Daisy's hoof progress! - Donkeys & Mules - Donkey & Mules - Horse Community, Horse Pictures, Horse Forum and Information

Posted : 9/19/2009 11:04:13 PM

Daisy has been trimmed 3 times since I've had her ( 5 months), I think her hooves are really starting to come along. the previous home she had only recorded that she had been trimmed ONCE in 08!!! and i bought her 1/3 of the way into 2009!!

so her little neglected hooves are finally getting the attention they need. They're still very dry - doing water baths & hoof maker. But we've seen HUGE improvements in her sole thickness & growth in general. Her first trim they could barely trim the backs because she showed pink spots almost instantly.

My trimmer uses abrasive trimming on Daisy

danastark

Posted : 9/20/2009 5:18:23 AM

Wow! Her feet look so much more comfortable now ':)'

I bet she feels sooooo much better ':)'

Have any pictures of the whole donkey?

Fancymules

Posted : 9/20/2009 4:09:50 PM

They look SO much better ! Don't get them to short though, Donkey hooves are deeper cupped than a horses hooves are.

akyramoto

Posted : 9/20/2009 4:36:14 PM

yup! my trimmer does donkey's specifically, although she does trim her horses hooves too

here's Daisy 'big' LOL

akyramoto

Posted : 9/20/2009 4:37:48 PM

here is a shot of what her backs looked like when I first got her

akyramoto

Posted : 9/20/2009 4:46:29 PM

here's a link to a video of abrasive trimming. I took this at a donkey hoof trimming clinic - the guy trimming is my trimmer's husband. ':)'

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1gzHHwxINrE

danastark

Posted : 9/21/2009 4:09:18 AM

She's so beautiful and shiny! Thanks!!

akyramoto

Posted : 9/21/2009 5:12:30 PM

Heres a couple fun ones

BuckskinsRock

Posted : 9/25/2009 5:00:45 AM

wow thats awesome......so was this done by geting feet trimes every 6 weeks i have a mare that when she came to me she has a club foot we have been trimming her every six weeks like my other mare and it looks better but should it start looking like they are growing out better i have to get a pic of it ...wow awesome her feet look amazing she is beautiful

akyramoto

Posted : 9/25/2009 5:09:57 AM

[quote=BuckskinsRock]

wow thats awesome......so was this done by geting feet trimes every 6 weeks i have a mare that when she came to me she has a club foot we have been trimming her every six weeks like my other mare and it looks better but should it start looking like they are growing out better i have to get a pic of it ...wow awesome her feet look amazing she is beautiful

right now she's on a 4 week schedule, in the beginning it was about 5 or 6 weeks. we found out 7 was way too long ( i had went on vacation).

we're having a problem with Daisy's front toes from her pawing too much. currently working on a larger pen, and changing up her feeding schedule - 3 meals/day rather than two. It seems like she gets anxious around dinner time & thats when she starts pawing ( she does it with some serious intention), my trimmer is worried about the constant wear on her toes.