How to Pick Up a Horse’s Feet (STEP-BY-STEP GUIDE)

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  • How to Pick Up a Horse's Feet | Being able to pick up a horse's feet safely and easily is an important skill for every horse owner to have. In this video, I show you the best way to pick up any horse's feet!
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  • @bookjockey6018
    @bookjockey6018 3 роки тому +4

    Tucker is just so patient and chill, so well-trained. Ultimate vlog pony!

  • @MRizwan-pj9qy
    @MRizwan-pj9qy 4 роки тому +6

    You are great teacher and my favourite teacher

  • @patricia102588
    @patricia102588 4 роки тому +6

    Nice I have a horse lesson today and my horse never picks up her foot and I always need help :p so ty

    • @CarmellaAbel
      @CarmellaAbel  4 роки тому

      Hi Alyssa! Glad I could be of help!

  • @lshea1949
    @lshea1949 2 роки тому +3

    I like how you “slowed” down the process and carefully replaced the picked up hoof - plus you encourage just the picking up or just the shifting of their weight as progress - mission accomplished. This was very helpful as I tend to get way too far ahead into the cleaning of the hoofs before my young horse knew what his role was. Thank you

  • @brigettemarold2050
    @brigettemarold2050 3 роки тому +2

    Thank you for providing advice that isn’t “wrap a rope around it”. I’ve been looking for good advice for my abused pony (she hates having her feet handled) and so many people have told
    me that. I want her to be used to me doing it, not a rope!

  • @jvagar1852
    @jvagar1852 2 роки тому +5

    Tucker is great and I like how he follows your guidance. I would find significantly more helpful to see how to do this, step by step, with a horse that’s never picked its feet before. Seeing how to keep safe when the unexperienced horse kicks with the hind legs, or how to manage the weight of a horse that leans in you. Thank you for your videos! Terrific channel. Subscribed!

  • @taryn4984
    @taryn4984 4 роки тому +3

    Congratulations on 2k subscribers 🎊🎉

  • @WebOfTwilight
    @WebOfTwilight 2 роки тому +1

    I was able to use your tips to pick up the feet of my uncle's mules! I was so proud of myself! Thank you!

  • @tombotelevision2616
    @tombotelevision2616 11 місяців тому

    Thank you So much!!! Very helpful, as I am embarking on a path of equine massage therapy, after 40 years of humans...
    Ive gone on to bigger and better animals!!! Will continue to watch and gather helpful information.

  • @kathynash2752
    @kathynash2752 Рік тому

    Thank you so much for sharing your video and your knowledge. I appreciate it bc I needed to learn how to bc our old pony just hates being touched on her feet .

  • @kaygibson1842
    @kaygibson1842 3 роки тому

    Hi from New Zealand.. Calmness you have plenty of,, which is great for the horses chance to learn.. I had to learn to drop my shoulders.. Lol.i think I projected upness to my horse all those years ago when I first got her..still have her, she's been my best friend. Thank you.. Your style is great..

  • @sandyverwys770
    @sandyverwys770 Рік тому

    Well done video! And ...you are blessed with a very good boy there!

  • @OfficialNeonSky
    @OfficialNeonSky 2 роки тому

    Holy hellfire a channel that ask for a like and subscribe near tthe end i love it you get my sub

  • @michelletrombley9960
    @michelletrombley9960 3 роки тому

    tucker is a really good boy

  • @christinesibona6553
    @christinesibona6553 3 роки тому

    What a beautiful setting!

  • @ahbarrelracing338
    @ahbarrelracing338 3 роки тому +1

    This was soo helpful!!

  • @patricialeighty1614
    @patricialeighty1614 Рік тому

    This is an excellent video

  • @faychapman3575
    @faychapman3575 4 роки тому +1

    My new horse is barefoot and I've never had a barefoot horse before. She is 4yrs old and lives out. Is there anything I should do different or keep and eye for? Any advice would be greatly appreciated! I loooove your channel ❤️

    • @CarmellaAbel
      @CarmellaAbel  4 роки тому +3

      Hi Fay! Congrats on your new horse! All the horses I've had have gone barefoot. The great news is that they can't go pulling off shoes 🙌 I would just watch out to see if your horse's feet get tender or sore. Many horses that have gone barefoot their whole lives tend to have strong feet! I would just check for hoof bruises and soreness, as some horses get this on different terrain.

  • @alyssal362
    @alyssal362 3 роки тому +1

    Ik how to but I need tips on the back feet

  • @margaretselby2277
    @margaretselby2277 3 роки тому

    Thank you.

