Linda...you are one of the best ! You explain things so well and are easy to understand. I've learned more in two weeks than I have in two years watching your work. I hope you keep making videos.
You stay one of my favorite content creators on TH-cam, years ago you really got me interested in ferriership and I carry the knowledge you gave me in monitoring the hooves of the horses I care for. Thank you for taking so much time dedicated to producing this educational content
Wow! Now THAT is a work if art. You may not think it is perfect, but if I can only get my horses feet to somewhat resemble that and make them comfortable I will be happy. Holy cow what some farriers have wrought upon our poor horses ... they just do not understand and refuse to change or think for themselves. Thank you for seeing the light and sharing! I have some wrist and hand problems I have to deal with , but I am going to start working on my own horses feet. Love your videos and lives!
What a precised work ! With a very patient horse... Mine couldn’t help . His frogs are not opened. I don’t know why. He is natural foots , since 2 years, in a field. The farrier comes every 6 weeks. His foots seems long for me, but the farrier does as he wants .
A hoof cannot be pressed into a template. Each hoof is individual and must always be worked on accordingly to the hoof. If you want to press it into a template, this is the best example of how to make a horse lame!
Thank you for this video. What do you use to moisturize hooves? I live in southern Nevada and have to use power tools also. 🥵 I have a hoof boss and a dremel but am Not comfortable with the big grinders.
Just wanted to say thank you again. I have a “platter” foot type mustang and was just failing trying to get heel height I stopped his riding training even because I felt bad for his tender feet. His hooves are very large and since they aren’t the right shape, I haven’t bought him boots. His sole was so flat, year 2.5 of having him I found your channel. And now only one year later he has an entire inch and a half of heel height and isn’t a tender foot after ever trim. 🥲thank you again for all your hard work and determination and then SHARING it with us! 🤗
I’m not a Ferrier or even a horse owner yet. But I am a future horse owner and I want to hire a Ferrier that would trim properly like this. What r some questions to be able to know of a Ferrier follows these protocols vs tradition education ?? Haha how can I hire the right person lol !!!
Hope she answers your question! I would love this information as well. I’ve been looking for good horse trimming videos on here and for years really only found this channel, and had to learn along with them as they figure it out. I always come back to this because I see other channels doing things that I know are not good for the horses. I am so excited right now that I found another channel! It’s called Aura Horsemanship. They don’t measure and all of that but they have the same goal for healthy hooves. Besides one horse that they are still working out the best trim for, they really know what they are doing. Just the fact that they know to try something else when a trim doesn’t work speaks volumes. Anyway, I hope you get your answers, hopefully before you get a horse and hire a farrier you will be able to see the farriers do a few trims. if you can learn what a healthy heel looks like, you will probably be ahead of the game because that’s where I see most farriers go wrong. ,y guess is they should only trim what’s necessary and not go overboard. Please share with me if you know any other good horse hoof trimming channels. Good luck!
Haha... good luck finding someone that really knows what they are doing 😢 This is why you need to learn the tact way ,so nobody can screw up your horses hooves!
I’m wanting to become a Farrier at 35. I feel with my age I’m able to understand the rules and apply them with understanding and more life experience than a 20 year old starting out. Unfortunately I keep hearing how difficult it is to find a good farrier. Likely due to the skills being passed down from old to young and no questions asked. I need to find a good farrier to apprentice with, but I’m concerned I won’t agree with the way they may be teaching me, after Ive researched all these techniques. I’ll have a hard time not speaking up when it comes to these beautiful living creatures. I hope that I can learn the forging and troubleshooting techniques while maintaining my knowledge from the research I’ve done and to build a clientele of horses and owners that appreciate me following TACT.
So my advice is to prioritize someone who has the technical skills and the time to trim correctly. You mainly have to watch out guys just chopping off the toe and doing a fast "clean up". They make their money by being fast instead of doing quality work that takes time and would cost more. Once you get someone who is capable and willing to do a good job, insist on a few core things. 1) If the horse has a contracted frog, open it up along the center sulci and treat for thrush. Typically these horses have grown high heel to protect the weak area,(that is no longer required) you lower to try and establish frog contact. 2) Do gradual fixes, you don't need to try and fix it all at once. Keep your horses on a shorter trim cycle is better. Do 4 weeks instead of 8 for most horses. 3) Keep your bars 2/3 the length of the frog. 4) Your soles should rise to meet the wall with some concavity. Don't needlessly remove sole or the horse gets sore. 5) The foot is oval, not round. Make sure they are bringing the pillars back. 6) The heel should be balanced, one side should not be higher then the other. If your angles are two low for your activity add degree shoes to bring that up. 7) Make sure they are cleaning the frog so that it isn't crushing over top of the lateral grooves. This stops the lateral grooves from getting alot of stuff caught in them and getting thrush. It allows you to effectively treat any in there to begin with. 8) Take in flares and bring the toe underneath them across trimmings. 9) If they do have an area of the hoof that is pushing up into the coronary band take some hoof away underneath the area to let it drop down. If you keep all of the that in mind you'll be doing better then most people when it comes to trimming. The shorter trim cycles allows you to make smaller chnages instead of needing to make big ones just to maintain your changes before the next trimming. The result is you don't risk you having to get close to the soft tissue.
