Why did I start watching this channel? I'm a city boy. I've never been on a farm in my life. I've already seen at least 50 of Nate's videos, and I can't stop. I do appreciate his kindness and care he shows these animals.
Same here I think it’s because 1. Nate I’d very professional and patient 2. It’s so satisfying to watch all the happy cow now walking properly first time in months 3. We might just need help 🤣
I'm not a city girl. I actually work with an Urban farm in Nashville. I started watching these videos because it showed up in my feed and because I work with goats and want to work with horses, watching these videos are both satisfying and educational. 🙂
It amazes me how ferocious cows' immune systems must be. If we had a substantial lesion exposed to those conditions, we'd get gangrene, sepsis, or any number of other conditions. With cows, you just spray it down with chlorhexidine or iodine, apply salicylic acid if necessary, put on a block to keep weight off it, and they're generally good to go.
I agree with you but think too that in this kind of big farms it is very common to put a lot of vaccines with antibiotics to the animals. Thanks to the cows we discovered vaccination by the way.
@@alexanderoutlander.1040 Someone may have to correct me on this, but since feeding cows a steady diet of antibiotics tends to breed superbugs, I believe the EU and UK have banned the practice for quite some time now. As for vaccines, most of them are designed to prevent viral infection, not bacterial.
@@albeon_draken well not all the antibiotics, but from 2006 all kind of growth vaccination on cattle has been banned in the EU. You are right vaccination is against virus not bacteria.
Hoof trimming isn’t just a science, it’s also an art form ... & your precise, controlled, & surgical skills stand out among other hoof trimmers‼️ you’re the Michelangelo of your profession‼️
@a I've noticed that about Nate as well, and I really like his technique. He's extremely careful not to cause more damage to the cow's foot. Hoof GP is like that too. So, the two of them are my favorites among the hoof trimmers.
I started watching your channel and thought it was awesome so I started to watch other trimmers and just couldn’t… you are sooooo gentle with these girls and anyone else I have watched I just don’t see as much gentleness with their handling Not that they’re doing a bad job it’s just nothing compared to how well you treat these girls ❤️
Knife work always amazes me. Yesterday The HoofGP posted a video of a white line crack that was full of stones! He mentioned how the stones can really mess with the knife edge. Makes me wonder how many knives you have and how often to you have to sharpen them? Do they last a while and do you tweak the curvature to suit your style of trimming?
I’ve got six knives with me each day and resharpen them daily. The only modification I do is grind down the hook a bit. Each knife lasts about 2 months from repeated sharpening.
I've been kind of binging your videos and have subsequently been suggested similar channels. I prefer your videos because of the easy to understand explanations you offer, the gentle way you treat the cows, and all of the disinfectant you use (Idk why it bothers me when other people don't disinfectant). You're content is great and I just wanna say thanks for putting this stuff out here.
I stumbled upon your videos and couldn't stop watching. I've seen other trimmers since I started watching yours and im not sure quite yet why I dont enjoy their content the way I enjoy yours. So your now the only trimming channel I watch 🥰. Thank you for your gentle professional skills with these beautiful animals. All animals deserve the care and love you put into these cows. Your amazing thanks also for sharing your skill with the world.
I would love to shadow a trimmer like yourself for a day. The Attention to detail, tactile work, and patience. I live for the repetition. That’s why I work groundskeeping, I could ride a mower all day. Would you consider this type of work to be meditative at all?
My country is in lockdown due to covid so I'm working from home. Instead I just watched 10 of your videos. This is so facinating! Didn't even know cows had these issues.
I am not sure how I got to your channel, but I am glad I am here. I have never been on a farm, but I do love cows. It makes my heart so happy with the care and love you have for these cows. I will continue to watch, grow and learn from your videos.
I accidentally started watching the Hoof GP and next thing you know, here I am....binging your videos. You're so amazing at your job and we appreciate you sharing with us. I'd be willing to bet that most of us never thought we would one day be pausing videos and diagnosing white line defects on cows .
