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Shoe Your Horse Properly
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Horse shoeing is a vital procedure and one should be careful and fully prepared when about to shoe the horse. It is better to trim each hoof so that the hoof can achieve its perfect orientation on the ground. The main aim of the farrier should be to put emphasis on the trimming of the shoes so that the horse can almost feel itself to be barefooted. One should measure the hooves in such a way with a rule or tape so that sizes of the shoes can be more but not less than required size. If the shoes are larger, later the farrier can trim the shoes to size with the help of some basic tools like pliers, rasp or a die-grinding tool. Basically there are nine important steps to be followed to fit the shoes with the hooves.

First of all there is requirement of the measurement of the hooves on the widest portion. One should use the white line for marking to know whether pre-feb nail holes are well adjustable. It is a job of a farrier to hold the shoe against the hoof to check properly whether there is proper sizing. If necessary one should take steps to reset the nail holes. Once nailing is done counter sink them in a tidy manner. You should keep in mind that any loose nail will be much detrimental to the protection of the hooves of the horse.

After a vast survey it has been found that all sorts of physical discomforts like lameness, inflammation of the organs or tender-footedness to name a few have a strong connection with the removal of horse shoes. After shoeing is completed one should let horse adjust to the new state if there is any major change to the way the horse is normally shoed etc..