Farrier - D R R Wheeler Dipwcf

08/02/2024

A clean tidy refit - if it isn’t broken, don’t fix it.

08/02/2024

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Thank you to Christian Strandoo - the website man 💻 👍🏼

Go check it out!

Norfolk Farrier

19/12/2023

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28/11/2023

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17/10/2023

Availability to take on more clients - Norfolk/Suffolk.
Please get in touch for prices and availability.

17/10/2023

Cold & Hot Shoeing - do you know which foot was shod cold? Left or right? 🤷🏼‍♂️
There are benefits to both methods of shoeing wether it be hot or cold, a farriers forge will heat a shoe to approximately 1800 Degrees Fahrenheit. This enables the shoe to be moved and shaped to fit the foot with ease, and any modifications like “clipping” shoes to be made. When a hot shoe is burnt on a foot a farrier can see true representation of “fit” and the burn ensures 100% foot - shoe contact. Amidst the smell and smoke it is a favourable method to fit shoes.
Cold shoeing also has its benefits, especially with young or “green” horses who may be a little unsure of the process. The shoe can still be shaped in a similar manner it will just take a little more hitting. Your environment is also to be taken into consideration, if shoeing in a box amongst bedding on a race yard it may not be a sensible idea to take a hot shoe in the box!
With 2022’s record breaking summer I took it upon myself to predominantly cold shoe for that period to reduce fire risk with our tinder surroundings and fire services under great stress!

22/08/2023

12 weeks in cast.. Tabaraak is back too it 👍🏼

29/06/2023

A handmade “Hospital Plate” gone on today, for ease of treatment and to protect this mare’s puncture wound during recovery. Wishing her a speedy recovery! 🤞🏼 🚑

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13/06/2023

Here’s interesting! A horse I have posted before. - note how that when shoes are removed it’s preferred spot, is to use this slight raise in the concrete surface to relax some discomfort in the caudal hoof area - in the second picture I have recreated this stance using a graduated pad.

Not only is it important to watch horses move, but sometimes things can be just as clear in a static observation as the horse adjusts to find comfort.

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22/05/2023

Before and after 📷 On the rare occasion where there really isn’t much to nail too.. a hoof cast is a go to 👌🏻 a similar material as to when a broken bone is healing, this provides a “false wall” to nail too. This will now be left on for a prolonged period, in hope to reveal enough foot growth upon removal to go back into standard shoeing.

11/05/2023

Pads and dental impression flying on in the sunshine

11/05/2023

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03/05/2023

Check out Instagram for further posts and things I see on the daily 👍🏼📷



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15/03/2023

As a farrier, the importance of the ability to make, modify and fabricate shoes to benefit the horses comfort and performance is a key skill obtained, wether it be to make a pair of shoes for a remedial case or a slight modification to a machine made shoe out the van to slightly change the gait.

14/03/2023

Not all horses need shoes!
This little foot belongs to a cob I visit on a 7 week cycle, here he’s ready for a trim.
Excess sole, frog and bars will be trimmed to allow dirt and stones to exit the foot naturally and his medial/lateral balance restored to ensure even take off and landing, eliminating unwanted stress and shock throughout the limb.

26/02/2023

Dental impression and wedged 3d printed pads for this low heeled flat footed thoroughbred.
Mustad Hoofcare Stromsholm Farriers Supplies Jim Blurton Farrier Products 3D HoofCare

14/02/2023

🤍 Happy Valentine’s!

26/01/2023

Currently taking on new clients 🐴 👞
Don’t hesitate to get in touch regarding availability and prices.

25/06/2022

SPAVIN - some handmade shoes going on to assist with an osteoarthritic condition within this horses hock.

10/04/2022

Well done to Lucie Waterman and It’s Blue Smoke - 2 red rosettes and youngstock champion at Anvil Park Stud AND two more red rosettes at the Wymondham young farmers horse show today!
And another well done to Jessica wheeler and Fred, a 1st and Reserve champion today at the Wymondham young farmers horse show. 🏆 🎈

06/03/2022

A little restoration on a new one to me last week - a well overdue case makes for a pleasing before and after! I’m sure he appreciated it.

16/02/2022

Taking on new custom in Norfolk & Suffolk

07/02/2022

A pair of hoof casts applied to this retired, foot sore horse. This horse had a poor quality of horn with not enough wall to nail too, so the casts were applied for comfort and the cycle extended to hopefully reveal some nice new growth underneath the casts for next time 🤞🏼

03/01/2022

A pleasing “before and after” on a Hunter coming back into work after a summer off

17/12/2021

A pair of handmade lateral extension hind shoes gone on to make this horse more comfortable by changing weight distribution. These shoes will also help prevent the horses tendency to “brush” by widening the gait during locomotion preventing injury to itself.