Comments on: Granite Chief’s Hooves 12/16/2009 http://enduranceridestuff.com/blog/2009/12/granite-chiefs-hooves-12162009/ miscellaneous musings about horses, health and life in general Fri, 04 May 2012 23:32:12 +0000 hourly 1 By: Jonna http://enduranceridestuff.com/blog/2009/12/granite-chiefs-hooves-12162009/comment-page-1/#comment-4641 Jonna Fri, 18 Dec 2009 17:15:12 +0000 http://enduranceridestuff.com/blog/?p=4646#comment-4641 Thanks Karen. I couldn't tell from the picture! I also have to use a gauge. JB's feet can be really deceiving! We'll be trimming horses this weekend. I might do a post on it with photos as well and do a compare between Maggie and JB. I love your photos and posts. Keep them coming! Thanks Karen. I couldn’t tell from the picture! I also have to use a gauge. JB’s feet can be really deceiving! We’ll be trimming horses this weekend. I might do a post on it with photos as well and do a compare between Maggie and JB. I love your photos and posts. Keep them coming!

]]> By: kchaton http://enduranceridestuff.com/blog/2009/12/granite-chiefs-hooves-12162009/comment-page-1/#comment-4625 kchaton Thu, 17 Dec 2009 17:56:59 +0000 http://enduranceridestuff.com/blog/?p=4646#comment-4625 KD - your horses can have great feet in FL too! Each place has it's own unique challenges along with pluses and negatives. This time of year can be tough on their feet when they are in snow, ice and mud for weeks on end. When things do dry out they need some time to dry out and adjust to going over some of the hard rocky terrain that we go over. I did a little more work on one front hoof this morning. I didn't like how it looked in the photo last night <g>. I often do that, going back and rechecking a day or two later and doing some more tweaking. Jonna - the brown thing you see is a hoof gauge. It measure the angle of the hoof. I don't work on enough horses feet to be able to just look visually and see how close their angles are. So I use tools - the hoof gauge and also a measure that is made to fit in the hairline and show me the toe length. For example, with Chief his front feet are usually at 55 or 56 degrees and the hinds are within one or two degrees (steeper) of that. Toe length is usually 3 1/4".</g> KD – your horses can have great feet in FL too! Each place has it’s own unique challenges along with pluses and negatives. This time of year can be tough on their feet when they are in snow, ice and mud for weeks on end. When things do dry out they need some time to dry out and adjust to going over some of the hard rocky terrain that we go over.

I did a little more work on one front hoof this morning. I didn’t like how it looked in the photo last night . I often do that, going back and rechecking a day or two later and doing some more tweaking.

Jonna – the brown thing you see is a hoof gauge. It measure the angle of the hoof. I don’t work on enough horses feet to be able to just look visually and see how close their angles are. So I use tools – the hoof gauge and also a measure that is made to fit in the hairline and show me the toe length. For example, with Chief his front feet are usually at 55 or 56 degrees and the hinds are within one or two degrees (steeper) of that. Toe length is usually 3 1/4″.

]]> By: Jonna http://enduranceridestuff.com/blog/2009/12/granite-chiefs-hooves-12162009/comment-page-1/#comment-4622 Jonna Thu, 17 Dec 2009 15:07:39 +0000 http://enduranceridestuff.com/blog/?p=4646#comment-4622 Hi Karen- In one of the photos, there is a brown plastic thing you have laying on the bottom of his hoof. What is that? Hi Karen-
In one of the photos, there is a brown plastic thing you have laying on the bottom of his hoof. What is that?

]]> By: funder http://enduranceridestuff.com/blog/2009/12/granite-chiefs-hooves-12162009/comment-page-1/#comment-4615 funder Thu, 17 Dec 2009 03:22:12 +0000 http://enduranceridestuff.com/blog/?p=4646#comment-4615 Lovely - thanks for sharing those! Lovely – thanks for sharing those!

]]> By: KD http://enduranceridestuff.com/blog/2009/12/granite-chiefs-hooves-12162009/comment-page-1/#comment-4614 KD Thu, 17 Dec 2009 03:04:29 +0000 http://enduranceridestuff.com/blog/?p=4646#comment-4614 Looks great! I've just started trimming my horses' hooves and am working on getting rid of the flares on my favorite mare. Our horses live on Florida sand so their hooves will never be as tough as yours, but they are are doing well barefoot. Looks like you were trimming in the snow. Looks great! I’ve just started trimming my horses’ hooves and am working on getting rid of the flares on my favorite mare. Our horses live on Florida sand so their hooves will never be as tough as yours, but they are are doing well barefoot. Looks like you were trimming in the snow.

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