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barefootedhorses@yaho...
Feb 1, 2006 8:16 am
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LOVE my hoofjack!!!! I never use nippers as I trim at least every 4 weeks (spring time even more often) to maintain the "natural" hoof. I have a favorite...
Hi Dorothy! I'm Dennis from 30 Mi. N. of Reno. I trim my MFT horses and use the hoofjack. I like it! Incidently the best price I've found for it is at...
Hi I've used both and the hoofjack is a must. It will save your back! It lets you do more horses in a day too. As for the compound nippers with replaceable...
Dorothy, You might consider a power grinder. They work very well, cut the trimming time significantly, and allow you to hold the hoof with one hand and the...
I never use nippers, either. I think the rasp you mean is the Save Edge. That's the one I use, too, and really like it. Good luck with the cert program, we...
Thanks Dennis.....good info. I'm having a birthday next week and think I will treat myself to a hoof jack...all I've gotten on it are good comments. It is the...
Hi, I also have the hoofjack and love it. It didn't take my horses long to figure out how easy it is to just rest their foot on it for me. Bonnie gave you a...
Hello barefootedhorses, this is just a short report of our rides at the Louisiana Gumbo ride on January 21 and 22. I don't know where everyone went on this...
I just checked out country supply and they say the hoof jack is discontinued? [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]...
SarahColli@...
Feb 2, 2006 2:24 am
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Hello Dorothy, try soaking the hooves before trimming especially if it hasn't been raining for a couple of days before trimming. I had to resort to that this...
Just be careful with the power grinders and drumels, they conduct a lot of heat and it is pretty easy to "oops" especially when the hooves are winter wet. ...
Hi Bonnie, Congrats to you and your Husband and all the others riding barefoot. That must have been a lot of fun. I live in LA, where was this ride? I don't...
Good idea for summer around here....we are desert. This winter though we have had the second year of extra water from the skies.....got almost the entire...
Ditto on the Hoof Jack... a good investment. The only thing I have found is with babies and now my old mare I am going back to between the knees instead of...
Any tool can be overdone but I haven't had any "oops" situations . As far as the heat issue goes: 1) do not use a fine grit, it will generate more heat. Use 40...
Hello Mary, The ride was a couple of miles from Ft. Polk near Leesville, LA. The ride was an AERC (American Endurance Ride Conference) sanctioned ride. Their...
Hello Dorothy, Well, I sure don't miss mud. I had enough of that back when I lived in Ohio. Here the soil drains pretty well due to the rocks. It just rained...
Hello Mack, This was AERC, I don't do CTR as there are too many rules, and I can't use the hoofboots I like to use in NATRC rides. Though I hear they might...
I've done the same thing. Except mine was sitting around and didn't cost. It probably would help to bolt it to a small piece of plywood to give it more...
Can I get the contact info on some barefoot trimmers in Missouri that are qualified to deal with mechanical founder caused by poor trimming? I have a friend in...
Hello mstevegrrl, Where is she in Missouri? I might be able to help her out as I am trimming a foundered mare I purchased with good success. Or I might be...
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