  • @DebsInManchesterUK
    @DebsInManchesterUK 4 роки тому +1

    how did you get your horse to ground tie

  • @katiebug1783
    @katiebug1783 4 роки тому +1

    Great video is tucker a blanket Appaloosa?

    • @CarmellaAbel
      @CarmellaAbel  4 роки тому +3

      He is! Not sure of his exact breeding; I want to eventually get a DNA test for him. He has a really thick mane and tail, so I think there is something else in there 😂

  • @faychapman3575
    @faychapman3575 4 роки тому +1

    When I rub my hand down to my horses fetlock on their right leg she kicks her belly? Should I be concerned? I only got her 2 days ago so we are still getting to know each other. She is 4yrs so still quite babyish. Loooove your content! Xx

    • @CarmellaAbel
      @CarmellaAbel  4 роки тому +2

      Hi Fay! She could be doing this to escape the pressure on her leg. First, I would try just holding a lunge whip on her leg. As soon as she stops kicking, release the pressure by removing the lunge whip, then try with your hands. I think she just has to learn was behavior you are asking for!

    • @faychapman3575
      @faychapman3575 4 роки тому +1

      @@CarmellaAbel perfect thank you. I tried the lung whip trick yesterday and she was fine then she did let me pick up 3 out of 4 so yay! Thanks again x

  • @yerebiz9545
    @yerebiz9545 4 роки тому +5

    My new horse refuses to give me his foot, ive tryed lots of diferent ways

  • @elainemurphy4587
    @elainemurphy4587 Рік тому

    👍

  • @Gabihorse
    @Gabihorse Рік тому

    My mare will still try to kick me, with the front or hind legs.. even after desensitized with hands. Rope.. I use my legs and feet to rub her legs .. She will let me even brush her legs with rasp and normal brushes.. but she really tries to kick me

  • @marybethgutstadt4624
    @marybethgutstadt4624 3 роки тому

    How do I pick up my horses feet if I am left handed? It feels awkward holding the horses foot to clean it with my left hand and cleaning with my right.

    • @mileynavarrete3106
      @mileynavarrete3106 Рік тому

      When right handed people are on the other side and have to pick up with there right they just reach over? One side would be on your left?

  • @jam_jam8997
    @jam_jam8997 3 роки тому +1

    what if you are are worried the horse is gonna bite you? thats my fear........

    • @lizxu322
      @lizxu322 3 роки тому

      They are more likely to kick than bite...and I should know, got kicked today while trying to get my mate to lift up her foot. Ouch, in hospital rn

  • @whathappenedwas7083
    @whathappenedwas7083 3 роки тому +1

    Why does the captions always say hook and not hoof 😂 good information otherwise!

  • @bradmetcalf7832
    @bradmetcalf7832 Місяць тому +1

    Well I guess I'll be the one to disagree with your method but your asking to get run over or kicked IMHO. The first thing we were taught at shoeing school was proper hoof handling because as a farrier you are not always going to get horses that stand like yours! I stand at about 45deg to the horse when picking up feet and the hand that is not picking up the foot is on his body this way I create distance between my self and him. If for some reason he would spook or try to run over me my arm will cause him to push me away as he moves. On the hind feet you are picking them up with the wrong hand and standing way to close! If picking up left hind foot my left hand is on his him and my right hand travels down his hip to his lower pastern and I'm keeping my legs as far away as possible. I raise his foot and bring it forward as far as possible then bring my left thigh in while getting my left bicep on the inside of his thigh. Now if he tries to kick he has to push me forward with his foot and no way he can get me. This is coming from a guy that graduated OHS 35 years ago and only had two mules get me using this technique.

    • @valsptsd814
      @valsptsd814 25 днів тому

      Thank you! I have been taught so many ways. And I prefer to watch the farriers. Just casually be in the area to see how they handle horses they don’t know.
      I have seen one farrier get a pretty hearty bite in the ass. But, she was done with being patient. She got a break. He hooted a bit. He worked for about five more minutes. Not that she needed the hoof care. She just needed to know that wasn’t how to get out of hoof care. It was so hard not to laugh. She was ground tied. It looked fake, it was so cartoonish. I know this mare well. She is half a lap dog.
      Rear feet give me the most trouble. If I get it off the ground, I have to wrangle my body to find a comfortable spot. I am not a large person.
      A repeated thing, in multiple horses has been, when they are done with me, I find them leaning weight on the leg.
      Any suggestions?