LOL, my farrier was the nervous one. Had to give my pig 4 beers until he calmed down enough to lay down and let the man work. He was unsure of himself and wouldn't cut much. Took đ to the vet where they knocked him out and trimmed him up tight.
This was a horse that was put in a pasture for a long time without proper care. Wild horses cover a lot of miles in a day and the terrain naturally maintains their hooves
Mustangs(wild horses) are well known for having better feet than domesticated breeds. Itâs genetics. A horse that canât keep up with the pack is a horse who wonât be as likely to breed and pass on those weak genes. Also, there is the fact wild horses expose their feet to much more diverse terrain than a domestic horse living out its days in a nice field free of rocks and other debris that would otherwise do a natural job of sanding their hooves down.
Basically horses are animals that walk all day long, because their natural habitat requires it. Food is in one place and water is at a place far away from food so naturally they have to walk a lot, and generally the ground they walk on is very hard so their hooves get maintained by it. They walk and their hooves rub some of it off by each step.
My parents once bought a miniature horse that was left and ignored in a field that was over grown and that poor horse had hooves like this and the body was full of burrs. My dad ended up cutting his mane and tail off because brushing wasnât working and was just causing stress for him. As for his hooves, it took many visits from our farrier to get them in tip top shape again. We were so happy to have him and happy we were able to get him back to a healthy shape.
Is it anything like a dog's nails, where if they get too long the blood vessel/nerve grow out into the nail, so you can't cut too much back at once? With dogs you need to do it in phases and wait a week or so for the nerve/blood vessel to die back a bit. Like not mowing the grass too much at once.
Thatâs wonderful. I love it when humans can make up for other humans and show an animal how they deserve to be cared for. Makes me just fuckin happy.
Some horses are very non-chill. But imprinting on a foal by manipulating their legs and feet starts early so that they don't have to be trained heavily for it later.
Horse sex is sometimes like a mma fight but with no rules and sometimes there's sex. They'll kick each other in the head even when there is no sexy times on the table as well.
I would take a strong sense of pride in being able to do this as good as this individual. Farriers are what their professions called but I may be wrong.
Gotta start early. My cats hated for anyone to play with their toes but they were very well-behaved when I need to trim back those murder mittens. Grab em up, sit them down comfortably and use a firm tone of voice then praise the hell out of them when done!
I know this isnât painful. I swear to the gods I know. I know that this is a relief and the horse is probably like âneigh thank you hoooman neigh.â
Sadly, he does not. This farrier removed too much hoof material too quickly. This is an adjustment that shouldâve been made over multiple trims. Itâs going to cause a lot of full-body pain for the horse when an incremental trimming wouldâve been better.
Unfortunately, the horse will be in significant pain because this farrier was far too aggressive with trimming. Iâve witnessed this before, the horse stumbles and wobbles because their tendons and joints arenât used to such an immediate, drastic change. Itâs very painful and radiates throughout their entire body. The discomfort and will last for months, if not more. A proper farrier wouldâve trimmed them gradually to let the horseâs body acclimate to their fresh hooves.
How do these people know where to "stop" when cleaning? I imagine cutting too deep would cause immense pain? I feel like it would be similar to cutting off half a fingernail.
Certified farriers go through A LOT of training that teaches them the structure of the hoof, and how it affects everything above the hoof. There is a point where you can cut down to the nerve (colloquially called the quick, which is where we get the analogy for being hurt "cut to the quick"), but you'd have to be pretty ballsy to cut that deeply into the hoof. You're more likely to accidentally overtrim the frog, which is the v-shaped part of the hoof that is a softer tissue. Once you understand the basic shape of what a hoof is supposed to look like, it becomes more obvious how deep of a cut would be too deep. :) This farrier did each hoof with more than one pass to make sure there was still plenty of keratin.
This infuriates me. Someone basically slowly tortured that horse because they didn't/couldn't pay the $300-$400 it costs to properly care for their horse every couple months. It's kinda telling that he didn't reshoe the horse in the video. Ive been around horses quite a bit and I'm not an expert but my guess is that one hoof is so misshapen that even hotshoeing couldn't work for it.
How do the farriers know when the hoof is in the correct state? Are they measuring at some point, or are there specific anatomical features of the hoof they're looking for?
