Hallo Linda, I am a Shetlandpony owner from Holland (The Netherlands) and my experiences with farriers are that they rush to get my pony done because they got pain in there backs so I have just decided I can better doing it my self. So I have just begin learning from the videos of other people on TH-cam and make a begin on trimming the hoofs of my pony and it works out well but I had a view questions about some things that you explain in your videos :) so i am very glad that I have found you!
You're more than welcome. You know much more than a lot of professionals farriers I've witnessed. No hoof, no horse! I watched this, and today trimmed my horse's feet to the best of my ability, and he seems happier already. So a big thank you!
I will stay on following you on TH-cam so I can learn from you an make the hoofs of my pony better. I am sorry for my English as I said I come from Holland :) If I have questions remaining I will ask you. Thank you for publishing this videos and share it whit us so we can be independent from our farriers who make money for doing bat jobs and we can do it our selves witch in my opinion is better for my pony at this moment. Thank you!! Greets Laura and Tommy (my little Shetland pony)
Wow Linda, you have done a marvelous job! Valor's footies are looking very good! I wish I could say the same for my blonde mare, but her periople is all swollen and weird looking and all this rain we keep getting is making for a sloppy pasture. Sorry I didn't mean to rain on your success. Thank you for all the help you have been to us by way of your plain English videos.
Yey! Happy Birthday Hoof Woman! So glad you're back and thank you for all your help over the years! All my boys say thankyou too and they are looking good!
Thankyou Kathryn, that was a really nice complement. I hope these videos help you to help your horse have the best feet he can have. They deserve it since they basically "live" on those feet.
Happy Birthday Linda! Thank You for all you have already done for our horses. I have watched all your video's and have learned so much! you are very generous to take the time to share your knowledge. I am sure you have helped more horses than you will ever know! God Bless You!
Thanks for making trimming easier for me. My body and mind are grateful. My 2 warmbloods have their white line both at 1 1/2" from apex of frog. Hooves are 140cm long, size 4 cavallo boots. I'm afraid to bring toe back any more. How can I be sure the toe is right? Are there any measurements to guide us? Thanks for all your help. GO LINDA!
Well you have a good eye, because that bar has been bent over for a long time and as well that side of the foot wider and the heel more run forward. I have been working on straightening it up for "years" and this is the best it's been. This developed when I was doing Trimming From the Top and trying to get rid of flares by rasping down the hoof wall. It was much worse than this, and I am supposing that the CB has remodeled to some of it by now, so do not know how much it will correct itself.
Hi Linda, what is a frog knife? Where did you get it? I need something like that. My hoof knife doesn't seem to be sharp enough to trim my foundered mare's hard, hard frogs. Not plush and plump like Valor's. That image of Valor's frog is what I am striving for. Thanks for continuing your education of how to trim correctly. Thanks for passing it on to others. Happy Belated Birthday.
Thats a beauty frog. I have a small horse with navic and ring bone. His frogs are hard and sucked up. Ive never seen anything like it. Farrier and vet dont gave much to say. Im just starting to do maintenance trims on him . Not quite sure what to do to help him
Hey, "good eyes" ( : Yes his feet are what you call "asymmetrical ", the outside or what they call the lateral side is wider than the inside or medial. This happened way back when I was doing the trim called "Trimming from the Top" and rasping down the upper outer hoofwall and thinning it down. It use to be way worse. But gradually it is coming back and being corrected. Eventually it will also remodel the underside of the rear of the coffin bone, and flatten it out. Harder to correct then.
Hi Nancy, google Mustang Equestrian Double edged hoof pick and you will find it at a knife site for about 9.00. It's actually just a kind of hoof knife, but I call it a frog knife, to stress the point that it's AWESOME for frogs and that you should have a knife like this you ONLY use on the frogs. I don't use it on hoofwall or sole, bars et. at all.
Hi Linda, Happy B day. fellow Aquarian too! Lisa here from the UK. thanks for all your help over the past year or so.. Valor is lookin good. Hey how does one join the happyhoof yahoo hoof group? I too sit on a bucket!! whilst trimmin! Bless you for all your good work. :-)
Happy belated birthday Linda. We're the same age. Don't know if that's good or bad. ;) What I wanted to mention is that it looks like the lateral bar on that foot could have been straightened up a bit more and/or possibly needs to be addressed more often. The hoof wall is being pushed out on that side and this bar is causing that, right? Correct me if I'm wrong. :) Thank you for sharing your discoveries with us.
Thanks Ashley, the time is getting closer when I will do that, as soon as a few more answers become clearer. But I did have some friends start one for me, but it's only in it's begining stages. It's my youtube name with net instead of come.