I trie to use the mapping for my next trim and i have two qustions: hight of the bars is from the lateral apex dot to the medial heel and vice versa OR lateral dot to lateral heel? Second: the toe line from frog apex is the same for front and hind of 1 1/2“? Thank in advance!
So if I understand the geometry correctly, one would leave a very underrun heel slightly longer than the 2" recommended for a normally angled heel? (Recovering barefoot heel-chopper, told heels cut to the widest part of the frog (avg horse 1 1/8"heel height) and avg toe at 3 1/4". Mare's xray showed level PA and early navicular.)
Hi Linda, I have a question: when you map you give these measurments like this should be 2 inches and that so and so...but doesn't that depend on how big the horse is? and therefor its feet? I'm riding this horse at a riding school, it has horrible feet and I want to help her....thanks for all your work and video's
Started to like the video then I disliked the machine tools being used because I can imagine how people will end up destryoying horses hooves with those tools. You control it very well but not everyone can do that. Its best to just use what farriers used in their tool bag.
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Linda...you are one of the best ! You explain things so well and are easy to understand. I've learned more in two weeks than I have in two years watching your work. I hope you keep making videos.
Brilliant! Now everybody knows exactly how to TACT trim! Thank you Linda!
You stay one of my favorite content creators on TH-cam, years ago you really got me interested in ferriership and I carry the knowledge you gave me in monitoring the hooves of the horses I care for. Thank you for taking so much time dedicated to producing this educational content
Wow! Now THAT is a work if art. You may not think it is perfect, but if I can only get my horses feet to somewhat resemble that and make them comfortable I will be happy. Holy cow what some farriers have wrought upon our poor horses ... they just do not understand and refuse to change or think for themselves. Thank you for seeing the light and sharing! I have some wrist and hand problems I have to deal with , but I am going to start working on my own horses feet. Love your videos and lives!
I'm curious to see the side view of the finished trim compared to before the trim.
Thank you Linda! This is going to help so much!
Really helpful. Thank you again Linda.
Thank you so much for this video Linda!
thanks Linda, this was very informative and helpful!
Very good explanation, he is a very well behaved and patient horse
I dream of having a horse this patient!!!!!
What a precised work ! With a very patient horse... Mine couldn’t help . His frogs are not opened. I don’t know why. He is natural foots , since 2 years, in a field. The farrier comes every 6 weeks. His foots seems long for me, but the farrier does as he wants .
A hoof cannot be pressed into a template. Each hoof is individual and must always be worked on accordingly to the hoof. If you want to press it into a template, this is the best example of how to make a horse lame!
did you actually listen to the whole video...more than once she mentioned adjusting to the hoof in hand.
Great informative video! Thank you, how would these measurements translate to miniature horses? Thank you!!
Need the info to get those grinders, and disks
Please Provide the links
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How would I convert the inches to a pony with smaller hooves?
Perfect as always!
WOW! Best vidéo ever!
Thank you for this video. What do you use to moisturize hooves? I live in southern Nevada and have to use power tools also. 🥵 I have a hoof boss and a dremel but am
Not comfortable with the big grinders.
Just wanted to say thank you again. I have a “platter” foot type mustang and was just failing trying to get heel height I stopped his riding training even because I felt bad for his tender feet. His hooves are very large and since they aren’t the right shape, I haven’t bought him boots. His sole was so flat, year 2.5 of having him I found your channel. And now only one year later he has an entire inch and a half of heel height and isn’t a tender foot after ever trim. 🥲thank you again for all your hard work and determination and then SHARING it with us! 🤗
Great video linda u are so awesome thank u
Thanks so much
Have you done this to an actual wild hoof? Did the lines match up or was the wild horse's hoof unbalanced?
wondering this too!
I’m not a Ferrier or even a horse owner yet. But I am a future horse owner and I want to hire a Ferrier that would trim properly like this. What r some questions to be able to know of a Ferrier follows these protocols vs tradition education ?? Haha how can I hire the right person lol !!!