There are many things to look for when trimming a hoof. Iâve been a farrier for almost 20 years. I can generally just look at a hoof and know what to do to it.
(Disclaimer: I'm not a farrier. I watch a lot of farrier Youtube channels) Extremely likely. It takes many years of practice and study for farriers to become skilled in their field, and unskilled farriers can severely injure a horse if they don't do their job right. There's a lot of factors involved in trimming hooves, like the angle at which the hoof rests on the ground, the strength of the hoof wall, the correct type of shoe according to the horse's work load and frequency of work, therapeutic hoof trimmings/shoes for foot diseases and injury, the list goes on and on. A poor trim/shoeing job can affect all the joints in the leg negatively if it's bad enough.
Local farrier charges $60 to make a house call on my pig. Pretty sure that's his going rate for a quick trim on a horse. Hell, if it was 5x that much it would be a bargain for the work this guy did.
The level of trust a horse must have to the guy working his art must be unimaginable. This is a work of beauty and... Well, suppose "humanity" is the wrong word. But that. Just for horses.
Iâve always wondered about stuff like this? How to wild horses trim the hooves? What about sheep and fur. I know beavers keep chewing trees to trim the teeth.
They wear down naturally. I have to have my pig's hooves trimmed, but if he were running wild, covering lots of harder ground, it wouldn't be an issue.
A domesticated sheep in the wild will eventually die due to the massive weight an unshorn fleece can weigh (look up Shrek the sheep). Horses in the wild travel for miles and miles and the rough terrain wears down the hoof naturally.
Oh goodness you just KNOW that must feel so relieving for the horse. Poor baby was neglectedđą Farriers are doing Godâs work. The labor and leaning over for long periods of time is difficult on your back.
Watching him cut so far back is unnerving. The quick isn't that far back normally but those things were grown way out. I didn't see any cracks at least
When it first cut from the horse to the trimming, I was wondering what kind of contraption he was using the keep the horse's foot still while he was working.
On the last hoof I was like - with that length only hand saw would do. And the next second they cut it with a hand saw. Knew it! Watched so many hoof restoration video already, where is my hoof-tending diploma?
I love the wholesomeness of this video but seriously why waste people's time you only need to video one of the hoofs being trimmed, at that point we fully understand what it would be like to turn the next three and it's completely unnecessary to film it, secondly the entire point of this video is to give this horse some comfort and happiness, we the viewer are waiting for the end of the video to see the horse run away happily....
Not a horse person. This "care taker" that let this horse get into this condition should be shot in the face. Then rehabilitated and healed and shot in the face again.
The same way other wild animals wear down their nails: through use. A wild horse would run miles every day, through rock, grass, dirt, etc. whereas pet horses spend a lot of time just standing around in a nice squishy pasture without many abrasive surfaces to act as natural files.
Handling their hooves is part of the desentization process domestic horses go through before training. Since picking out hooves is part of the tacking-up routine, they're pretty accustomed to being handled and tolerate this just fine. Occasionally an overzealous farrier trims too far and causes tender hooves that a horse may remember and associate with being trimmed, so they need to learn to trust again, but usually they just get bored and fussy if a farrier takes too long.
OMG I felt sick when I saw their hooves like that, basically crippling them. I don't know how that happened but I'm so glad the hoof dude got them fixed up. Can you imagine the relief they felt??
Shoes on domestic horses are generally only needed for horses that regularly work on hard surfaces that wear their hooves down faster than they grow. Wild horses also typically don't have the same genetic issues like soft/easily-worn hooves that domestic horses can end up with due to breeding. Domestic horses sometimes end up with shoes not because they're wearing down faster than growing, because no hoof = no horse.
The natural terrain shapes their hooves as they travel. Domestic horses are usually just on grass so they don't have any rough terrain to shape their hooves
Wild horses put more miles on their hooves and typically cover rougher terrain than domestic horses. Their hooves wear and chip down, so they don't need trimmed. It's like the difference between a tradesman who works with their hands and never needs to trim their nails, vs an office worker who does.
Coming from someone who knows nothing about horses, how do you not get kicked? Iâd probably be quite nervous if some animal started cutting my nails with a big saw close to my foot
Please note these rules:
I know farriers know what they're doing but it always makes me nervous watching them work.
