06/25/2024
A draft cross mare from today first time shoeing her I’ll say nothing 🤦🏻♂️…
J McCormick Farriery IMF DipWcf
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Qualified farrier from the Republic of Ireland currently hold the IMF,EFFA & DIPWCF diplomas
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06/25/2024
A little quarter horse cross mare coming off years of barefoot trimming done by her owner previous shoes were done by me just to give us something to work with her feet were so worn down and npa on all 4 when xrayed .. that was just 3 weeks growth and nothing only toe growing no heel !! this is shoeing number 2 in pads .. good results I think and some free advice don’t join a Facebook group to learn how to trim your horses feet and think the people in the group know what they are talking about it’s a recipe for disaster ..
06/25/2024
An old retired fella with some tricky feet and legs . first photos are from the first visit he was being barefoot trimmed and it wasn’t agreeing with him shod him a few times just to get something to work with . I don’t know if it will make much of a difference to him just wanted to try a little experiment and see would his feet have a positive response to this set up !! Casted and toe clipped them just to give his feet a break from nails and quarter clips and see what happens
06/25/2024
Lateral and medial extensions for A very young and very crooked foal . His near hind cannon bone is basically warped and then his feet are windswept from left to right this foals leg probably should have been casted or splinted sooner rather than later but this owner lives in a very rural part of British Columbia and there isn’t many equine vets unfortunately because this isn’t a joint issue in my opinion this is the cannon bone is warped … he had a couple of foals like this and best assumption the vet could come up with is the horses are watered with water from a man made lake from flooding mines and that some sort of heavy metals or other materials could be in the water and could potentially have impacted the development in the mare because it’s unusual in my experience to do multiple foals at the same place with the same problem and quite a severe problem so I’d be inclined to agree .. waters samples and blood samples were taken & tests are being done to see whether that theory is correct . I probably trimmed somewhere around 150 or more foals a year all through my time as an apprentice (between my master and my own work) and only ever seen one leg quite as bad as this don’t be fooled by the after picture it’s looks good but it’s still fairly wonky !! I’m sure there is some genius barefoot trimmer out there who could fix this with a sharp rasp some turmeric and a few tarot cards good luck with that 😂
06/25/2024
Hoofcast for A horse back from Florida whose feet were “tired” from nails and pulled shoes foot might look nailable but most of that foot just crumbled the minute you tried to nail it !!
06/25/2024
Lots of horses not liking the hard ground In The last 2/3 weeks !!
06/25/2024
Hospital plate for a mare that had a piece of infected pedal bone removed surgically .. nothing fancy as had to move quick as possible lots of people and vets waiting around and this mare is not super friendly just to make it even easier !! My first time making one from scratch on my own . Frog support pad on the supporting limb so we don’t get any issues on that side ..
06/25/2024
Tell me your hind end is sore without telling me . A set toe with lateral support . the modified toe is to help protect the toe from being worn or damaged by the horses abnormal movement
06/25/2024
Everyday work on a dressage pony
06/25/2024
An older laminitic mare who was feeling the hard ground …
06/19/2024
I have a few openings for clients around Langley ,Ladner & Abbotsford
04/29/2024
For the next few months apart from work related calls I’ll be pretty busy so don’t take it personally if I don’t take your call but I’ve things to do and they won’t be done by talking about them ..
04/23/2024
Couple of horses that were pretty badly broken back that I’ve been working on just recently got x rays for these horses so we can adjust shoeing plans for them moving forward and hopefully see better improvements over the next few shoeings ….
04/23/2024
A horse with a shopping list of issues like a lot of issues .. has what looks like old coffin bone fractures to the back portion of the bone .. this horse won’t be doing much work for the next while till we see if his feet and palmar and plantar angles improve so we skipped the sliding plates this time around ..
04/23/2024
Hunter jumper pony needing a little extra help this week …
04/23/2024
Before and after featuring Florida diving boards …
04/23/2024
Dressage horse with some pretty awful x rays .. broken back on all 4 feet be a miracle if he’s got half way comfortable !!
04/23/2024
Another new one to me young horse with multiple issues .. don’t know what the pins are in aid of but not super for joints ..
04/23/2024
A dressage horse with a lot going on .. surprisingly way more broken back than his hoof capsules would lead you to think wedged pads and wedged shoes …
04/23/2024
Big shoes for a big mare .. Bevelled lateral branch because she’s ridiculously hard on the lateral sides of her feet .. 15 & 3/4” of 1”x1/2 … they certainly aren’t lookers but they’ll help I’m way out of practice ..
04/23/2024
Riding school pony done recently needing a little extra help and protection so he got it …
04/23/2024
Fairly new horse to me only shod him once before this an absolute mess very base narrow heel bulbs nearly deformed looking there is probably an inch in the difference of his heel bulbs and it was worse at the first shoeing inside heel floated strongly as I could this time this fellas a stallion and very highly strung is prone episodes of acting out the results being shoes lost so can’t get too ambitious with it .. crazy to think this horse jumps bigger fei classes with feet like this
04/23/2024
Just a little different we are not a fan of long toes around here ..
04/23/2024
Barefoot not agreeing with with this small show hunter pony ..
04/23/2024
Something I’ve wanted to do to a lot of horses I’m being presented with toe clipped hinds on a dressage horse but sometimes people are worried about looks .. this mare has pretty straight limbs but her feet are toed out and it’s more of a foot balance issue from what if seen (there’s a lot going on with these feet)and for me it’s easier to fit the medial toe and quarter of a hind foot with a toe clip it’s not much only a couple of millimetres but sometimes that’s all it’s takes to make a difference ..
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