Hope she answers your question! I would love this information as well. I’ve been looking for good horse trimming videos on here and for years really only found this channel, and had to learn along with them as they figure it out. I always come back to this because I see other channels doing things that I know are not good for the horses.
I am so excited right now that I found another channel! It’s called Aura Horsemanship. They don’t measure and all of that but they have the same goal for healthy hooves. Besides one horse that they are still working out the best trim for, they really know what they are doing. Just the fact that they know to try something else when a trim doesn’t work speaks volumes.
Anyway, I hope you get your answers, hopefully before you get a horse and hire a farrier you will be able to see the farriers do a few trims. if you can learn what a healthy heel looks like, you will probably be ahead of the game because that’s where I see most farriers go wrong. ,y guess is they should only trim what’s necessary and not go overboard.
Please share with me if you know any other good horse hoof trimming channels.
Good luck!
Haha... good luck finding someone that really knows what they are doing 😢
This is why you need to learn the tact way ,so nobody can screw up your horses hooves!
I’m wanting to become a Farrier at 35. I feel with my age I’m able to understand the rules and apply them with understanding and more life experience than a 20 year old starting out. Unfortunately I keep hearing how difficult it is to find a good farrier. Likely due to the skills being passed down from old to young and no questions asked. I need to find a good farrier to apprentice with, but I’m concerned I won’t agree with the way they may be teaching me, after Ive researched all these techniques. I’ll have a hard time not speaking up when it comes to these beautiful living creatures. I hope that I can learn the forging and troubleshooting techniques while maintaining my knowledge from the research I’ve done and to build a clientele of horses and owners that appreciate me following TACT.
So my advice is to prioritize someone who has the technical skills and the time to trim correctly. You mainly have to watch out guys just chopping off the toe and doing a fast "clean up". They make their money by being fast instead of doing quality work that takes time and would cost more. Once you get someone who is capable and willing to do a good job, insist on a few core things.
1) If the horse has a contracted frog, open it up along the center sulci and treat for thrush. Typically these horses have grown high heel to protect the weak area,(that is no longer required) you lower to try and establish frog contact.
2) Do gradual fixes, you don't need to try and fix it all at once. Keep your horses on a shorter trim cycle is better. Do 4 weeks instead of 8 for most horses.
3) Keep your bars 2/3 the length of the frog.
4) Your soles should rise to meet the wall with some concavity. Don't needlessly remove sole or the horse gets sore.
5) The foot is oval, not round. Make sure they are bringing the pillars back.
6) The heel should be balanced, one side should not be higher then the other. If your angles are two low for your activity add degree shoes to bring that up.
7) Make sure they are cleaning the frog so that it isn't crushing over top of the lateral grooves. This stops the lateral grooves from getting alot of stuff caught in them and getting thrush. It allows you to effectively treat any in there to begin with.
8) Take in flares and bring the toe underneath them across trimmings.
9) If they do have an area of the hoof that is pushing up into the coronary band take some hoof away underneath the area to let it drop down.
If you keep all of the that in mind you'll be doing better then most people when it comes to trimming. The shorter trim cycles allows you to make smaller chnages instead of needing to make big ones just to maintain your changes before the next trimming. The result is you don't risk you having to get close to the soft tissue.
Awesome!! Thank you so much!
I trie to use the mapping for my next trim and i have two qustions: hight of the bars is from the lateral apex dot to the medial heel and vice versa OR lateral dot to lateral heel? Second: the toe line from frog apex is the same for front and hind of 1 1/2“? Thank in advance!
So if I understand the geometry correctly, one would leave a very underrun heel slightly longer than the 2" recommended for a normally angled heel? (Recovering barefoot heel-chopper, told heels cut to the widest part of the frog (avg horse 1 1/8"heel height) and avg toe at 3 1/4". Mare's xray showed level PA and early navicular.)
Hi Linda, I have a question: when you map you give these measurments like this should be 2 inches and that so and so...but doesn't that depend on how big the horse is? and therefor its feet? I'm riding this horse at a riding school, it has horrible feet and I want to help her....thanks for all your work and video's
Thanks a lot. This 1,5 inch? Is that for the average quarter horse?
Started to like the video then I disliked the machine tools being used because I can imagine how people will end up destryoying horses hooves with those tools. You control it very well but not everyone can do that. Its best to just use what farriers used in their tool bag.
you have just destroyed that poor horses hoof.
What makes you say that? Is it the grinder part?
Why?