LOL, my farrier was the nervous one. Had to give my pig 4 beers until he calmed down enough to lay down and let the man work. He was unsure of himself and wouldn't cut much. Took đ to the vet where they knocked him out and trimmed him up tight.
Yes I thought he or she was going to injured themselves at any moment.
How do wild horses maintain their hooves?
This was a horse that was put in a pasture for a long time without proper care. Wild horses cover a lot of miles in a day and the terrain naturally maintains their hooves
Mustangs(wild horses) are well known for having better feet than domesticated breeds. Itâs genetics. A horse that canât keep up with the pack is a horse who wonât be as likely to breed and pass on those weak genes. Also, there is the fact wild horses expose their feet to much more diverse terrain than a domestic horse living out its days in a nice field free of rocks and other debris that would otherwise do a natural job of sanding their hooves down.
They are constantly on the move so the Hoff nail is getting worn down
By not living in a stable.
I was just thinking this.
My exact question
I came to ask this
They run
Basically horses are animals that walk all day long, because their natural habitat requires it. Food is in one place and water is at a place far away from food so naturally they have to walk a lot, and generally the ground they walk on is very hard so their hooves get maintained by it. They walk and their hooves rub some of it off by each step.
My parents once bought a miniature horse that was left and ignored in a field that was over grown and that poor horse had hooves like this and the body was full of burrs. My dad ended up cutting his mane and tail off because brushing wasnât working and was just causing stress for him. As for his hooves, it took many visits from our farrier to get them in tip top shape again. We were so happy to have him and happy we were able to get him back to a healthy shape.
Is it anything like a dog's nails, where if they get too long the blood vessel/nerve grow out into the nail, so you can't cut too much back at once? With dogs you need to do it in phases and wait a week or so for the nerve/blood vessel to die back a bit. Like not mowing the grass too much at once.
Thatâs wonderful. I love it when humans can make up for other humans and show an animal how they deserve to be cared for. Makes me just fuckin happy.
Wow this is satisfying to watch
The horse must feel great afterwards!
Agreed! I have watched more hours of horse and cow hoof trimming videos on YouTube than Iâd like to admit.
I need a new pair of wranglers
My tiktok is full of horse, donkey, mule hoof trimming and shoeing as well as treating injured cow feet.
Seriously!!!!!
Nate the good guy - if you like videos like this :)
I'm always amazed at how chill the horses are when getting this done
Some horses are very non-chill. But imprinting on a foal by manipulating their legs and feet starts early so that they don't have to be trained heavily for it later.
I suppose when every step hurts, you just let things happen instead of trying to get away.
Also sedation is always an option in extreme cases like this.
My cranky horse used to try to bite the farrier. Not because it hurt or anything, he just quite liked biting people.
Wait till you meet my wifeâs stroppy miniatures when the carrier comes.
This was a lot easier to watch than the stallion getting kicked in the head by the mare in heat.
Horse sex is sometimes like a mma fight but with no rules and sometimes there's sex. They'll kick each other in the head even when there is no sexy times on the table as well.
I would take a strong sense of pride in being able to do this as good as this individual. Farriers are what their professions called but I may be wrong.
Yup, the guy in the video is a farrier.
Youâre right.
Why the hell do I keep watching videos of horses getting pedicures đ©
If horses trust a human to do this, dogs need to step up their game a notch.
Right?! I was thinking my dogs wonât even let me touch their toe beans without flinching.
Gotta start early. My cats hated for anyone to play with their toes but they were very well-behaved when I need to trim back those murder mittens. Grab em up, sit them down comfortably and use a firm tone of voice then praise the hell out of them when done!
Fun fact: A Horseâs closest living relatives are rhinos and tapirs
Would pay to watch a farrier try and shoe a rhino. Just IMH is funny. But cool fact.
Weird. Youâd think theyâd be classed closer to other hooved ungulates like deer, sheep, and goats. I mean rhinos and tapirs both have foot pads.
I know this isnât painful. I swear to the gods I know. I know that this is a relief and the horse is probably like âneigh thank you hoooman neigh.â
I was wondering that, at what point is it not hoof anymore and becomes toe/foot?
