Much like Josh has already said. This horse jumps around a bit. And I had got to the job site 10 min early so I had the shoes made before the horse came up. I almost always clinch as soon as I am done nailing up. So if the horse jumps around to much my shoe won't shift
I can't imagine a newly nailed shoe shifting before it was clenched up, even if the horse was a complete arse unless it managed to step on it and then it would shift anyway, clenched or not.
I never said it was a good reason. Sorry Smitty that's all didn't see it was that dark tell I left. Nail line is cruddy
No criticism implied, just meant it had never happened to me, but my difficult horses may well be tame to you!
Maybe one of the the most learned / educated/ studious ,responses i ve heard yet, on any forums, thanks ray
None taken. I was joking when I said that. Somethings you just get into a habit with. Someone told me something a l long time ago when I was taking my journeyman test. He told me if I clinch as soon as I am done nailing the shoe won't move if the horse flips out and I can be done with that hoof and move on to the next with all my tools instead of bouncing back and forth with my shoeing box. Old habits die hard. To this day in shoeing contest I still ask for my shoes to be judged separately. (Partly so I can still be working and not waiting on the judge.)
Ive never seen one shift but i have seen one cut himself with a unclinched nail .its a good idea no mater what your reason
michael it was nothing to do with how clear it was, it was the fit i was looking to see from another angle
I always change it up, I will change it up from horse to horse. I usually do two at a time, but have done it all different ways, depending on my mood.
Not an ex army horse, as far as I'm aware the numbers on the hoof are id numbers burned into the hoof wall to try to discourage theft. Yes, that's before and after pics of the same shoeing, and thank you.
Nearly one third off my books are full or half arab.all of my personal horses are full bloods that were too hot blooded for the show trainers to deal with and i have never had that problem . If the nails fit the shoe and the shoe fits the foot how can it shift ? I have a freind who nails the shoes i dicard to the pack mules he uses in the gila year round and dosent clinch becouse he is a lazy floker and wants them to fall off befor he has to pull them.(yes mike im talking about you ) he rarly has one shift.
