Helpful videos, I'll check out more of them.. Now I'm not a farrier, but been shoeing my horses for almost 25 years. Now a horse hoof outside surface wall generally needs to be filed as the grow dis- proportionally thick mostly forward..maybe the Mule doesn't (?). but must keep in mind that the foot will grow unevenly in most cases, and those shoes have been on for a few weeks (?) and it's right to look them over, but they might have been better set when the shoeing job was completed too.. also It looked to me that the shoer didn't set the front shoe too far back, but the front shoe was 1/2 size too large which caused it to extend back too far.. The 4 vs 6 nails per foot might very well vary with the shoe manufacture's hole placements of that chosen model shoe.. now please pardon me.. I have a new mule that I need to trim and shoe
Hello Steve, I acquired a very fat mule this week and he came with one of your saddles, and a fine leather breaching. I’m learning to set it up. Your commentary based on experience is useful and valid. I’ve shod professionally for around 12 years and in spite of the negative contrarian comments of others I see merit in several points you make about the way that mule was shod and what you observed and why you think what you do. Thankyou for the videos - Cale Danielson Danielson Forge LLC Ames Iowa
When you expect the animal to do what it ought to be accustomed to doing and it objects, 2,3 or more times in a row - there may be something wrong or going on that you are just not aware of, yet. So think it through and look it over and be patient until you find what the animal is objecting to.
Howdy Paul, thanks for watching. This is a very short clip from a much longer clinic. Yes, the animal is telling you lots by his behavior and we have that full picture before we started this clinic. We made one small excerpt to focus on this particular portion of shoeing.
Have you not heard of a high/low problem? 4 nails is fine for most. The reason you had troubles with that mule is because you were too far laterally and distal. Another thing, equine tend to hrow more laterally anyways. You made that good mule a pos even though the owners said the farrier has no problem.
Hi Aaron, thanks for watching. Just sharing what has worked for me over these years. If you've got something that works better for you, keep doing that. Have a good one!
Obviously you can't make that meal comfortable lifting its legs like that we should do dozens and dozens of mules and don't have that problem but don't do it like that either
@@texasviking1 Not very well, a little. I think I was referring to this guy randomly lecturing to a group about shoeing. How could they possibly benefit from this? Edit: I was being sarcastic
There is absolutely no need whatsoever to shoe a mule. A mule's hooves are much harder than a horse's. I've had mules for twenty years and never shoed them.
Unfortunately my mule is tender footed on rocks and gravel roads. So much depends of the ground they are kept on and the grounds you will then cover with weight on them
Helpful videos, I'll check out more of them.. Now I'm not a farrier, but been shoeing my horses for almost 25 years. Now a horse hoof outside surface wall generally needs to be filed as the grow dis- proportionally thick mostly forward..maybe the Mule doesn't (?). but must keep in mind that the foot will grow unevenly in most cases, and those shoes have been on for a few weeks (?) and it's right to look them over, but they might have been better set when the shoeing job was completed too.. also It looked to me that the shoer didn't set the front shoe too far back, but the front shoe was 1/2 size too large which caused it to extend back too far.. The 4 vs 6 nails per foot might very well vary with the shoe manufacture's hole placements of that chosen model shoe.. now please pardon me.. I have a new mule that I need to trim and shoe
Hi UT! We talk about this around the 9:30 minute marker in this video, czcams.com/video/d3sfqJRxmn0/video.html
Hello Steve, I acquired a very fat mule this week and he came with one of your saddles, and a fine leather breaching. I’m learning to set it up. Your commentary based on experience is useful and valid. I’ve shod professionally for around 12 years and in spite of the negative contrarian comments of others I see merit in several points you make about the way that mule was shod and what you observed and why you think what you do. Thankyou for the videos
- Cale Danielson
Danielson Forge LLC
Ames Iowa
When you expect the animal to do what it ought to be accustomed to doing and it objects, 2,3 or more times in a row - there may be something wrong or going on that you are just not aware of, yet. So think it through and look it over and be patient until you find what the animal is objecting to.
Howdy Paul, thanks for watching. This is a very short clip from a much longer clinic. Yes, the animal is telling you lots by his behavior and we have that full picture before we started this clinic. We made one small excerpt to focus on this particular portion of shoeing.
Have you not heard of a high/low problem? 4 nails is fine for most. The reason you had troubles with that mule is because you were too far laterally and distal. Another thing, equine tend to hrow more laterally anyways. You made that good mule a pos even though the owners said the farrier has no problem.
Hi Aaron, thanks for watching. Just sharing what has worked for me over these years. If you've got something that works better for you, keep doing that. Have a good one!
I’ve always picked thier hind feet up same as a horse never had a problem. But I’m no mule man either but somehow shoe a lot of them
Obviously you can't make that meal comfortable lifting its legs like that we should do dozens and dozens of mules and don't have that problem but don't do it like that either
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Let's all tell the farrier how to do their job.
Do you know the difference between horse feet and donkey?
@@texasviking1 Not very well, a little. I think I was referring to this guy randomly lecturing to a group about shoeing. How could they possibly benefit from this?
Edit: I was being sarcastic
Thanks for watching, Lynn.
Hate someone that's only looking to cuss a farrier, hate them worse when they obviously don't know crap
Do you know?? Because I bet you don’t know jack shit.
I wonder what the people in the group took away with them?
We talk about this around the 40 minute marker here, czcams.com/video/3GVNHd92JKc/video.html
There is absolutely no need whatsoever to shoe a mule. A mule's hooves are much harder than a horse's. I've had mules for twenty years and never shoed them.
Hi Andrea, thanks for watching.
Doesn't it depend on what you're using them for?
Unfortunately my mule is tender footed on rocks and gravel roads. So much depends of the ground they are kept on and the grounds you will then cover with weight on them
Go back to shoeing school
If you have a farrier that doesn’t know the difference between mule / donkey feet and horse feet you damn sure don’t want them working on their feet.
We talk about this around the 50 minute marker here, czcams.com/video/A17sy41srtM/video.html