You should shudder. This is an awful trim. Iâm a farrier, specializing in rehab, and that guy cut way deeper into the sole than he should have.
How did horses take care of their hooves before this became a practice? Or do wild horses just naturally have deformed hooves?
I had the same thoughts so looked it up:
Really hope he feels a lot better now
Sadly, he does not. This farrier removed too much hoof material too quickly. This is an adjustment that shouldâve been made over multiple trims. Itâs going to cause a lot of full-body pain for the horse when an incremental trimming wouldâve been better.
I guess I'd never seen neglected horse feet before.
It can get so much worse. Don't go digging for pics, trust me.
Kinda want to see the horse's reaction after it
Unfortunately, the horse will be in significant pain because this farrier was far too aggressive with trimming. Iâve witnessed this before, the horse stumbles and wobbles because their tendons and joints arenât used to such an immediate, drastic change. Itâs very painful and radiates throughout their entire body. The discomfort and will last for months, if not more. A proper farrier wouldâve trimmed them gradually to let the horseâs body acclimate to their fresh hooves.
How do these people know where to "stop" when cleaning? I imagine cutting too deep would cause immense pain? I feel like it would be similar to cutting off half a fingernail.
Certified farriers go through A LOT of training that teaches them the structure of the hoof, and how it affects everything above the hoof. There is a point where you can cut down to the nerve (colloquially called the quick, which is where we get the analogy for being hurt "cut to the quick"), but you'd have to be pretty ballsy to cut that deeply into the hoof. You're more likely to accidentally overtrim the frog, which is the v-shaped part of the hoof that is a softer tissue. Once you understand the basic shape of what a hoof is supposed to look like, it becomes more obvious how deep of a cut would be too deep. :) This farrier did each hoof with more than one pass to make sure there was still plenty of keratin.
This infuriates me. Someone basically slowly tortured that horse because they didn't/couldn't pay the $300-$400 it costs to properly care for their horse every couple months. It's kinda telling that he didn't reshoe the horse in the video. Ive been around horses quite a bit and I'm not an expert but my guess is that one hoof is so misshapen that even hotshoeing couldn't work for it.
I found the dog. There is always dogs around a trim like this. They LOVE to eat the frog pieces.
Eurgh I always found that so gross. Itâs toenail clippings!
"What are Thhoooose?"
Daaaam Daniel.
Are they your new trainers?
Poor guy
Thank God for Farriers, you do great things.
I watch a Scottish guy on YouTube called âThe Hoof Gpâ who travels around looking after cows feet, so fascinating.
I like Nate the hood guy more just because he gets right to it. I donât like all theâŠ. Extras
How do the farriers know when the hoof is in the correct state? Are they measuring at some point, or are there specific anatomical features of the hoof they're looking for?
There are many things to look for when trimming a hoof. Iâve been a farrier for almost 20 years. I can generally just look at a hoof and know what to do to it.
That looks like a workout
It's hell on the back and hammies!
What is the likelihood of a novice injuring a horse trying to do this?
Incredibly likely.
(Disclaimer: I'm not a farrier. I watch a lot of farrier Youtube channels) Extremely likely. It takes many years of practice and study for farriers to become skilled in their field, and unskilled farriers can severely injure a horse if they don't do their job right. There's a lot of factors involved in trimming hooves, like the angle at which the hoof rests on the ground, the strength of the hoof wall, the correct type of shoe according to the horse's work load and frequency of work, therapeutic hoof trimmings/shoes for foot diseases and injury, the list goes on and on. A poor trim/shoeing job can affect all the joints in the leg negatively if it's bad enough.
Love these videos! Out of curiosity how much do farriers charge for a case like this?
Local farrier charges $60 to make a house call on my pig. Pretty sure that's his going rate for a quick trim on a horse. Hell, if it was 5x that much it would be a bargain for the work this guy did.
Serious question: what do wild horses do when their hooves grow too long?
Put simply, they don't grow too long. Their hooves are worn down naturally from the distances they travel and the uneven terrain they travel across.
Damn, Iâm gonna go clip my toe nails now.
