Shoeing an old pony with historic laminitis.
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 20 ก.ย. 2024
- This old pony has had bad laminitis in both front and hind feet several times over the years which has left her feet permanently misshapen.
"Laminitis (also termed founder) is inflammation of the laminae of the foot - the soft tissue structures that attach the coffin or pedal bone of the foot to the hoof wall. The inflammation and damage to the laminae causes extreme pain and leads to instability of the coffin bone in the hoof. In more severe cases it can lead to complete separation of and rotation of the pedal bone within the hoof wall.
Laminitis is a crippling condition which can be fatal in severe cases. Once a horse has had an episode of laminitis, they are particularly susceptible to future episodes. Laminitis can be managed but not cured which is why prevention is so important."
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PLEASE READ THE FAQ's BEFORE POSTING!!
1: Hot shoeing ensures a good fit.
2: No, it doesn't hurt the horse if it's shod correctly by a qualified registered person.
3: The horse is calm because it has been trained from birth to know there is nothing to fear.
4: The majority of horses these days are worked either under saddle or in harness and on hard man made surfaces, shoes protect the feet from wearing down too much and can add grip via studs in the shoes for competition animals.
5: Feral horses have particularly hard feet and manage them naturally by foraging, if they get sick they recover or die, it’s nature.
6: The average horse needs re-shoeing every 6-8 weeks
7: The bit I am nailing to has no nerves and is made of Keratin, the same as your fingernails and hair.
8: The burning smells just like burning hair.
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it’s so neat to watch a master of a craft at work! i know nothing of horse shoeing, but the precision and efficiency in which you work with these animals speaks a lifetime of knowledge! thanks for sharing these, the nature sounds
and seeing you work makes for an awesome viewing experience.
I found that fascinating and very relaxing. Such a good little pony, never moved. 🌹🌷🌹
I really enjoy watching you horseshoeing, It's so satisfying!
Your videos are a whole experience. I love them.
I grew up on a horse farm & apparently I now find watching you relaxing 😂 Your back has got to be killing you.
My shoer saved my 34 year old foundered mare. You guys do good work. ❤👍
You are a fantastic farrier! I wish I knew what you are thinking while you work😍
Probably what I’m getting for my dinner tonight!
@@garyhuston 🤣🤣
@@garyhuston I was wondering if you did something with the shoe to make him more comfortable.
Why is this all I want to watch anymore
Awwwwww yeah! Time to watch the master of shoeing work his magic again!
Hello! I just wanted to let you know your videos are very pleasing to watch and I love watching you take care of these horses. I'm sure they love it too:)
Keep up with the amazing content!
I was interested in the copper nails so I checked it out I didn't know this..."
Copper Nails In Action
Copper ions destroy the bacterial cell wall and penetrate into the bacteria,
causing degeneration and death of all bacteria that comes in contact.
... Horseshoe nails also increase shearing stress in the wall surrounding the nail holes."
My dog loves eating the trimmings, but not when they have been pine-tarred..Why shoes with clips now?
Thank you for sharing a great video with your amazing and fantastic videos.
How you doing Gary, just checking in see if you doing ok with the virus and all, bit too far to come see ya but we gotta look out for the elderly.........:P
All ok here, business as usual though for me, the horses still need shoes! Lovely and quiet on the roads though.
I understand perfectly that horseshoe improves horse racing, but imagine how boring and uncomfortable it must be to wear it!
Imagine how uncomfortable it would be walking on rocks without them!
@@garyhuston makes sense, thanks for correcting me, now I understand the need to use horseshoes!
Nice job keeping a chronic founder in such good shape. I'd have done her exactly the same way. Keratex putty. I should have guessed. I have a can in my rig. Never thought to put it in the forge like that. Lesrn something new every day. I'll have to try that. Thanks for the tip. 🙂
Thanks for the videos. They are very enjoyable.
I’m won’t hold the hoof between my legs cause I’m scared there might be a reflex or something then boom right in the lucky charms
For uneducated guys like me, what did you do differently to deal with the delamination? It looked to me like it was shoeing as normal. Is that the case? I'm sure I missed something.
In this case nothing but use quarter clips and shoe her regularly, as it’s an historic case nothing is active, I just have to keep the heels down and toe short.
Hi Gary. I wish I could work with you to learn some simple Farrier stuff and blacksmithing. I enjoy your videos very much.
Where do you live? I’m always looking for worker!
@@Shadeskast I live in Saskatchewan Canada
Holy cow. That’s way up there. I bet I’m warmer than you are right now. I love fishing in Canada!!