I find it so interesting how a flesh and blood part of her leg has cells that turn it into something that is hard and thick as in her hoof. I wish I knew more about that part of it. 🧐
You’ll blow past 50,000 in no time!! Congratulations on getting this far, though! I love the slow,steady pace you take the work and explanations for us. Makes me wish I could pet the cow and tell her what good hands she’s in😂
I'm glad you take your time and explain everything you are doing. I also like the fact you are gentle with these cows even though I've heard it said they don't feel anything...👀👀🤔🤔
Hi Nate. You mentioned 50,000 subscribers in the video. I'm watching this one on 9/5/2022 and you're well over 575,000! Good for you because I love to watch you work. Best hoof man on the tube!
I don't have cattle, don't even have land but I love watching you help these cattle with their feet. I've watched others but they just don't have the same gentle, calming voice and manner.
I’m just wondering how often do cows actually get a injury that needs surgery like this? Love your work and the way you care about each cow! Everything deserves respect and love!!!❤️
Why wouldn’t you normally wrap a sole fracture? The ulcer is still an open wound being exposed to the environment. From a healing perspective, wouldn’t wrapping it be better?
Another lucky lady on the mend thanks to your careful work. Maybe you have explained this and I missed it, but what makes up that dark mud looking matter you uncover inside the hoof? Since it is many times covered by horn which would prevent anything entering from the outside, is it formed from matter already inside the hoof?
How many years have you been doing this Nate? Amazing amount of knowledge. I grew up on a farm with a couple of milk cows and some angus cows for beef. I don't ever recall us having a cow with hoof issues but I know the dairy farm I worked on would have one once in awhile.
Getting close to 50K subscribers.. it's at 405K 8 months later. Good content and good format, every video is high quality. Well deserved subscriptions.
So interesting and very insightful, Nate. Thank you for your great narrating!
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You are great in your job. Congratulations. I have 2 questions... How much aproximately cost your workingstation? Always happens accidents... Have you injured a cow by mistake?
Why do other trimmers torch the sole before applying the block and you don’t? You’re so good with the cows. You explain things well. Thank you allowing us to listen to the farm sounds in the background.
They do it to remove moisture from the foot and the releasing agent from the blocks. My feet are pretty dry for the most part and the blocks I use don’t have that releasing agent used on them.
I can't imagine the relief you help bring these animals, reminds me of helping Nurses with wound care (though as a CNA, you're kind of just on standby 😅) regardless, though Im still just observing, I get that same feeling of empathy and care I saw from some of the best Nurses. Some of those wounds, oi.... I wonder how these animals cope.
I’ve fallen down the rabbit hole with these videos. But I can definitively say that your are by far the least aggressive with your blade. Appreciate the care you take with the cows.
That was seamless. 😳😶 Beautiful work, how you use your knife is mesmerizing... Not a single drop of blood. So many others cause bleeding... It may be minor, but it still means you knicked em. Yours was refreshingly clean. 😊
All I watch is arm wrestling videos but a few days ago youtube showed me nate the hoof guy now im addicted to these videos of seeing living potatoes getting peeled and fixed up
Great, precise knife work there, Nate!🔪 And ofcourse the Close Up!!!! 👀God Bless and I love your channel...🙏🏼♥️👋🏼🇨🇦😂 Keep on helping the Moo Moo’s out!😂🐄
Great video! How hard is it to carve away at the horn with the knife? Do you need a lot of physical strength to do it and do your hands or arms get sore after doing it for a while? I assume it’s slightly easier if it’s already loose
Is this a re-upload? I'm getting de ja vu for some reason, but I rewatch your videos anyway so I'm happy either way 😁 Thank you for posting! Great video as always.
@@NatetheHoofGuy just goes to show I'm learning then, I think that's why it seemed familiar. Thank you for always keeping your content so educational! I don't think I'll ever trim cow's hooves but I'm very proud of myself for knowing about white line defects and sole fractures and ulcers and digital dermatitis lol
I was sitting here holding my breath the entire time just waiting for you to draw blood. I've seen so much awful foot trimming on TH-cam I was preparing for the worst. When I didn't see any blood I was shocked in the most positive way possible.
Can you please show the head you use on the disk grinder? In all the videos I’ve watched of both yours and other channels nobody shows the head that you use for shaving down the hooves.
