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DAE remember the old guy who told me to stop rasping the hoof wall so thin?
I used to rasp the wall down until it looked perfect, you know, nice and clean. An old farrier named Hank out of Cheyenne watched me do a trim on a lame mare and just shook his head. He said, 'Boy, you're taking off the only thing that was holding her together.' I was pissed at first. But I tried leaving just a little more wall and sole for 3 shoeings on that same horse. The mare trotted out sound the next visit and the owner noticed. So now I keep a little more wall thickness on thin-soled horses. Anyone else get a piece of advice that stung but actually worked?
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lisab3220h ago
Watched a buddy of mine go through the same thing with a gelding that kept throwing shoes. He was obsessed with making the hoof look textbook pretty, rasping and nipping until it was all clean lines. His mentor told him flat out that he was trimming for the photo instead of the horse. He swallowed his pride and left more foot on the next cycle, and dang if that horse didn't hold shoes way longer after that. Funny how the ugliest trim sometimes fixes the lamest horse.
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