I just wondered why his feet were not symmetrical? You often speak about trimming the foot to be equal but maybe this wasn't the point of this video. Cause it looks like the outer left of his foot is stretched to an odd shape and the bar aswel...but you are at the perfect perimeter? Are some confirmations like that?
This channel charts my 18-year journey from learning destructive barefoot trimming to the discovery of the true anatomy of the horse's foot and that we had been led to trim the heels out of the horse's foot. All videos in 2014 and before I was incorrectly trimming the heels out of any horse I trimmed especially my own. I came to discover that not only is there a massive lack of understanding of the true anatomy of the whole foot of the horse, but especially the heels and what they call the caudal area...aka the back 2/3 of the foot. And especially in what is now walled barefoot trimming or natural hoof care, it is all based on some farrier finding one dead wild horse that had worn its heels out and developing his so-called "natural trim" after that one dead horse. Therefore we have all been led to over-trim the heels to try and mimic this "natural" model. All wild horses do not have that kind of foot, they have great heels and cartilage. Came to realize this in 2015 and especially in 2016 and have been learning to restore the feet and the heels ever since.
I bc enjoyed the video, but I just can’t stand hearing people talk to their horses as if they are naughty, like “Jack wad”, “quit it”, “stand still!” No horse EVER did anything ornery!! They need a break, a moment, a rest.
I've seen Mustangs in the wild and they had horribly broken up hooves, tangled manes, and many were 3 legged lame. Horses aren't indigenous to North America and it's not "natural" for horses to be ridden. People need to stop thinking they are promoting "natural horses" when what they are doing isn't natural at all.
Hi, send me a message with your email and I will send you an invite. Or you can go to the address posted at the end of the video and sign up. But sometimes people have a hard time signing up (don't know why) so if the send me an email I can send them an invite and it will accept them. But it's open for anyone to sign up so I don't know why it's so cantankourous.
Hallo Linda, I am a Shetlandpony owner from Holland (The Netherlands) and my experiences with farriers are that they rush to get my pony done because they got pain in there backs so I have just decided I can better doing it my self. So I have just begin learning from the videos of other people on TH-cam and make a begin on trimming the hoofs of my pony and it works out well but I had a view questions about some things that you explain in your videos :) so i am very glad that I have found you!
You're more than welcome. You know much more than a lot of professionals farriers I've witnessed. No hoof, no horse! I watched this, and today trimmed my horse's feet to the best of my ability, and he seems happier already. So a big thank you!
Thank you for this!! You need your own website! You are a wonderful teacher!
You are amazing and I'm learning SO much from you! Thank you!
That was great. Hard to get a farrier in my parts, so I am going to give try on my own!
I will stay on following you on TH-cam so I can learn from you an make the hoofs of my pony better. I am sorry for my English as I said I come from Holland :) If I have questions remaining I will ask you. Thank you for publishing this videos and share it whit us so we can be independent from our farriers who make money for doing bat jobs and we can do it our selves witch in my opinion is better for my pony at this moment. Thank you!! Greets Laura and Tommy (my little Shetland pony)
Wow Linda, you have done a marvelous job! Valor's footies are looking very good! I wish I could say the same for my blonde mare, but her periople is all swollen and weird looking and all this rain we keep getting is making for a sloppy pasture.
Sorry I didn't mean to rain on your success. Thank you for all the help you have been to us by way of your plain English videos.
Yey! Happy Birthday Hoof Woman! So glad you're back and thank you for all your help over the years! All my boys say thankyou too and they are looking good!
Thankyou Kathryn, that was a really nice complement. I hope these videos help you to help your horse have the best feet he can have. They deserve it since they basically "live" on those feet.
Happy Birthday Linda! Thank You for all you have already done for our horses. I have watched all your video's and have learned so much! you are very generous to take the time to share your knowledge. I am sure you have helped more horses than you will ever know! God Bless You!
Happy birthday and thanks for inspiring us "older" woman to get out there and trim our horses feet:)
Thanks for making trimming easier for me. My body and mind are grateful.
My 2 warmbloods have their white line both at 1 1/2" from apex of frog. Hooves are
140cm long, size 4 cavallo boots. I'm afraid to bring toe back any more.
How can I be sure the toe is right? Are there any measurements to guide us?
Thanks for all your help. GO LINDA!
Well you have a good eye, because that bar has been bent over for a long time and as well that side of the foot wider and the heel more run forward. I have been working on straightening it up for "years" and this is the best it's been. This developed when I was doing Trimming From the Top and trying to get rid of flares by rasping down the hoof wall. It was much worse than this, and I am supposing that the CB has remodeled to some of it by now, so do not know how much it will correct itself.
this series is really cool and supportive...and i suggest you put these vids into education rather than blogs :D
keep on teaching for the horses sake!
Happy happy Birthday Linda!!
