tails never moved. Always interested in seeing your colt coverage. Thank you for sharing.
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Can’t believe I forgot to mention those incredible flowers behind you in the beginning of the video.
Hello Jim it’s great watching you working with these colts they look so good and the coat looks so shiny they are a credit to you the way you looking after them good luck and God bless
It wasn’t until I started trimming our horses’ hooves that I realized farriers earn every dollar…and are still underpaid. Thanks for this look at the good and not so good behavior - it’s exactly what mine did at first and I doubted myself a lot. They still get ornery every so often when they remember they’re bigger than me, but all in all have come a long ways, as yours will. I admire and applaud your patience and gentleness with the horses…makes for good, quiet horses.
My dad, who is Amish, greatly enjoys watching your videos when we visit.
That's nice to hear!
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Good job Jim
The muscle in his stomach keeps spasming by his hind leg...just a nervous thing? You're so patient Jim..only way to be with a colt. Good man!
Flies landing there
Jim you done a good job wrestle with them young horses.
I think it went really good! You definitely have to spend time with them n getting them use to have their feet messed with. The flower bed is in full bloom n beautiful!!!
Those colts are so blessed to have you.
O my. 55 degrees. 93 in Chicagoland. My garden is so thirsty. Love your horses.
Great video Jim 👋. You are very patient with the horses. That will pay out in the long run.
I think they they stood great I know that they gave you a work out been there before but for yearlings they did just as good as two year Olds and it's good that you are teaching them to shoe with out stocks In my area there are not a lot of farrier that have stocks
Thank's for sharing Jim you have the most patience then anyone I have seen you always do a wonderful job explaining things keep them coming stay safe and God bless
Nice job Jim. Duke and Earl are shining. Linda Tellington-Jones in her book "Ultimate Horse Behavior and Training" tells of picking the hoof up just off the ground and making several small circles in each direction and then tapping the hoof toe on the ground before putting it down. Works great when the horse behaves like Earl did. Stay safe.
Thanks for the suggestion
Good job, Jim! So happy Earl has healed well. They are both so sleek and shiny! Sign of good healthy horses. Will Duke and Earl be as tall as your Belgians and Percherons? They're pretty big already and are still growing boys!😉
Considering every thing, the colts did well. You did a good job of training & handling them.
Already very different horses than when you bought them! Good job!
Great video... so interesting. It's great to be seeing the colts again. They have really gotten bigger since you first got them. Also happy to know that Earl's tumor has mended.
prime hollyhocks! Working on their feet must be hard on your back.
I understand the work out you get! You did both of them, good for you., you are in good shape from all the physical work you do logging and the way you farm🙌🏼 About 20 years ago when my strength/ health was pretty good still, I could trim my own horses hooves, but it would take me two days to do just one because it was very tiring, I would feel shakey and weak after! I get a good work out just picking out my boy’s feet as he doesn’t like holding them up. I have a few different types of arthritis’s, so it is good exercise for me! Just doing Isometric exercises like this is a good work out! For any one who would like to try an isometric exercise, sit with back against the wall just using your legs, see how long you can stay there! 🤠🇨🇦
I am glad Earl's tumor is healed up. Glad you keep things going on your property cause you have a lot to do. Peace
Good job!
The wet weather sure hasn’t hurt your Hollyhocks!! We(my wife and I) would like to grow them. The deer 🦌 like them too. They eat them right into the ground. Thanks for the video.
Great job the horse man 😊👍
Good vid Jim. That is real life being jerked around by colts wile trimming. It don't take much of that to wear a guy out.
Earl seems to be saying with his hoof "Enough with all the talking! Let's get this show on the road!"
Good job on trimming the hoofs and by the way nice job on putting the boards up in the barn looks really nice and the colts are getting big nice job Jim God bless
Thanks 👍
They sure are beautiful horses. You do a great job with them. I love your videos.
Jim your patience is amazing..I would have lost my temper pretty quick
So glad they are good natured , I think they have a lot of respect and feel secure with you , I noticed that when you turned them loose with the blacks , they came right to you , knowing you keep them safe . I am sure being young they just get bored or don't like being held in one spot . I know that had to be exhausting , they are so heavy and strong even as young as they are , and you don't have any extra meat on your bones . I think these guys are gonna be some really good horses , they really act calm for their age .
Jim, I sure hope you have a "Steel Jockstrap" on cuz he has the strength to lift you right off the floor! Good job, with time they will both come around as you know. Keep the vids coming!
My thought also.
I really enjoy the horse pulls I hope you video more of them
Thank you Jim. We have one that likes to lean on me when she is getting her feet trimmed. I set her leg on a stand so she is not leaning on me. 100% a sweaty job.
Great video, Jim!! Hoof work is a backbreaking task, even when they behave. When they fight you, it is really difficult. They do trust you, so next time should be a bit easier.
Back breaking but great job,,,they sure have come a long ways....super
You did great
Nice job Jim. It’s good to show not everything is easy. Training takes time. For what it’s worth, a Native American horse trainer, mentor, taught me this years ago. A horse’s left from leg is their Grandfather leg. It is wiser & will learn more quickly. The left hind leg is the Father leg. Not as wise but the second easiest to teach. The right hind leg is the teenager leg. It will learn from the Father leg. The right front leg, is the child. Always teach it last. It may sound silly but I always follow that order. Weather cleaning hoofs, trimming or shoeing. Maybe because I believe that order keeps them calmer, it does.
Wow what info to pass on,,,super Mr Gary,,are you native Indian? Just wondered...
