I see hoof wall thickness determined the day or so after Mommy and Daddy meet. Many times I'll get a horse going well with the feet shaped up and...
I've been a victim of sexual discrimination. A Cowboy I shod for bought a horse from a Farrieress and had her back a week later to replace a shoe the...
Ryan, A natural balance shoe is just a U shaped piece of metal. The same as any other brand. You need to know why you are doing any thing in the...
No way. Things get learnt by the innocent bystanders.
I got to thinking about this question today. Those were some really ugly shoes I made that day. The horse did walk off better even though. I made...
Yes, we shod the gelding.
Six week cycle, Chris. Five years on the mare, four on the gelding. I'm the only one who's worked them since they foaled. The mare wears studs in...
Oh no Ray, Things aren't so rosy as you think out here. Saturday when I got to the barn it was down to 33 degrees. It didn't get to 68 degrees 'till...
The twisting is a symptom of imbalance. Watching thees two horses walk, with their size you get the impression that something would tare inside if...
What about horses in the Southern Hemisphere?
I know a guy, long ago retired, who apprenticed at 14 years old. His Master would kick him in the ass, while he was under the horse, when ever we was...
Cool. Now there's two of us who view me as an authority.
As to holding tools for Grant Moon, my son Jess pulled and finished for him at a clinic when Jess was 13. Grant seemed impressed and was quite...
Well put. I'v never seen anyone shoe a horse that I haven't learned something from, and that includes my sons, who I taught every thing they know...
Tom, Though I tend to agree with you, I the case of the foot David posted, any disagreement can be settled by a meat saw down the center.
Can't really tell much from the photos, but it always 'Depends'. Making the toes the same length on one horse may cure it, on another, it may go...
I just tore apart a shoeing that someone who's learning asked for advice on their work. I didn't have much good to say about it. They could have...
At those temps, I wouldn't get more than a foot or two away from the forge, let alone turn it off. It rarely gets cold enough for me to have...
Tom, Re-read the post for content. The heel on one shoe is thicker, thus more iron. A faulty compass could give an inaccurate reading, so you...
Both of these WBs had their off hind pointing south west when it should have been pointing south. On the mare, I couldn't get that foot to quit...
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