BAREFOOT BASICS

When giving a horse a barefoot trim, Certified Journeyman Farrier Lee Olsen prefers to just keep it simple.

[@gruingas]

"God had a good plan when he built the horse."

[@lareemcra347]

Please make a video on how you trim to cure underrun heels.

[@delberth.atcitty9141]

Great explanation buddy. I've yet to attempt to at least file on my horse, still working up the courage. Your video cleared up some of my questions. Thanks.

[@gerrycoleman7290]

Taking less is better than taking too much. Get the hoof knowledge, then you will have the confidence to do a good job.

[@lorenzowilliams2433]

You make it look fun. Thanks for sharing.

[@SamB-fv6su]

You make that look so easy Lee Such a professional!

[@andreaburton4691]

Wow such a great, simple explanation. Thank you!

[@Paul11B2P]

Outstanding video. Great information and very well presented. Thank you.

[@williebell1331]

Good educational video. Lee used the visual prop which I appreciated

[@terrilewis172]

Super explanation and demonstrates how important a really good trim or shoe is to each horse depending on use.

[@efklijzing]

thank you very much. very clear, no noise. In the explenation as well as in what I am allowed to see. Thank you. Sincerely yours, Ernst, Amsterdam, the Netherlands

[@joannamcguire4103]

Great video

[@sadmusic2122]

thanks for very helpful.video i was struggling about the toe and bringing it back under my Curly horse came to me.with cloven hooves i bought her sight unseen. almost there she doing great after a scare last year with a crack and farrier dug her hoof out way deeo in two places....now she only trusts me to do her hoofs after 6 months to get her pick her hoof up because of that.

[@marcopolo2418]

I'd definitely want this guy triming my feet if I was a horse lol

[@KylieElsley-zq3sh]

I loved this video it was really good😍 Can you do a video on the hoof anatomy

[@Jack-rh5br]

Awesome !

[@CeritaBudakKampung]

thx for sharing

[@gaylecheung3087]

Awesome

[@thisirishcobcan]

So if the toe area is more prominent than the heels, would you rasp the toe callous down to create better hoof/pastern axis?

[@jamessamuel7497]

Hi Lee when you said in the video , " checking my heel length" What are you looking for exactly ?

[@YOYO-ew8mp]

Wish we had cowboys in the uk 😂

[@marcopolo2418]

Why do we have to trim them? What happens to wild horses feet?

[@RaniTanny]

Hiya. Am just learning - theory only. Lots of different IDEAS how to trim etc. One thing I keep seeing hearing different thoughts: Flares (to rasp or not) frog (lower, equal or higher than rest of hoof. What is YOUR thought on it - please❤

[@gerrycoleman7290]

Looks like you left some flair to the side on the horse's right front hoof.

[@tennesseegirl5539]

Does the trim angle matter to different breeds? Farriers around here say, saddle breeds, have to be trimmed different.....I'm about to go barefoot and just trying to get answers to alot of crap I've been taught. They say it affects gait....

[@ryanneh3028]

I am also curious about this. I know my trotters feet are totally different from my saddlebreds feet...

[@tennesseegirl5539]

@@ryanneh3028 my girl has been barefoot since September and she's doing great so far!

[@Jack-rh5br]

No, the trim doesn't make the horse gait. It's the way you ride and a lot of them just gait naturally.

[@tennesseegirl5539]

@@Jack-rh5br I didn't say gait. What I meant was: Does the ANGLE affect the gait ??? My horse GAITS regardless. Lol she is a Walker. But never mind, that comment was a year ago. I'm pleased and already have the answer to my question, but thanks anyway

[@calicohorses9925]

Love how you believe that God created the horse and his hoof, perfectly created!

[@Jack-rh5br]

I need a Barefoot trimmer in N. FL please.

[@heidim928]

Max 4 wk sched will help you get ahead of the flare. That's why you have a crack in his toe. Taking too little will cause that

[@drleo2641]

Seems like the horses like it. I guess after time they realize what it does. Plus they get any annoyances out of their hooves

[@uglytruth4467]

what is the average cost horseshoeing class?

[@ronparandes4957]

ya i dont know where you come up w/ frequent trim only or why letting a foot grow a liittle wont work,frequent trim is best if its needed but what does wont work mean?? and for gem girl ,once afoot is in the air how can foot angles affect flight patterns?? it cant, this has been a repeated case of non sense for many years

[@basitalidogar]

What about wild horses. They live in jungle, do they need this shoe cure thing?