@@Shadeskast yep, I'm a little more than halfway up the border between sask and Alberta. Temp right now is 7 Farenheit dropping to about 5 below with a wind chill caused by a 25mph wind. Where are you
Lower part of Michigan. Stay warm Grant.
Pretty nice! I had a few chronic laminitis jobs. I was screwing cloggs on. They have all passed on. One was so severe that the coffin bone was starting to come out the bottom of the foot. The vet had to sever the tendon to stop the rotation. I think if I remember correctly it rotated 16 degrees on one and 12 on the other. Ouch!!!
Shadeskast Circle K Farrier Outdoors sounds like the animal was suffering and should have been put down.
For sure! Eventually that is what happened. Some people whould sell the farm first rather than say good bye.
These videos are relaxing to me.. You are good at your job and good to the animals.. 👍☕🔨🐴
Probably a dumb question. But do they get Laminitis from what they eat or other things? I wondered if it could spread to other horses too.
Gary Brown Forging On usually laminitis is caused by metabolic instability. This can be caused by many things which include but is not limited to rich diet, grain overload, equine metabolic syndrome, PPID, excessive concussion( excessive work on hard roads) mechanical laminitis/founder.
Putting a horse out on a unlimited rich spring pasture who had never been kept on pasture before, severely over weight horse on rich pasture will also do it.
Then you have the classic snuck out of enclosure and raided the grain bin and pigged out! Or in my case raised the chickens layer feed and ate half the darn bag. This is a emergency and the horse should see a vet. Chicken feed in particular ferments fast in the equine stomach and without the ability to vomit the horse has no place for that gas to go.
Colic, tubbing with mineral oil and a hell of a lot of praying later it Left a heck of a event Line and spongy wall/white line as it grew down.
A horse with metabolic conditions can also be at risk of laminitis/founder.
Another risk is the heavy workload on hard surfaces for some horses. This is usually the mildest form and is generally resolved with rest. And with mechanical laminitis/founder this is often caused by Lack of farrier disease! Letting the feet get to excessive lengths which can pull the hoof apart. Think bad slipper feet, elf shoes! Treatment really depends on the cause. Weight loss, meds, preventative treatments for the oops I got in the grain horses, getting on a proper schedule with a good farrier! It’s not contagious to other horses but they can develop the condition if they are otherwise predisposed. Taking proper care of your horses health and proper hoof management goes a long way to preventing this condition.
@@jaykneegarner2479 That was great information. I appreciate it. We have a TN walking horse mare, a big pet. My oldest daughter rides her the most. I like messing with blacksmithing but I will only use a hoof pick on a horse. She stays on our property so she has not had shoes on since before we got her. I think she is about 17 or 18 years old and we probably have had her for 6 or 7 years. But we keep her barefoot. But our ground is so hard that we only have to get her hooves trimmed a few times a year. But I let someone else take care of that. I am afraid I would cut the hoof wall to much or on an angle or something. I may try it someday but for now it is easier to get someone to do it a few times a year. I have heard of them getting into feed and foundering and saw images of severely foundered horse hooves. So we keep the feed away and closed up from her and mice.
Thanks again for taking the time to explain and teach. I do appreciate it.
Is that the knife you made recently?
Yes
Great work man!
Hi Gary one quick question when you are nailing the shoes in how do you know where to put the nails and how do you know what type of nails to use? Thanks
Graham Deakin-Howarth that’s what a four year apprenticeship is for!
Hello Gary, I figure commenting on your most recent video may be the bear way to contact you since I can't find any other way.. I watched your video on making the tongs for rr spikes and you mentioned that you can't get spikes where you are at. I have a bucket full of them and wondered if you would be interested?
Keith, my email address is on my home page but this is as good a way of getting in touch. Thank you for your kind offer but shortly after i made the video three years ago several people sent me some so I have quite a pile myself now. I just don't know what to do with them now! Regards,
Gary
You take very good care of your horses. And also, what is a good way to teach a colt to stay still while picking their hooves? I have a colt that me and my family are training right now to ride. When I try to clean his hooves with a hoof pick he just won’t stay still.
Just hold on!! They will eventually get the idea 😂😂
Obviously within safety for yourself and horse♥️
Ain't seen the mutt for a while.
Is that a curable condition for horses? Or is it pretty much stuck with them for life?
They recover from a mild case but it can kill quite easily.. Nice to hear from you😊
@@garyhuston lol yep, still here!
