Pauly is a good farrier and such a treasure. He knows some of these horses have trauma. He was so loving with Janis and felt so bad he had to do things that hurt her just to try to keep her mobile for a little longer.
Oh I hear you!!!! My all time favourite mare - both in terms of general riding (though Emus are giant horse eating chickens when they bounce out of the national park and come running at you when rounding up sheep or cattle - personally - I'd be more afraid of a mob of noisy sheep and cows - some with stabby things on their heads and cranky at being told what to do as they only get brought in for backlining, branding, drenching and a check over, or to move from one property to the next lol.... I always had her without shoes. Sure it meant road work (bitumenised road work) or very limestoney ground was out other than just a walk through and letting her find her own path .... I could sit on a milk crate UNDER her (remembering I was well on my way to being very severely alternately-abled - not quite in my wheelchair, but using the gopher and the wheely walker most of the time or at least the walking stick.... ) so sitting on a milk crate was the only way I could achieve anything down that low - and still is. and I am only dumb enough to do that now with my Stallion. Both (well, most of my horses have been *and are* Cleveland Bay x's - Stallion is 3/4, mare was 1/2 CB, 1/2 TB... anyhow so I could pick her feet out, trim her, rasp her, whatever was needed, could even just tap gently with a hammer on her hoof... tap a shoe down next to her hoof so she would hear the ringing and she was fine. The poor farrier (my ex was one - did corrective trims for angular limb deformities on foals mainly on the TB stud we managed) and then with anyone else I had after I left him, the SECOND anyone put a shoe against the hoof and the nail was in the shoe hole and that hammer had the first strike - BOOOOOOM - like a bomb going off. She erupted like Mount Vesuvius. We put it down to her being struck by lightning as a 3 yr old, against all odds she survived that (when I FINALLY got to talk to her owner at that time, she and her dad did 18 months of intensive therapy including slinging her from the rafters in the stables a lot with sheepswood under the sling for protection (so amazed she let anyone girth her up) she had a wonky ear - as in one was slighly lop sided and before we knew about the lightning, we just thought it was conformation and little quirks she had. The lightning strike made us go ohhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh thats why..... everything made sense. Poor darling. She bred 7 outstanding foals for me who all but one were pre ordered, the one that wasnt i wanted to keep myself - was by my boy .... and i stupidly sold her because she was going to a brilliant home, and has since gone to a brilliant home who know if shes up for another home - I would love her back please.
I have seen a few farriers who hauled off and beat a fearful horse with their rasp or nippers. More than one. In the past I've worked as a stablehand, groom, exercise person, whatever, to work my horse's board off. I've held horses for numerous farriers. Most were excellent. But a few... a few were, I dunno, having a bad day? Had had too many fractious horses to deal with? I dunno what their justification was, but some got downright abusive. I'm not talking about a quick correction. I'm talking about all out beating a horse. It wouldn't take more than one incident like that in a horse's life to sour them on ALL farriers, no matter how kind or patient they are. She trusts Brooke. Poor Pauly has to deal with damage inflicted by someone else in this mare's past.
Is it a little to do with putting hoof between your legs or on a stand? Or maybe when that happens she knows the nailing is next and she braces for war... She might just need a friendly dose of Paulie one day when he isnt working on her feet some good ol loving (not only reserved for his beloved apps) then go in for a farrier follow up the next time. Prob same, brace for war. Gotta love when they show you up in front of others, good vlog to show the profound and unpredictable, yet entirely predictable, differences... you do get what u get. Toddlers too, that's how toddlers work. I do videography and there were preschool holiday concerts this week... loud, lots of singing and dancing daily in practice. Show time and some go stiff and silent or are bopping around looking for parents in crowd or who knows what, like they never rehearsed it. Still cute tho!
You are missing a crucial step here between what you are doing and what Pauly will do. Pauly will put her leg between his to have both hands free. Perhaps it is that, in conjunction with the hammering, which she is objecting to? I always teach my horses to let me handle the feet the way the farrier will, not the way an handler/owner will, as you did here. To further prepare her, you will need to progress from a tinny hoofpick to a proper shoeing hammer which feels and sounds very different.
If you notice, Brook did put her foot between her legs. The point is that no matter how they behave one day is no guarantee how they will behave the next. You get the horse you get that day. ;-)
What??? Who, me?? Bad for the farrier?? No….that’s that OTHER horse 😂😂😂
Her evil twin, maybe?
@ Yeah!! That’s the one, yeah!!!👍
Pauly is a good farrier and such a treasure. He knows some of these horses have trauma. He was so loving with Janis and felt so bad he had to do things that hurt her just to try to keep her mobile for a little longer.
I love the “shorts” you have been doing recently. Great job, keep it up!
