Managing hoof care can be challenging. Often, the horse is not the issue. Horse owners sometimes have varying levels of knowledge and different backgrounds. Nancy Rich-Gutierrez shares why farriers often must explain what they’re doing and why.
Source: Horse Network, October 1, 2017.
Horses in the wild don’t need their hooves trimmed because they walk all day and wear them down. Domesticated horses need their hooves trimmed because when people keep the horses confined and feed them well, their hoof growth outpaces the rate at which they can wear them down on their own.
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