Laminitis can be fixed so long as a cause can be determined and appropriate action taken remedy the original cause. However once rotation occurs the damage is permanent. In a mild rotation the hoof wall will start growing in conjunction with the new angle of the coffin bone. Severe rotation or sinking founder=animal is in intense pain and suffering should be ended. Imagine breaking your foot and having the doctor put a cast on that’s too tight to accommodate swelling. Then having to stand on said broken foot all day. Excruciating is not strong enough!
It’s this disease that killed the racehorse Barbaro not the broken hind leg he suffered in the Preakness.
@@jaykneegarner2479 sounds awful. It really is a mercy to end their suffering then.
On average, how long do you leave the heels for shoeing and then for a barefoot trim?
That depends on the conformation of the animal, any underlying conditions it may have and the sort of terrain it will be on.
Why the quarter clips?
Because the toe isn't able to support a toe clip due to the laminitis.
Sp your description says hot shoeing ensures a good fit but i wanna know how? I can see obviously you are able to hammer the shoe into the right shape but whats the point of using the shoe to burn the imprint on the hoof?
I think that it gets rid of some of the hoof wall- fits the foot to the shoe. I mean, the way it looks is after he trims the growth, he rasps it to be fairly level, and the shoe at the start is fairly level. But to get a really tight fit between hoof and shoe, it makes sense (to me) if the hot shoe gets rid of some of the hoof and makes a tighter fit between the two. I could be wrong.
How often is this pony shod? You didn't really need to take much off and the frogs were still pretty clean from the last shoeing.
CatsRUFOs seven weeks in the winter
Hey there Gary. What causes laminitis, is there a way to prevent? Thanks. Enjoy it.
Stinger0007 basically overeating rich grass or too much sugary stuff like apples or carrots. Restricting their intake by careful dieting or wearing a muzzle while grazing.
Why you don't clean the hoof with a hoof pick first
Syd Duroch why would I waste my time when I’m going to clean it out with my knife anyway?
Hey how are you doing? What do you think about formahoof?
Expensive
Very expensive!! The million dollar question is “”what did he do with his boom - a - rasp?”” 😂
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Is it recoverable for the animal?
In mild cases, but this pony has been left with permanent damage. In worse cases the animal will not survive.
Ever use plastic shoes and adhesive?
I used them once years ago, spent two hours preparing and drying the feet, another hour fitting them, charged the client way too much and was back out there a week later putting steel back on because they had all fallen off. It’s way too wet here.. Besides, I have yet to come across a foot that i can’t nail too, even if it’s only a couple of nails.
I am not sure what it is called. But the thing you hit to un-clinch the nails before removing the old shoe. What is that called and did you forge that?
Gary Brown Forging On clinch cutter, you can purchase one at any farrier supply shop! Price varies although that one does look to have been well used and resharpened/shaped a few times.
@Gary Brown Forging On we call it a buffer, and no, I didn’t forge that one but have forged them in the past.
@@jaykneegarner2479 Thank you for the information. I have only seen them used on Gary's channel. But I am not a farrier. Thanks
My thoughts during the video have been as follows: That horses toe needs to be filed bad, why don’t people clean out their horses feet before the farrier gets there, OMG WHAT SHE HAS NO WALL, stupid jar get on the damn thing, how the hell are you driving nails with no hoof wall?!, (Gary coughs) OH LAWD HES GOT THE RONA, aww she hands her feet to him so politely!
I agree about people picking the hooves before the farrier. Kind of like brushing and flossing your teeth before going to the dentist - just common courtesy.
My customers won't even furnish a rake to get the manure out of my way
@@tyhroneskyles4873 You need better customers Tyhrone!
mostly backyard shoeing I have a few Barnes the owners are horsemen not all are.
Fungus???
No, inflammation.
Sorry but that looks like it's pedal bone coming through the sole, how is that horse walking
well you obviously don't know what your looking at!
Hey Gary would really appreciate commentary in your videos
I bet you would!
@@garyhuston Yea it would be amazing! To give someone like me who knows nothing about horses an insight into what you're doing and your decision making processes. I know it's extra work but I think it would be greatly appreciated from not only me but your viewer base as well
Gary Huston 😊
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You need glasses, i just watched it and it’s as clear as anything! Idiot!
All I see is a severely compromised hoof because of all the nails being driven into it. I know this is how you make a living, and so I get it! And I also realize that in some cases shoes are needed! Such as working stock horses. I’m honestly out trying to be rude here! I just don’t get it!
You obviously have no idea about laminitis and the real world.
Bust that ass
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