How to Pick Up a Horse’s Feet (STEP-BY-STEP GUIDE)

How to Pick Up a Horse's Feet | Being able to pick up a horse's feet safely and easily is an important skill for every horse owner to have. In this video, I show you the best way to pick up any horse's feet!
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[@bookjockey6018]

Tucker is just so patient and chill, so well-trained. Ultimate vlog pony!

[@MRizwan-pj9qy]

You are great teacher and my favourite teacher

[@lshea1949]

I like how you “slowed” down the process and carefully replaced the picked up hoof - plus you encourage just the picking up or just the shifting of their weight as progress - mission accomplished. This was very helpful as I tend to get way too far ahead into the cleaning of the hoofs before my young horse knew what his role was. Thank you

[@brigettemarold2050]

Thank you for providing advice that isn’t “wrap a rope around it”. I’ve been looking for good advice for my abused pony (she hates having her feet handled) and so many people have told me that. I want her to be used to me doing it, not a rope!

[@jvagar1852]

Tucker is great and I like how he follows your guidance. I would find significantly more helpful to see how to do this, step by step, with a horse that’s never picked its feet before. Seeing how to keep safe when the unexperienced horse kicks with the hind legs, or how to manage the weight of a horse that leans in you. Thank you for your videos! Terrific channel. Subscribed!

[@patricia102588]

Nice I have a horse lesson today and my horse never picks up her foot and I always need help :p so ty

[@CarmellaAbel]

Hi Alyssa! Glad I could be of help!

[@WebOfTwilight]

I was able to use your tips to pick up the feet of my uncle's mules! I was so proud of myself! Thank you!

[@taryn4984]

Congratulations on 2k subscribers 🎊🎉

[@CarmellaAbel]

Thank you!

[@tombotelevision2616]

Thank you So much!!! Very helpful, as I am embarking on a path of equine massage therapy, after 40 years of humans... Ive gone on to bigger and better animals!!! Will continue to watch and gather helpful information.

[@kathynash2752]

Thank you so much for sharing your video and your knowledge. I appreciate it bc I needed to learn how to bc our old pony just hates being touched on her feet .

[@christinesibona6553]

What a beautiful setting!

[@kaygibson1842]

Hi from New Zealand.. Calmness you have plenty of,, which is great for the horses chance to learn.. I had to learn to drop my shoulders.. Lol.i think I projected upness to my horse all those years ago when I first got her..still have her, she's been my best friend. Thank you.. Your style is great..

[@sandyverwys770]

Well done video! And ...you are blessed with a very good boy there!

[@ahbarrelracing338]

This was soo helpful!!

[@michelletrombley9960]

tucker is a really good boy

[@OfficialNeonSky]

Holy hellfire a channel that ask for a like and subscribe near tthe end i love it you get my sub

[@patricialeighty1614]

This is an excellent video

[@margaretselby2277]

Thank you.

[@elainemurphy4587]

👍

[@alyssal362]

Ik how to but I need tips on the back feet

[@faychapman3575]

My new horse is barefoot and I've never had a barefoot horse before. She is 4yrs old and lives out. Is there anything I should do different or keep and eye for? Any advice would be greatly appreciated! I loooove your channel ❤️

[@CarmellaAbel]

Hi Fay! Congrats on your new horse! All the horses I've had have gone barefoot. The great news is that they can't go pulling off shoes 🙌 I would just watch out to see if your horse's feet get tender or sore. Many horses that have gone barefoot their whole lives tend to have strong feet! I would just check for hoof bruises and soreness, as some horses get this on different terrain.

[@katiebug1783]

Great video is tucker a blanket Appaloosa?

[@CarmellaAbel]

He is! Not sure of his exact breeding; I want to eventually get a DNA test for him. He has a really thick mane and tail, so I think there is something else in there 😂

[@DebsInManchesterUK]

how did you get your horse to ground tie

[@yerebiz9545]

My new horse refuses to give me his foot, ive tryed lots of diferent ways

[@cassietilley8074]

Same my horse rio does that to

[@christopherbritt506]

😅

[@faychapman3575]

When I rub my hand down to my horses fetlock on their right leg she kicks her belly? Should I be concerned? I only got her 2 days ago so we are still getting to know each other. She is 4yrs so still quite babyish. Loooove your content! Xx

[@CarmellaAbel]

Hi Fay! She could be doing this to escape the pressure on her leg. First, I would try just holding a lunge whip on her leg. As soon as she stops kicking, release the pressure by removing the lunge whip, then try with your hands. I think she just has to learn was behavior you are asking for!

[@faychapman3575]

@@CarmellaAbel perfect thank you. I tried the lung whip trick yesterday and she was fine then she did let me pick up 3 out of 4 so yay! Thanks again x

[@Gabihorse]

My mare will still try to kick me, with the front or hind legs.. even after desensitized with hands. Rope.. I use my legs and feet to rub her legs .. She will let me even brush her legs with rasp and normal brushes.. but she really tries to kick me

[@marybethgutstadt4624]

How do I pick up my horses feet if I am left handed? It feels awkward holding the horses foot to clean it with my left hand and cleaning with my right.

[@mileynavarrete3106]

When right handed people are on the other side and have to pick up with there right they just reach over? One side would be on your left?

[@jam_jam8997]

what if you are are worried the horse is gonna bite you? thats my fear........

[@lizxu322]

They are more likely to kick than bite...and I should know, got kicked today while trying to get my mate to lift up her foot. Ouch, in hospital rn

[@whathappenedwas7083]

Why does the captions always say hook and not hoof 😂 good information otherwise!

[@bradmetcalf7832]

Well I guess I'll be the one to disagree with your method but your asking to get run over or kicked IMHO. The first thing we were taught at shoeing school was proper hoof handling because as a farrier you are not always going to get horses that stand like yours! I stand at about 45deg to the horse when picking up feet and the hand that is not picking up the foot is on his body this way I create distance between my self and him. If for some reason he would spook or try to run over me my arm will cause him to push me away as he moves. On the hind feet you are picking them up with the wrong hand and standing way to close! If picking up left hind foot my left hand is on his him and my right hand travels down his hip to his lower pastern and I'm keeping my legs as far away as possible. I raise his foot and bring it forward as far as possible then bring my left thigh in while getting my left bicep on the inside of his thigh. Now if he tries to kick he has to push me forward with his foot and no way he can get me. This is coming from a guy that graduated OHS 35 years ago and only had two mules get me using this technique.

[@valsptsd814]

Thank you! I have been taught so many ways. And I prefer to watch the farriers. Just casually be in the area to see how they handle horses they don’t know. I have seen one farrier get a pretty hearty bite in the ass. But, she was done with being patient. She got a break. He hooted a bit. He worked for about five more minutes. Not that she needed the hoof care. She just needed to know that wasn’t how to get out of hoof care. It was so hard not to laugh. She was ground tied. It looked fake, it was so cartoonish. I know this mare well. She is half a lap dog. Rear feet give me the most trouble. If I get it off the ground, I have to wrangle my body to find a comfortable spot. I am not a large person. A repeated thing, in multiple horses has been, when they are done with me, I find them leaning weight on the leg. Any suggestions?