Hey Nate! I've always been curious about the heel ball(?) bulb(?) that is often removed. It seems like it's neither flesh or horn. It doesn't seem to bother the girls. What is that exactly? Thanks for all the great videos!! Tom R.
Why did I start watching this channel? I'm a city boy. I've never been on a farm in my life. I've already seen at least 50 of Nate's videos, and I can't stop. I do appreciate his kindness and care he shows these animals.
I completely understand! I'm a city girl that's never been on a farm and yet I can't stop watching these videos either.
Same here I think it’s because
1. Nate I’d very professional and patient
2. It’s so satisfying to watch all the happy cow now walking properly first time in months
3. We might just need help 🤣
@@tanyachou4474 haha, I agree! My wife likes to watch pimple popping videos, I think this is a step up!
Agree. Girlfriend makes fun of my new interest
I'm not a city girl. I actually work with an Urban farm in Nashville. I started watching these videos because it showed up in my feed and because I work with goats and want to work with horses, watching these videos are both satisfying and educational. 🙂
It amazes me how ferocious cows' immune systems must be. If we had a substantial lesion exposed to those conditions, we'd get gangrene, sepsis, or any number of other conditions. With cows, you just spray it down with chlorhexidine or iodine, apply salicylic acid if necessary, put on a block to keep weight off it, and they're generally good to go.
I agree with you but think too that in this kind of big farms it is very common to put a lot of vaccines with antibiotics to the animals.
Thanks to the cows we discovered vaccination by the way.
@@alexanderoutlander.1040 Someone may have to correct me on this, but since feeding cows a steady diet of antibiotics tends to breed superbugs, I believe the EU and UK have banned the practice for quite some time now. As for vaccines, most of them are designed to prevent viral infection, not bacterial.
@@albeon_draken well not all the antibiotics, but from 2006 all kind of growth vaccination on cattle has been banned in the EU.
You are right vaccination is against virus not bacteria.
Not to mention if it was the foot and it got treated in time and there no complications, we'd be on crutches 🤣
@@albeon_draken Yes but he also treats cows on organic farms and the point about their immune systems still stands
Hoof trimming isn’t just a science, it’s also an art form ... & your precise, controlled, & surgical skills stand out among other hoof trimmers‼️ you’re the Michelangelo of your profession‼️
@a
I've noticed that about Nate as well, and I really like his technique. He's extremely careful not to cause more damage to the cow's foot. Hoof GP is like that too. So, the two of them are my favorites among the hoof trimmers.
@@TerryProthero Nate and Graeme are the only two I subscribed to. I think we have good taste 🤓
and, he's cute! lol
Nate, I watch a lot of different hoof trimmers on video. You’re a SKILLED surgeon!! Very precise & controlled!! Excellent technique‼️
Thank you.
@@NatetheHoofGuy qqqaaaqaaqqqqqqqqqqqqaaaaaaaqqqqaqqqaqqaqqqaaaaaaaaaaaqqqqqqaaaeewàa
And without that horrible music 😘
Ya the other guys would be having them gushing blood after the first few cuts that you did flawlessly
@@relaxatsagespa783 That music is not for me. Great voice. But don't want to listen to that while I'm watching something interesting.
I started watching your channel and thought it was awesome so I started to watch other trimmers and just couldn’t… you are sooooo gentle with these girls and anyone else I have watched I just don’t see as much gentleness with their handling
Not that they’re doing a bad job it’s just nothing compared to how well you treat these girls ❤️
Knife work always amazes me. Yesterday The HoofGP posted a video of a white line crack that was full of stones! He mentioned how the stones can really mess with the knife edge. Makes me wonder how many knives you have and how often to you have to sharpen them?
Do they last a while and do you tweak the curvature to suit your style of trimming?
I’ve got six knives with me each day and resharpen them daily. The only modification I do is grind down the hook a bit. Each knife lasts about 2 months from repeated sharpening.
@@NatetheHoofGuy only 2 months, that's insane 😱
@@NatetheHoofGuy can I ask if this is a different breed of cow than you normally work on? Since that leg is THICKK and BEEFY as all heck.
