That is amazing but sad at the same time. How long did you practice as a farrier?

@@Peterthefarrier I didn't, not professionally, as Uncle Jack wouldn't countenance it without my being registered and that was impossible even though he was sure I was perfectly capable of passing the WCF exams for what was then the RSS qualification. Quite right in so many ways - maintaining professional standards by examination, registration and so on is very important - but there were so many institutionalised restrictions of that type that although we railed against them, some of them just had to be accepted. It's really hard for people under about 50 to appreciate just how difficult it was for many women then. I even remember when, in the mid 1970s - as a medical physicist on a decent salary - I'd been instrumental in contracting equipment for a new departmental set-up of over half a million pounds (a lot of money then) and when I wanted to buy myself a TV on HP, I had to provide a male guarantor... I laugh about it now, even though it wasn't the least bit funny at the time. Being bitter doesn't do anyone any good. I just did my own horses and helped out friends. Had quite a few 'rescue' horses with terrible hooves bought very cheaply at auction, and sold them on fit and well after intensive hoof care. Later I travelled all over the world in my profession and I could often use my skills to make a small difference for local equines. When I came back to the UK, I'd always try to fit in some time with local farriers so as to keep up to date. I'm in my mid-70s now and past the handling of hooves except to examine them and clean them out! You have a northern accent - whereabouts in England are you?

LOVE your post! You ARE a trailblazer!

Thank you appreciate it.

Thank you 😊

I was thinking the same thing.

Yeah. They do great work in Idaho. Have you seen the Australians that get the acrylic to wrap all the way around?

Love that channel.

Thank you. A pony fell over on my arm bent it backwards a bit 😂. But I am ok thank you.

@@Peterthefarrier sounds painful 😣 glad your ok though

Thank you 😊

Thanks mate.

No, frequent shoeing would not have that effect; hooves are like people's fingernails. Some are thick and tough, some are brittle and tend to flake away. Assuming the horse is on a balanced diet (and she certainly looks in good nick), it's a genetic thing.

Thank mate. This is a new horse on my books and the owner just got the her. Hopefully with regular shoeing her feet will get better.

Looks like she has had a case of laminitis re upper rings on her hooves?

@@narellemacpherson6451 And stretched white line on the ground surface of the hoof. I'd be getting a pair of lateral & proximo-dorsal palmar distal oblique 65° x-rays done on both those front hooves to see the severity of the pedal bone hoof capsule displacement & to see if degeneration of the solar surface of the pedal bone is what's causing the sole attachment to the hoof wall to be compromised

@@carpathianken great to hear all the best with her

No not really you get used to working in that position. The only time I get a bad back is if I do to much work. But I guess that could happen in any job.

They were both brittle. I think it was the camera angle on the video. Both hoofs were not in the best condition.

With this hoof she needs regular shoeing. And maybe a supplement to help better growth.

We use something called Combat Boot for horses here in the US.

@@lenaadams786 you could add hoof filler but in my mind it is only masking what is underneath. I would prefer to let the hoof breathe.

@@Peterthefarrier needs a soak for white line disease/seedy toe.

Assuming she's on a balanced diet (and she certainly looks healthy), it's basically down to genetics.

White line disease. The horse needs a soak to kill the bacteria in the white line (space between the hoof wall and the inner structures of the hoof) so that the hoof can grow back healthy.