I've had Nugget since Apr '11. Being a new horse owner, I put my faith in people who I thought had more knowledge in the subject then I. One of these people was my farrier, let's call him "John Smith", but I'm starting to wonder if the faith was a little misplaced. I live half way to the middle of nowhere, so my options are a little limited.
So John has been trimming Nugget's feet since I bought him ( almost 16 months ). Unfortunately I've had reoccurring issues with mild flaring, cracks, stretched white lines and ragged frogs that John has failed to address or take concern with. John's results weren't terrible, but I feel they could be better ( avoiding the flaring/cracking and getting the frog in proper contact with the ground ). As such I've decided to do A LOT of research and see if I can get the results I'm looking for.
It would be very helpful and much appreciated if some members who trim their own horses could offer me some pointers. Hopefully the pictures I've taken are adequate for a critique. I've only done the front two hooves for today, the back two will hopefully be done tomorrow. I will post each before and after picture together for a better comparison.
The last trim by John was 11 days ago. All pictures are taken with the camera on the floor.
Left front - before
Left front - after
Left front - before
Left front - after
Left front - before
Left front - after
Left front - before
Left front - after
Left front - before
Left front - after
So John has been trimming Nugget's feet since I bought him ( almost 16 months ). Unfortunately I've had reoccurring issues with mild flaring, cracks, stretched white lines and ragged frogs that John has failed to address or take concern with. John's results weren't terrible, but I feel they could be better ( avoiding the flaring/cracking and getting the frog in proper contact with the ground ). As such I've decided to do A LOT of research and see if I can get the results I'm looking for.
It would be very helpful and much appreciated if some members who trim their own horses could offer me some pointers. Hopefully the pictures I've taken are adequate for a critique. I've only done the front two hooves for today, the back two will hopefully be done tomorrow. I will post each before and after picture together for a better comparison.
The last trim by John was 11 days ago. All pictures are taken with the camera on the floor.
Left front - before
Left front - after
Left front - before
Left front - after
Left front - before
Left front - after
Left front - before
Left front - after
Left front - before
Left front - after