Man your so smooth with taking off the horn without causing a bloody massacre on the ulcer, PROPS man lots of them
I've been kind of binging your videos and have subsequently been suggested similar channels. I prefer your videos because of the easy to understand explanations you offer, the gentle way you treat the cows, and all of the disinfectant you use (Idk why it bothers me when other people don't disinfectant). You're content is great and I just wanna say thanks for putting this stuff out here.
Those are some scary caverns in the hoof! Nicely explained and filmed, thank you for helping this pretty girl! 💗
I stumbled upon your videos and couldn't stop watching. I've seen other trimmers since I started watching yours and im not sure quite yet why I dont enjoy their content the way I enjoy yours. So your now the only trimming channel I watch 🥰. Thank you for your gentle professional skills with these beautiful animals. All animals deserve the care and love you put into these cows. Your amazing thanks also for sharing your skill with the world.
🙏
Man I literally stumbled across your videos and now I’m hooked onto your channel.
I do overnight shifts and this is so fun to watch. Thanks Nate!
I would love to shadow a trimmer like yourself for a day. The Attention to detail, tactile work, and patience. I live for the repetition. That’s why I work groundskeeping, I could ride a mower all day. Would you consider this type of work to be meditative at all?
I notice it looks different when its separated than when its healthy and connected. When its loose horn, it looks rubbery instead of firm.
My country is in lockdown due to covid so I'm working from home. Instead I just watched 10 of your videos. This is so facinating! Didn't even know cows had these issues.
I am not sure how I got to your channel, but I am glad I am here. I have never been on a farm, but I do love cows. It makes my heart so happy with the care and love you have for these cows. I will continue to watch, grow and learn from your videos.
I accidentally started watching the Hoof GP and next thing you know, here I am....binging your videos. You're so amazing at your job and we appreciate you sharing with us. I'd be willing to bet that most of us never thought we would one day be pausing videos and diagnosing white line defects on cows .
I appreciate you watching as well!
I find it so interesting how a flesh and blood part of her leg has cells that turn it into something that is hard and thick as in her hoof. I wish I knew more about that part of it. 🧐
Just like toe and finger nails
Thanks 👍
I'd always thought the pink area was flesh. Thanks for the teaching.
You’ll blow past 50,000 in no time!! Congratulations on getting this far, though! I love the slow,steady pace you take the work and explanations for us. Makes me wish I could pet the cow and tell her what good hands she’s in😂
500 K in no time 👍👍
Watching that knife work is therapy 🙏
@@acajutla 10k left before 500k!
Almost 560K @ July 13th 2022. 1M is the next goal 👍
I love it when you show some footage before and after the treatment- of the farm and the cows (especially when you give them a skritch) 😀
I'm glad you take your time and explain everything you are doing. I also like the fact you are gentle with these cows even though I've heard it said they don't feel anything...👀👀🤔🤔
👍🤜🤛👍
Hi Nate. You mentioned 50,000 subscribers in the video. I'm watching this one on 9/5/2022 and you're well over 575,000! Good for you because I love to watch you work. Best hoof man on the tube!
You should have way more than 50k of subscribers!! So informative!!
I don't have cattle, don't even have land but I love watching you help these cattle with their feet. I've watched others but they just don't have the same gentle, calming voice and manner.
I’m just wondering how often do cows actually get a injury that needs surgery like this? Love your work and the way you care about each cow! Everything deserves respect and love!!!❤️
@Love Country Grandma cows are costly to replace
Great job. Its so amazing to see how comfortable she is after she leaves the chute. Have a good weekend.
This was a good, involved issue. Happy the channel is getting close to 50k! Best hoof trimmer on TH-cam!
You'll hit 50k in no time, I'm rooting for ya!
Why wouldn’t you normally wrap a sole fracture? The ulcer is still an open wound being exposed to the environment. From a healing perspective, wouldn’t wrapping it be better?
Wrapping is just to hold product in place. They don’t keep the lesions clean very long so they can actually be detrimental if they stay on too long.
These are the most professional films, I can learn a lot, I am very impressed with the calm and determination.
Nice explanations of your process for the cows hoof care. Use of the sprayer to clear debris was good to see!