Good evening Jim,l was really quite surprised, l thought they would of played up a lot more then they did.Well done all three if you and your so right Jim about having patience.What a fabulous job you did trimming there hooves 👌🏼⭐ The more l see your colts the better they are looking,the shine and condition of there coats are beautiful.What a beautiful flower garden you have, is this Brenda's work! All the very best and thankyou for taking the time to video this,so looking forward to the colts progress 🌱🌱🌱💕🇬🇧UK
Thanks for watching!
Jim, I really appreciate the videos that you put out!!!! Keep the everyday honest content coming!!!
Very informative for me as I have never gotten that close to a horse.
Been around the barn myself old man use tt make me handle hores feet all the time told me it was for me to keep in practice thanks jim for taking me god bless
Brilliant condition. Job well done.
Good job Jim.
...the first time nail trimming for near grown Dutch Sheppard - police dog. Hairy, but a success!
Gotta love it when the first time goes well.
Good information... and true that handling helps no matter if your doing the trimming.. or just training them for the farrier.
Your colts are filling out nicely.. groceries and worming have them round and Shiney. And well muscled up. Good job!
Great video, you provide so much educational information Great job
Im throughly impressed with the colts hooves you could be a farrier in the making
Congratulations on what you do , stay safe , you are always working hard , stay safe !
Thanks 👍
You are so patient with Earl.
Good job.Didn,t go to bad.Afew more times and things will get easier.It’s so important to start the them early..
Great job they are looking so nice.I'm a Belgian man, but I do like Suffolk's I'm not sure what I'm going to buy, when the time comes.
Brenda and Jim, I love your flowers! So pretty. Forgot to say how handsome Duke and Earl are, my goodness they are big and gorgeous they are!
Hey Jim, have you had that dark spot by your temple checked? I have been an outdoor person my whole life, as has my family. My father has fair skin and has had lots of skin cancer removed. Mom and I are darker complected so we have avoided it so far. Just asking because I care about you and your family. Love from by Tampa, preparing now for a storm, take care.
@bjbrown thank you for noticing that and telling him
@@suzannemomma Hello, I hadn’t noticed until today. I hope the Jim gets it checked. It’s very important to keep on top of this.
@bj you’re a good one
@@suzannemomma ❤️ we have to keep him, I love watching the colts grow, the garden grow, and farming in a very wholesome way. I am still waiting for his daughters to sing again….maybe soon! Much love, stay safe and share the love because the world needs it!
I feel like I know them. I want them to adopt me. I’d volunteer on the farm every day!
Pretty fancy barn dance there.
I enjoy and look forward to your videos Jim, it was educational just to see how you position your body while performing hoof trimming. Thanks for the lesson
"If you don't like it, hit the dislike button,... I gueess..." ah ha, who said Jim does not have a sense of humor, that's a good one. Every time I see Duke and Earl now, I hear the girls singling..." Duke..and-Earl....Duke and Duke and Earl" ah ha, great instructional video tutorial. It's been 6 months since you made this video Jim, so I should remind you to trim their nails again. :-). Earl, with that little pawing with the front right, if you can get him to do that with all 4 , self dressing haha. Good work. Duke, looking at his muscle as you were trimming him, wow! Impressive muscle tone and definition, holy smokes. They look good, your bringing some fine horses along there, I am impressed.
Your words and position regarding this video are very logical and ...as Brenda said Practical. Great Video Jim. "And-there-is Duke...and Earl...Duke and Duke and Earl".
ah ha, hope you guys chuckle with me..Thanks. .John
Es ist einfach Super wie Du mit den Pferden umgehst.
Great video Jim! I knew that trimming hooves was a chore but never really thought about how horses had to learn or be conditioned to be trimmed. Very interesting. Thank you for sharing
Have you tried the cross over on the back feet ? That is when you stand behind the foot on the ground and cross over the other foot to work on , you can lean up against the grounded leg and they can lean on you and both of you are relaxed . Seen this on trimming school on you tube .
Interesting
Extremely interesting video!! Appreciate the time you took to explain what you were doing.
Glad you left in the video the “fighting” against holding their feet up. How you dealt with that says a lot about you. Not many people, including me, have your skill and are that patient.
Lots to learn here n Thanks for sharing n showing the reality of training to work with the feet! I think because they were tied at the entrance they are used to going in to eat n this was part of the impatience? You never lost your pace n calmness n horses mirror this. You know better than anybody it's best to train now before they are heavier n stronger. They are really growing n getting big muscle.
I’d be crippled for a week trying to do that. Great job
I once had a filly colt that. Needed hoof trimming but she was a kicker so I took a soft rope and tied one foot up to her halter for a while - didn't leave her alone for long but laid hands on her and talked to her the whole time - she never kicked after that !
Jim, you need an LED headlamp (Energizer or RayoVac from Lowes) or a good portable worklight for Father's day.
Your my hero Jim
That was great, my first time here and now I'm exhausted, lol, what beautiful horses...never been a horse owner, but have always dreamed...maybe next lifetime, at 72 I don't think I have the strength, awesome job, beautiful hooves!
Another thing that helps with young horses is to do a little on each foot at a time. For example, I will clean each hoof, then trim, and then file. That way they don't get tired of holding one foot up for a long time for me to do everything at once. It seems to be less of a "big deal" to some young horses until they are more used to it. But as always, the way you handle all your horses so gently and with such patience is beautiful to watch.
That is a good idea, thanks for watching
Beautiful horses!
A tip for having them stand quietly while trimming I've seen online a ppl swear by is running a 6 in or so of tape down their nose while trimming. Sounds crazy but it distracts them and gives them something else to think about.
Thanks for the suggestion!
You do a great job plus the video was great
My back hurt just watching you!
Love all of your voids but epically the ones in which you are training them or working with them to maintain there good health keep up the good work, and continue to produce quality video's
Thanks Stephen
Thanks for sharing.
Well done Jim ...hard work tho...