How to Shoe Your Mule: What You Need to Know

Your mule and your donkey need to have shoes. There are many who will say that there is no need to shoe and I have never found that to be the case.
It is very important for your mule, for your mule’s safety, for your safety, and for the overall health and wellness of your animal that you keep shoes on your animal.
In this video Steve Edwards from Queen Valley Mule Ranch shows you how to shoe your mule safely and properly.
He covers alignment, trimming, nailing, disengaging the hip to lift the rear leg, and getting the mule to relax so you can move his feet.
The right amount of nails along with the placement allow safe contraction for the mule’s feet. Four nails is a proper amount in the mule’s feet.
Get Steve’s full length shoeing instructional video on his website, muleman.co/2o5Fmol
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[@caledanielson1193]

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

[@pauldow1648]

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.

[@muleranch]

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.

[@Min-vj4yg5yd3j]

👋👋👋

[@aaronlewis9921]

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.

[@muleranch]

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!

[@jeffjustus]

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

[@edcauslouski9778]

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

[@Tubarao2920]

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[@andreadecarlo6084]

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.

[@muleranch]

Hi Andrea, thanks for watching.

[@lynnehuff9659]

Doesn't it depend on what you're using them for?

[@jakeweber3598]

Hate someone that's only looking to cuss a farrier, hate them worse when they obviously don't know crap

[@texasviking1]

Do you know?? Because I bet you don’t know jack shit.

[@lynnehuff9659]

I wonder what the people in the group took away with them?

[@muleranch]

We talk about this around the 40 minute marker here, kzbin.info/www/bejne/aXi5f3uabpd9gcU

[@lynnehuff9659]

Let's all tell the farrier how to do their job.

[@texasviking1]

Do you know the difference between horse feet and donkey?

[@lynnehuff9659]

@@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

[@muleranch]

Thanks for watching, Lynn.

[@dannywells9764]

Go back to shoeing school

[@texasviking1]

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.

[@muleranch]

We talk about this around the 50 minute marker here, kzbin.info/www/bejne/d2KapKxqZtilqq8