Hi Linda, what is a frog knife? Where did you get it? I need something like that. My hoof knife doesn't seem to be sharp enough to trim my foundered mare's hard, hard frogs. Not plush and plump like Valor's. That image of Valor's frog is what I am striving for.
Thanks for continuing your education of how to trim correctly. Thanks for passing it on to others.
Happy Belated Birthday.
Thats a beauty frog. I have a small horse with navic and ring bone. His frogs are hard and sucked up. Ive never seen anything like it. Farrier and vet dont gave much to say. Im just starting to do maintenance trims on him . Not quite sure what to do to help him
Happy Birthday Linda!!! :) :) :)
Hey, "good eyes" ( : Yes his feet are what you call "asymmetrical ", the outside or what they call the lateral side is wider than the inside or medial. This happened way back when I was doing the trim called "Trimming from the Top" and rasping down the upper outer hoofwall and thinning it down. It use to be way worse. But gradually it is coming back and being corrected. Eventually it will also remodel the underside of the rear of the coffin bone, and flatten it out. Harder to correct then.
Hi Nancy, google Mustang Equestrian Double edged hoof pick and you will find it at a knife site for about 9.00. It's actually just a kind of hoof knife, but I call it a frog knife, to stress the point that it's AWESOME for frogs and that you should have a knife like this you ONLY use on the frogs. I don't use it on hoofwall or sole, bars et. at all.
Hi Linda, Happy B day. fellow Aquarian too! Lisa here from the UK. thanks for all your help over the past year or so.. Valor is lookin good. Hey how does one join the happyhoof yahoo hoof group? I too sit on a bucket!! whilst trimmin!
Bless you for all your good work. :-)
and also thanks for the great vids!! you are very generous and it is much appreciated.
Happy belated birthday Linda. We're the same age. Don't know if that's good or bad. ;) What I wanted to mention is that it looks like the lateral bar on that foot could have been straightened up a bit more and/or possibly needs to be addressed more often. The hoof wall is being pushed out on that side and this bar is causing that, right? Correct me if I'm wrong. :) Thank you for sharing your discoveries with us.
Happy birthday fellow Aqaurius!
Thanks Ashley, the time is getting closer when I will do that, as soon as a few more answers become clearer. But I did have some friends start one for me, but it's only in it's begining stages. It's my youtube name with net instead of come.
I like how that horse was so fluffy.:)
Within the first two minutes of watching this video, I decided I want you to be my personal farrier.
Happy Birthday !
Great instruction
What type of rasp do you recommend and hoof knife
So do the heels need to be the same height/ level with the buttress of the frog?
Excellent video,...
Thanks for this video. You're awesome!
Why is the outer part of the hoof bigger?
why isn´t the hardest part of the hoof carrying the weight in this video?
Thanx!
I just wondered why his feet were not symmetrical? You often speak about trimming the foot to be equal but maybe this wasn't the point of this video. Cause it looks like the outer left of his foot is stretched to an odd shape and the bar aswel...but you are at the perfect perimeter? Are some confirmations like that?
Nice video Linda! :-)
Hi from sweden
What do you mean?
what was the warning part? how NOT to trim the heels?
This channel charts my 18-year journey from learning destructive barefoot trimming to the discovery of the true anatomy of the horse's foot and that we had been led to trim the heels out of the horse's foot. All videos in 2014 and before I was incorrectly trimming the heels out of any horse I trimmed especially my own. I came to discover that not only is there a massive lack of understanding of the true anatomy of the whole foot of the horse, but especially the heels and what they call the caudal area...aka the back 2/3 of the foot. And especially in what is now walled barefoot trimming or natural hoof care, it is all based on some farrier finding one dead wild horse that had worn its heels out and developing his so-called "natural trim" after that one dead horse. Therefore we have all been led to over-trim the heels to try and mimic this "natural" model. All wild horses do not have that kind of foot, they have great heels and cartilage. Came to realize this in 2015 and especially in 2016 and have been learning to restore the feet and the heels ever since.
I bc enjoyed the video, but I just can’t stand hearing people talk to their horses as if they are naughty, like “Jack wad”, “quit it”, “stand still!” No horse EVER did anything ornery!! They need a break, a moment, a rest.
There’s no “leverage” horses walk flat footed
That’s a toe callous as the heels are too long and the toe is too short
I've seen Mustangs in the wild and they had horribly broken up hooves, tangled manes, and many were 3 legged lame. Horses aren't indigenous to North America and it's not "natural" for horses to be ridden. People need to stop thinking they are promoting "natural horses" when what they are doing isn't natural at all.
Hi, send me a message with your email and I will send you an invite. Or you can go to the address posted at the end of the video and sign up. But sometimes people have a hard time signing up (don't know why) so if the send me an email I can send them an invite and it will accept them. But it's open for anyone to sign up so I don't know why it's so cantankourous.