Hi Melanie,
Thanks a lot!
It's Natalija from NHE who uses to help me with his feet. She's using the Strasser methods.
Yes, the blood appeared after cutting a little bit. I was trying to make the tip of the frog little bit lower, so it'd go down into the sole in the tip.
But how do you then deal with the frog, if it gets too high of big? Specially also on his hinds, the frog is very big, and near the heels it tends to cover the collateral groove - and that's not too smart, since dirt will get stuck. And it's also not good if it gets too high in the tip, so pressure will go right into the middle of the hoof?
I'll see if I can get pictures one of the next days.
Yeah, I could call the vet. I'm just a bit afraid of doing so, course I know she'll ask me who's fixing his hoofs. And she's very much against anything else than farriers with an education - she told me I should never ever use a barefoot-trimmer - and the fact is, as you know, that I'm doing it on my own, so I guess she'll probably get angry.
I'd like to maybe get an education some time - in barefoot-trimming. But the fact is, that I almost don't have any money. It's pretty critical actually...
And another thing is that there is nothing like that near the place I live. But if I'll ever get money enough, I guess I'll do it. Unless I find a perfect barefoot-trimmer to do his hoofs.
But what I have been doing since I started, was that I posted lots of pictures, and Natalija told me what to do. I posted new pictures, - and so on. I also studied in the internet, everything I could find, and learned a lot from Natalija. After a while I could comment his hoofs on my own, and tell her what I thought should be done - and everything was right. So that's why I started getting less help, and sending her less pictures.
But a farrier doesn't use the same techniques - and that's why I'm doubting if it would be a good idea? But sure, our previous farrier wasn't against not putting shoes on a horse.
- Emilie