• Apr. 21, 2009
The Horses Have Their Hooves Done
I have to hold Ima's tail back so that she doesn't hit the shoer.
It really hurts when her tail hits you!!!
The shoer is filing Ima's hooves.
Look, at all of the tools the shoer uses to trim
and shoe the horses' hooves.
Doesn't Ima's hoof look beautiful?!
This is where all his tools go.
Time to trim and shoe the front hooves.
This is the forage. It makes the shoe red hot, so that the
shoer can hammer them into the shape he needs.
The shoer is hammering the now flexible shoes into the
shape he needs.
Then he places the still some what hot shoe
on the horse's hoof. After that he nails the shoe
on the horse's hoof.
Comments
• May. 13, 2009
Shoes for a Horse
Posted by Miss Kirsten
Joy,
I have always wanted to see how you shoe a horse and now you have shown me exactly how it works through pictures and words. Your entries are just like a well done documentary. I wonder how expensive it is and how often a horse needs to be tended to. What happens to wild horses who never get shoes? I like how you always add a clear picture of the tools needed - such as in picture number three. You have also consistently done this in previous entries such as pie baking etc. The large emery board in picture number four looks daunting. This whole process is basically a horse pedicure isn't it? Do they every have their "nails" painted? Nice overall job Joy. Thank you for sharing.