2:51 i love the little nose peeking in the upper left hand corner 😍 so curious and adorable
I started watching this and it helps me rest. It's nice to see someone aiding cows the way you do
Nate, you're a treasure to this community! Thank you for sharing your talents
Thanks Nate for the education, I think I was rolling around in your area this week.
Not sure why TH-cam recommended this channel… but man, for some reason this is relaxing as heck. Thanks for doin what you do, and sharing, Nate!!
I had no idea cows had these kind of problem with their feets.
Another lucky lady on the mend thanks to your careful work. Maybe you have explained this and I missed it, but what makes up that dark mud looking matter you uncover inside the hoof? Since it is many times covered by horn which would prevent anything entering from the outside, is it formed from matter already inside the hoof?
How many years have you been doing this Nate? Amazing amount of knowledge. I grew up on a farm with a couple of milk cows and some angus cows for beef. I don't ever recall us having a cow with hoof issues but I know the dairy farm I worked on would have one once in awhile.
19 years
@@NatetheHoofGuy Great job, Nate.
Thanks
Getting close to 50K subscribers.. it's at 405K 8 months later. Good content and good format, every video is high quality. Well deserved subscriptions.
How you described in detail why and what you were doing and then what the next step would be. Very informative. Thank you.
Yet again Nate, excellent video. You have a knack for keeping me completely engaged throughout. Great work!
So interesting and very insightful, Nate. Thank you for your great narrating!
You are great in your job. Congratulations. I have 2 questions... How much aproximately cost your workingstation? Always happens accidents... Have you injured a cow by mistake?
Dude your cuts are so much deeper than the other guy! Very satisfying seeing how much you can chunk out
Much love ❤💚💛
What happens if there are lesions on both halves of the hoof? How do you keep them both clean during the healing process?
Why do other trimmers torch the sole before applying the block and you don’t? You’re so good with the cows. You explain things well. Thank you allowing us to listen to the farm sounds in the background.
They do it to remove moisture from the foot and the releasing agent from the blocks. My feet are pretty dry for the most part and the blocks I use don’t have that releasing agent used on them.
@@NatetheHoofGuy Thank you so much for answering my question. You're so knowledgeable. I really enjoy your videos.
I love watching your knife cut away the loose horn. Awesome. Thanks!
I just love the cattle looking almost dumbfounded and the started to walk normally, it so cute ☺️
I can't imagine the relief you help bring these animals, reminds me of helping Nurses with wound care (though as a CNA, you're kind of just on standby 😅) regardless, though Im still just observing, I get that same feeling of empathy and care I saw from some of the best Nurses. Some of those wounds, oi.... I wonder how these animals cope.
Fabulous work. It so good to see it being fixed!
love to watch you, every night. Thank for saving this wonderful cows, and Bulls. Thank you for posting this interesting program
youre my favorite trimmer :) no annoying music or cuts to things i dont care about.
funny thing is that i never plan to do this in my life for any reason but i find myself fascinated and can' t help but keep watching lol
You do a great job of explaining what you're doing and why.
You always do such a fantastic job; the cows are lucky to have you.
Nice and neat, as always. If i ever loose my mind and buy a dairy, i know what id want in a hoof trimmer!
Very informative videos! How long do you leave the bandage on the hoof and after how many days/weeks do you take the cows back into the stand?
You are very gentle which is good to see
I’ve fallen down the rabbit hole with these videos. But I can definitively say that your are by far the least aggressive with your blade.
Appreciate the care you take with the cows.
Excellent knife work, true artistry, Nate!
Thank you for your videos👍👍⭐
That was seamless. 😳😶 Beautiful work, how you use your knife is mesmerizing... Not a single drop of blood. So many others cause bleeding... It may be minor, but it still means you knicked em.
Yours was refreshingly clean. 😊
I love the nosy neighbor to the left in this video lol. So cute
He is the most gentle hoof guy
All I watch is arm wrestling videos but a few days ago youtube showed me nate the hoof guy now im addicted to these videos of seeing living potatoes getting peeled and fixed up
I'm glad to see that you aren't tugging on loose horn. Some trimmers do that and it feels like a perfect way to make a cow bleed.
