COWBOY SHOEING
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nmhighdesert
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nice pictures haymaker, when are you going to show us the camera gal? Surely she cant be a leftover from halloween. I just bought me one of those hoofjacks a couple months ago, sure easier on my back.
Faster horses
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So that's what you were doing over at the farriers website!!!!!
Thanks for the pcitures haymaker. How long did it take you
to shoe that bay horse?
One question, is that front shoe pulled in that close to the back
of the frog? I think you don't want that, wide heels are desirable
because the foot will grow to the shoe and contracted heels
could be the result of doing that. But then again it could be the camera angle.
Gene Ovnick, famous farriar and he's a master at this trade...I saw his name mentioned quite a lot over at that farriars website, when we were worried about ya...
anyway, Gene shod horses at our place every two months for at least
5 years when we were in W. Montana. We rounded up every problem
horse in the valley and he saved most of 'em. Anyhow, he says,
"wide heels." We had someone shoe our horses for a long time in
Wyoming and he stood those horses up and pulled their heels in.
Not something you want to do...
Thanks for the pcitures haymaker. How long did it take you
to shoe that bay horse?
One question, is that front shoe pulled in that close to the back
of the frog? I think you don't want that, wide heels are desirable
because the foot will grow to the shoe and contracted heels
could be the result of doing that. But then again it could be the camera angle.
Gene Ovnick, famous farriar and he's a master at this trade...I saw his name mentioned quite a lot over at that farriars website, when we were worried about ya...
anyway, Gene shod horses at our place every two months for at least
5 years when we were in W. Montana. We rounded up every problem
horse in the valley and he saved most of 'em. Anyhow, he says,
"wide heels." We had someone shoe our horses for a long time in
Wyoming and he stood those horses up and pulled their heels in.
Not something you want to do...
Big Muddy rancher
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What amazes me is the tail gate of that Mule didn't fold up with that anvil sitting on it. :shock: 
Faster horses said:
Takes about an hour and a half to do it right,you are so right about contracted heels,I shoe full and leave enough shoe for heel expansion,I like my shoes pretty close to the heel,but not so close that they are trappy.
good luck
That anvil only weighs 70 lbs big dummie :roll: put my shop anvil on there and I would agree,but this lil anvil has seen quite a few tail gates & miles since I bought it about a year ago.Big Muddy rancher said:What amazes me is the tail gate of that Mule didn't fold up with that anvil sitting on it. :shock:
good luck
burnt
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HAY MAKER said:
What - it gets thirsty too?
Big Muddy rancher
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burnt said:
Haven't you ever heard of a "Party Anvil" :lol: :lol:
Faster horses
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Shoeing has to be some of the hardest work a person can do.
Good for you, haymaker, for taking that on.
Good for you, haymaker, for taking that on.
Faster horses said:
Yes its hard work epecially with young horses but I know how I want my horses shod,so I just do it myself,do the families and a couple neighbors when I caint get out of it,some time soon they are gonna hafta get them a shoer,gettin too long in the tooth for the young horses.
good luck
Faster horses
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Yep. The good shoers around here refuse to do 'bad' horses.
Just not worth the effort. When we were in W. Montana, land of
many rocks, our horses got shod so much that when you wanted
them to pick up their feet, you tapped their leg and they obliged.
When we got here, our shoer told us ours was the best horses
he had ever shod. They were so light and never leaned on him;
he showed me once that he could hold Dan's (a great gelding)
foot up with his finger...
People should teach their horses to stand on three legs and not
lean...it's not that hard, but seems to elude most people...
Just not worth the effort. When we were in W. Montana, land of
many rocks, our horses got shod so much that when you wanted
them to pick up their feet, you tapped their leg and they obliged.
When we got here, our shoer told us ours was the best horses
he had ever shod. They were so light and never leaned on him;
he showed me once that he could hold Dan's (a great gelding)
foot up with his finger...
People should teach their horses to stand on three legs and not
lean...it's not that hard, but seems to elude most people...