I can smell this video đ IYKYK
For sure! Especially that thrushy-looking part!! đđ€ą
I cannot believe how far I had to scroll to find this.
All these guys work at lightning speed.
Is natural terrain good enough to file these for wild horses? How do they typically deal with this outside of domestication?
Wild horses run so much they usually maintain a good hoof length. I imagine they also have a slightly different growth period.
I know exactly nothing about horses, beyond being able to tell the front from the back, or whether one is upside down. So this is a serious question:
The level of trust a horse must have to the guy working his art must be unimaginable. This is a work of beauty and... Well, suppose "humanity" is the wrong word. But that. Just for horses.
Equinity?
Incredible heart and skill. Thank you sir!â„ïž
I love these farrier videos!
On this episode of how fucked up is fucked up
Thsnkyou for your service.
Iâve always wondered about stuff like this? How to wild horses trim the hooves? What about sheep and fur. I know beavers keep chewing trees to trim the teeth.
They wear down naturally. I have to have my pig's hooves trimmed, but if he were running wild, covering lots of harder ground, it wouldn't be an issue.
A domesticated sheep in the wild will eventually die due to the massive weight an unshorn fleece can weigh (look up Shrek the sheep). Horses in the wild travel for miles and miles and the rough terrain wears down the hoof naturally.
I love these trim videos and I love popping videos idk why
Is it just me or did he neglect to trim the back left hoof? It needed trimming as well.
How do they know when to stop and does this hurt the horse??
Any HoofGP fans here?
Oh goodness you just KNOW that must feel so relieving for the horse. Poor baby was neglectedđą Farriers are doing Godâs work. The labor and leaning over for long periods of time is difficult on your back.
Watching him cut so far back is unnerving. The quick isn't that far back normally but those things were grown way out. I didn't see any cracks at least
Do you have to worry about cutting them too short??
Yes. Certified farriers go through schooling to teach them about the hoof and how it affects everything above it.
Forbidden coconut
Anyone got a better version? Y'know? With a better format and not unnecessarily sped up?
This is some good horse ASMR
Know nothing about horses, but my heart still hurt for this precious creature. God bless the people who helped him.
Show the horses being happy after!
Poor thing. Glad to see it get taken care of.
People that donât take care of their animals piss me off
The Hoof GP on YouTube, became one of my covid lockdown obsessions for awhile
I still watch him regularly. I work from home, and videos like his keep me productive.
Serious question, how did wild horses live without someone trimming up their hooves...?
Came here to ask this
In the wild, horses cross varied terrain which helps keep the wall of the hoof naturally trimmed down.
this video is produced like it was a renovated kitchen with those before and aftersđ
Great job to the farrier! That horse is so much happier, but it saddens me he suffered for so long. Again, awesome work.
When it first cut from the horse to the trimming, I was wondering what kind of contraption he was using the keep the horse's foot still while he was working.
I am not a horse, and I like this
On the last hoof I was like - with that length only hand saw would do. And the next second they cut it with a hand saw. Knew it! Watched so many hoof restoration video already, where is my hoof-tending diploma?
Horse hooves? Bro they are full shoes
Such a relief... and satisfying to watch
I was really hoping to see the horseâs mane flying as it runs off into the sunset at the end.
I wanted to see him trot off - like I just got my nails done and I feel fantastic
I love the wholesomeness of this video but seriously why waste people's time you only need to video one of the hoofs being trimmed, at that point we fully understand what it would be like to turn the next three and it's completely unnecessary to film it, secondly the entire point of this video is to give this horse some comfort and happiness, we the viewer are waiting for the end of the video to see the horse run away happily....
This behooves me.
Does this happen to wild horses?
How do they survive in the wild?
They are naturally worn down by rough surfaces. Horses get like this video when they are kept in soft fields and barns.
What happens with wild horses?
Not a horse person. This "care taker" that let this horse get into this condition should be shot in the face. Then rehabilitated and healed and shot in the face again.
What are thoseeeeeee
I have little to no knowledge of equestrian life, so i am interested in knowing the following. How do wild horses take care/trim their hooves?
The same way other wild animals wear down their nails: through use. A wild horse would run miles every day, through rock, grass, dirt, etc. whereas pet horses spend a lot of time just standing around in a nice squishy pasture without many abrasive surfaces to act as natural files.