I was just wondering if hoof problems correlate to heirarchy in the herd? Do lower status cows end up with more problems?
In a way yes. Dominant cows do choose feed bunk space and stall selection so less dominant cows would have to walk further.
Great, precise knife work there, Nate!🔪 And ofcourse the Close Up!!!! 👀God Bless and I love your channel...🙏🏼♥️👋🏼🇨🇦😂 Keep on helping the Moo Moo’s out!😂🐄
Great job. Amazing how nature can heal all living things. With a little help from you she will be in great shape soon.
Sorry, Nate - I came here from the Hoof GP and so, had to sing an intro song for your video!🤷♀️ Great job - crack on, lad!😁
I had to as well!
Lol quite odd watching someone new, I'm so used to hoof GP it's odd not having his weird music playing in the background🤣
What would you have to do if both claws were injured? Is it possible to fix one in that state?
U r so gentle with the cows I like that
I love that curious cow nose in the background.
A year ago you were close to 50k and now you're close to 650k subs. Well done and congrats
Great video! How hard is it to carve away at the horn with the knife? Do you need a lot of physical strength to do it and do your hands or arms get sore after doing it for a while? I assume it’s slightly easier if it’s already loose
No not if your knives are sharp
@@NatetheHoofGuy thanks so much for the reply! I really appreciate you taking the time :)
You are sooo good with that knife! Happy 🐮 feels better
The last week or so of my life has been deciding to break the hoof trimming video marathon, only to come back to it a couple videos later.....
And the surgeon enters the room 😳 you’ve done this before!!! 20 moo points 🐄 for this one Nate 👍👍
Is this a re-upload? I'm getting de ja vu for some reason, but I rewatch your videos anyway so I'm happy either way 😁
Thank you for posting! Great video as always.
Nope. All new.
@@NatetheHoofGuy just goes to show I'm learning then, I think that's why it seemed familiar. Thank you for always keeping your content so educational! I don't think I'll ever trim cow's hooves but I'm very proud of myself for knowing about white line defects and sole fractures and ulcers and digital dermatitis lol
Me too. That’s awesome!!
Entertaining and informative as always! Thanks so much for the great videos!
Best hoofing channel!
Great awesome video Nate, you do extremely good work like a doctor does .
The talent you have with that knife is impeccable 👌
Glad. You're. So. Patient. And. Not stingy faith the. Disinfectant. Spray. Or. Wraps.
What do you do if both claws have an issue at the same time? Or does that basically not happen?
I was sitting here holding my breath the entire time just waiting for you to draw blood. I've seen so much awful foot trimming on TH-cam I was preparing for the worst.
When I didn't see any blood I was shocked in the most positive way possible.
"Getting close to that 50k subscriber mark" 6 months later, you are over 305k
Knife work is superb, you are a master sir!!!!😁😁👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏
I just love how delicate he is with every cow
2 questions, 1. What about the blood on the other claw? 2. Shouldn’t it be easier without gloves?
Can you please show the head you use on the disk grinder? In all the videos I’ve watched of both yours and other channels nobody shows the head that you use for shaving down the hooves.
Hey Nate! I've always been curious about the heel ball(?) bulb(?) that is often removed. It seems like it's neither flesh or horn. It doesn't seem to bother the girls. What is that exactly?
Thanks for all the great videos!!
Tom R.
It’s kind of in between the two. It’s an area of shock absorption and cushioning that can separate with lesions.
At around 4:50 it sounded like Nate had a stroke from all those complicated words. Seemed funny. It's great to see this human side of Nate.
Could lesions be compared to an ingrown toe nail in a person? I love you channel and how informative it is!
Thank you
I think it’s more like a cracked finger nail.
Has it happened sometimes that both sides of the hoof were ill? In that case how do you behave?
@Nate the hoof guy what would happen if both claw on the same feet get damage, Could you still place a block somehow
Been watching you for bit now. I just 'subbed'...
Can cows live with 3 legs? Cats and dogs do but they move in a different way.
It would be hard for them to get up.
Does your apparatus, you use to lift the cow's leg, have a front leg lift & a separate back leg lift?
Very good video's and very good guy doing a very good thing for these animals 👌