Oh I hear you!!!! My all time favourite mare - both in terms of general riding (though Emus are giant horse eating chickens when they bounce out of the national park and come running at you when rounding up sheep or cattle - personally - I'd be more afraid of a mob of noisy sheep and cows - some with stabby things on their heads and cranky at being told what to do as they only get brought in for backlining, branding, drenching and a check over, or to move from one property to the next lol....
I always had her without shoes. Sure it meant road work (bitumenised road work) or very limestoney ground was out other than just a walk through and letting her find her own path .... I could sit on a milk crate UNDER her (remembering I was well on my way to being very severely alternately-abled - not quite in my wheelchair, but using the gopher and the wheely walker most of the time or at least the walking stick.... ) so sitting on a milk crate was the only way I could achieve anything down that low - and still is. and I am only dumb enough to do that now with my Stallion. Both (well, most of my horses have been *and are* Cleveland Bay x's - Stallion is 3/4, mare was 1/2 CB, 1/2 TB... anyhow so I could pick her feet out, trim her, rasp her, whatever was needed, could even just tap gently with a hammer on her hoof... tap a shoe down next to her hoof so she would hear the ringing and she was fine.
The poor farrier (my ex was one - did corrective trims for angular limb deformities on foals mainly on the TB stud we managed) and then with anyone else I had after I left him, the SECOND anyone put a shoe against the hoof and the nail was in the shoe hole and that hammer had the first strike - BOOOOOOM - like a bomb going off. She erupted like Mount Vesuvius.
We put it down to her being struck by lightning as a 3 yr old, against all odds she survived that (when I FINALLY got to talk to her owner at that time, she and her dad did 18 months of intensive therapy including slinging her from the rafters in the stables a lot with sheepswood under the sling for protection (so amazed she let anyone girth her up) she had a wonky ear - as in one was slighly lop sided and before we knew about the lightning, we just thought it was conformation and little quirks she had. The lightning strike made us go ohhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh thats why..... everything made sense. Poor darling. She bred 7 outstanding foals for me who all but one were pre ordered, the one that wasnt i wanted to keep myself - was by my boy .... and i stupidly sold her because she was going to a brilliant home, and has since gone to a brilliant home who know if shes up for another home - I would love her back please.
You can see her lil halo, who me?😂
I have seen a few farriers who hauled off and beat a fearful horse with their rasp or nippers. More than one. In the past I've worked as a stablehand, groom, exercise person, whatever, to work my horse's board off. I've held horses for numerous farriers. Most were excellent. But a few... a few were, I dunno, having a bad day? Had had too many fractious horses to deal with? I dunno what their justification was, but some got downright abusive. I'm not talking about a quick correction. I'm talking about all out beating a horse. It wouldn't take more than one incident like that in a horse's life to sour them on ALL farriers, no matter how kind or patient they are. She trusts Brooke. Poor Pauly has to deal with damage inflicted by someone else in this mare's past.
Pretty horse!
They are sentient beings and decide what they wil. Put up with and who they will tolerate.
You will just have to get lessons in shoeing from Pauly 😮 😅😅😅😅
Try to use actual hammer instead of the hoof pick. It makes different sound and feels different as well because of its weight.
What do they say.. Never work with kids and animals 😂😂😂
Actors say that.
@ pfft photographers, doco and filmmakers..
Lighten up a little
Is it a little to do with putting hoof between your legs or on a stand? Or maybe when that happens she knows the nailing is next and she braces for war...
She might just need a friendly dose of Paulie one day when he isnt working on her feet some good ol loving (not only reserved for his beloved apps) then go in for a farrier follow up the next time. Prob same, brace for war.
Gotta love when they show you up in front of others, good vlog to show the profound and unpredictable, yet entirely predictable, differences... you do get what u get.
Toddlers too, that's how toddlers work. I do videography and there were preschool holiday concerts this week... loud, lots of singing and dancing daily in practice. Show time and some go stiff and silent or are bopping around looking for parents in crowd or who knows what, like they never rehearsed it. Still cute tho!
What’s a Ferrier talk
You are missing a crucial step here between what you are doing and what Pauly will do. Pauly will put her leg between his to have both hands free. Perhaps it is that, in conjunction with the hammering, which she is objecting to? I always teach my horses to let me handle the feet the way the farrier will, not the way an handler/owner will, as you did here.
To further prepare her, you will need to progress from a tinny hoofpick to a proper shoeing hammer which feels and sounds very different.
If you notice, Brook did put her foot between her legs. The point is that no matter how they behave one day is no guarantee how they will behave the next. You get the horse you get that day. ;-)
she might have a nail in the past that went into sensitive area? And bracing for that now