So the horse will always let themselves?
He was upgrading from horseshoes to horseboots
I'm saying ow ow ow ow
What do wild horse feet look like?
Much better, as they move all day and don't stand in a stable or small field.
oddlysatisfying
About halfway into the video I started seeing the scars on the farrier's leather chaps. Yup. Those are necessary!
I don't know why but I fucking love watching that shit.
The horse just lets him do this? Is this something youâd have to get a horse used to over time?
Handling their hooves is part of the desentization process domestic horses go through before training. Since picking out hooves is part of the tacking-up routine, they're pretty accustomed to being handled and tolerate this just fine. Occasionally an overzealous farrier trims too far and causes tender hooves that a horse may remember and associate with being trimmed, so they need to learn to trust again, but usually they just get bored and fussy if a farrier takes too long.
Thatâs doody all up in there.
Never saw a horse's hooves look like that before in my life. Unbelievable.
OMG I felt sick when I saw their hooves like that, basically crippling them. I don't know how that happened but I'm so glad the hoof dude got them fixed up. Can you imagine the relief they felt??
Shoes on domestic horses are generally only needed for horses that regularly work on hard surfaces that wear their hooves down faster than they grow. Wild horses also typically don't have the same genetic issues like soft/easily-worn hooves that domestic horses can end up with due to breeding. Domestic horses sometimes end up with shoes not because they're wearing down faster than growing, because no hoof = no horse.
I must object that this didnât end with an exhilarated prance around the paddock!
That horsie's footsies must have felt so good after. That dude is a saint.
How do wild horses take care of their hooves?
The natural terrain shapes their hooves as they travel. Domestic horses are usually just on grass so they don't have any rough terrain to shape their hooves
Thatâs seems like a pretty chill horse
Why do they need horse shoes in the first place?
Thank you for posting this. That was incredibly interesting.
So if that horse wanted, that guys balls are toast. Right?
How did wild horses manage before people trimmed their hooves? Anyone know?
Wild horses put more miles on their hooves and typically cover rougher terrain than domestic horses. Their hooves wear and chip down, so they don't need trimmed. It's like the difference between a tradesman who works with their hands and never needs to trim their nails, vs an office worker who does.
This always freaks me out because I donât know how to tell whatâs safe to take off and whatâs foot.
There is something so satisfying about watching this work be done. Iâm glad this horse is now feeling much better!
My fiancée likes videos of pimples being popped. For me, it's cow and horse hooves being trimmed.
Serious question here. How do wild horses trim their hooves?
What happens in the wild
is it painful for them to walk if they dont have horse shoe?
Itâs weird that humans go to salons to get fake overgrown nails put on but yet we cut real overgrown nails on other animals.
And Iâm over here terrified Iâm going to nip my pups vein while Iâm trimming her nails đ
oddlysatisfying
Bravo!
I could watch this all day
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ql9AFOAefcw
At what point does the horse decide to stay still for this? It's clearly been neglected so suffering people would seem stressful for them.
I gotta imagine this felt incredibly relieving to the horse. Kind like getting dead skin and calluses scraped off during a pedicure?
This is so satisfying to watch, is there a sub specifically for this type of videos?
Seems almost like you need a tool like a small belt sander except the horse might not like it
Oddly satisfying
I dont do this work at all.
Jeez. Poor horses. Good good people.
That smell! My grandpa taught me hoove trimming but I refuse to do it because of the smell
These videos are so satisfying.
I somehow got addicted to horse pedicure videos somewhat feel-good videos :)
Coming from someone who knows nothing about horses, how do you not get kicked? Iâd probably be quite nervous if some animal started cutting my nails with a big saw close to my foot
I swear. My back already hurts from looking at that pose.
Is this painful for the horses?
This must feel so good to the horse đ
Horse hooves always look like coconuts to me
That was an oddly satisfying video!
Does this hurt the horse, or is it kinda like clipping fingernails that have grown too long on humans?
Every time he uses a sharp tool, I wince at the thought of it going too deep into the hoof. Good thing it doesnât.
How deep can you cut before the nerves get hit? I feel like it would be easy to do, kinda like clipping dogs toe nails. Am i wrong?