one can "Drive 'em". it will appear nice until it blows." Really John, I have to give x-rays and pics to demonstrate. Call the "Hamma' from Alabama'" ask him about NEMO.. One will see it the same detachment in a medial or lateral displacement situation(s). Laterad displaced is common or normal in Arabs in a laminitic situation.
staggered on purpose {try to get nail above the brittle parts of the wall}, and clenches could have been better on the outside~~they were good on the inside. the hoof wall is not good; stall kicker; blowing out his walls, they are getting brittle and dry now. been using March rn3.5xl.....might go to capewell sb4.5xl and drive higher; but the nail heads are too big usually and the capewell RN heads are really to big for the shoes.
Id say 5-15 min depending on horse and behavior. That one I posted wasn't getting a tidy finish for various,reasons. Was more of a "get it done" job. Sent from my LG-P930 using Tapatalk 2
I don't envy a race horse Farrier. I do a few and most you to get done in 20 minutes. Having to do with trainer or horse that what it is. At least in my experience.
My point been David it don't take any longer to do tidy nail/fin as you well know You often see some N/f and you wonder if they are doing it with there eyes closed
Yep if its trimmed and fitted it will nail itself on. Linda I try if they are kicking the wall to get them moved, fed first or what ever is triggering it removed. I explain its a welfare issue with ignoring it.
thank you and you are right......then you have to deal with the horses kicking do to flies, fired up [drugs], windy days, anything making the horse scared and jump thur onto you and the holder; can't TQ due to entering into a race, ect. ect. ect.
Linda when I was doing a lot of T/b we dident even have anybody to hold stop making excuses its getting boring
he kicks out at everything; and couldn't be TQ since in a race; he has to be TQ after the race just to get into a trailer to go home; and then he kicks the hell out of the trailer on the way home to the farm. his feet are a mess and i'm trying. My nailing and clinching is very ugly [not professional] like others in the past; but the shoes stay on-I get in get out without getting kicked badly-owner/trainer is happy.
I think I know what the situation is. I was taught and trained to use to finish the foot and nail up in a straight line and use a fine clinch. What happen is that trainers who used to jump here in Pennsylvania hunt club and other in the steeplechase here in the Pennsylvania/Maryland hunt.......used bigger clinches what they called "Hunter Clinches" which are big, chunky, clinches, staggered nailing ...trainers ask me to use them instead; and I accommodated them for years now; and now in a bad habit of using them. The mind set is use hunter clinches and there is no excuse for ever losing a shoe! Also, it's how the Amish shoe horses too; and people here are used to seeing it. so it set a mindset into it. the fear of losing a shoe here where I shoe is very nerve wracking to the farriers here. the way of know this is 1 of the farriers here lost a lot of clients do to losing shoes; he talked to me about it in March. my advice was to stay away from the backyarders who went to the amish; and start shoeing standardbreds; they are more professional.
Linda staggered nailing and big clenches don't keep shoes on better good foot trim and fitting are the key