[@sidilicious11]

Wild horses travel a lot an,d build strong healthy hooves that naturally wear and self trim. Some that live on softer terrain will get longer hooves and break off instead of grind down from rocks.

[@kota9906]

What a great explanation! Although I have to ask, you kept saying "45". Were you talking about a 45 degree bevel all the way around the hoof or 45 degree walls? Also, you specifically said not to take your nippers into the white line. Is that so the frog and white line can be flat? Would excess white line be taken down with the rasp since it's not getting trimmed? And why don't you want to get too carried away with the bars? Wouldn't leaving them too long cause bruising? How do you know when they're short enough? I've been having problems with my mare so I'm trying to learn as much as I can. Thank you so much!

[@lareemcra347]

This same guy has another video where he uses a torch to burn the sole, then cuts it out hollow, because he says there cannot be sole pressure. A commenter said if your horse has a lot of built up sole and you hack it out the horse can go "dead lame". Other people say you cannot achieve concavity in a horse's foot by trimming. Use common sense. If the hoof walls are so long that your horse is standing on them and nothing else, trim them down even with or close to even with the sole and round off the sharp edges. Clean out the foot and trim the frog to be about the same height as the walls. Trim the bars to a normal shape with your knife. You cannot know the palmar angle without an x ray. But your goal should be that the hoof angle is close to the pastern angle, and the heel angle will likely be a bit less but similar. A bad smell is usually a sign of thrush. I have seen quite a few horses made lame by over trimming, none by not trimming quite enough.

[@kota9906]

@@lareemcra347 As long as there's a huge crack between the heel bulbs, there is a high chance of things getting "clogged" with bacteria growing and causing thrush, on top of the bad smell. A healthy horse should never get so long that they're standing on wall and nothing else because walking around will wear them down, plus that would be very hard (if not impossible) to nail to. What is a "normal shape" for the bars to be? My horse's feet lie so much, it looks like you're taking live sole but it's actually toe. I've noticed a trend in farriers only looking at the horse's sole, not checking the angles and then saying "my tools cannot physically get in there to take more down", even though I've watched barefoot people trim without a problem. I've met many horses who are bruising terribly and even a few of them, abscessing because of how long "professionals" have let them grow.

[@JohnDavis-yz9nq]

Like 90% of shoers he leaves a horse high on the outside. I could see that with the camera shot down the foot. Actually most horses should be left high on the inside. With that big hat on he can’t get in there and see what he is doing.

[@TightwadTodd]

I think your numbers are exaggerated but,,i do agree about the hat..Ive never known any full time professional Farrier,to wear a big brimmed hat...

[@ronparandes4957]

this is an oversimplification in explanation and because this foot required only a small amount of work, horses for 40 million years did not need shoes,all animals on the planet EVER BEEN up to present times no shoes and regardless of all the non scientific reasons offered horses ALL HORSES antwhere on this planet do not need shoes and they are the direct cause for ring bone side bone navicular issues etc etc etc, UNLESS YOU THINK MOTHER NATURE DOES NOT KNOW WHAT SHE IS DOING?? i have a good answer to all the nay sayers and counter arguments ron at 603 852 1219 and im not selling anything, regards ron parandes

[@JohnDavis-yz9nq]

@@TightwadTodd My numbers are not too exaggerated. I’ve taken and taught 5 people to shoe horses. 4 of them straight out of shoeing schools and ever one of them had a tendency to leave the foot high on the outside. My shoeing technique calls for just the opposite. I want my horses left a little high on the inside unless? If you have seen as many feet that I have you can be five feet away and tell what a person is doing with that foot.

[@JohnDavis-yz9nq]

@@ronparandes4957 90% of horses nowadays don’t need shoes if people would maintain the feet every 3 to 4 weeks. I am talking religiously though. A light trim every 3 to 3 1/2 weeks. The problem is people will look at the feet and not trim them think that they can go longer. That won’t work.

[@TightwadTodd]

@@JohnDavis-yz9nq I disagree with both of you on certain points..If those Horses,run on the same terrain,that they are being ridden in,then maybe,but most dont.For instance,horses kept in confinement and run on soft or even irrigated pastures or otherwise moist,environment,will not harden or toughen up to take hard and abrasive ground..Now,lets throw in,the added weight of tack and rider,it not only over stresses those hooves,but those hooves will wear faster than they can reproduce and create soreness and lameness.I grew up around Wild horses my entire life and have started more of them than i can recall..I can tell you,that on the terrain of the great basin,that usually by the third ride outside,they were starting to show soreness..

[@GardensoftheAncientsHerbal]

Use rubber for horses. Stop metal shoes....