Ramsey Farrier Services

11/21/2024

11/07/2024

Big ol boy, Bessor😍 His feet had a big change after last nights shoeing.. He’s the new kid in town at one of my up north barns and was long over due for a pedicure and new set of kicks💅🏼👟 This sweet boy was wonderful to work with, can’t wait to see all the fun him and his new mom get up to at the shows next season🤗🤗🤗

10/28/2024

These two were the bestest undrugged “babies” ever for getting their feetsies done on Saturday🥰🥳 New shoes and pads for both girls, and they were SO GOOD about it!!! Thank you to my lovely handler/owner/trainer/client/loveofmylife for keeping us all safe and chill on a very chaotic day at the barn❤️

10/25/2024

Backwards shoe for this chronic laminitis horse🧲 “Why?” you might be asking…
Well! The backwards shoe provides relief where the horse is having the most pain, we take away any pressure on the toe laminae as well as increase the break over. It also acts as an egg bar shoe, which increases the support of the posterior foot and leg.

10/20/2024

Helping out a friend’s leased horse at the barn for a cycle while the owners farrier is out injured… I’d say we did some good things for this big sweet boy😇❤️ Took off some excess toe length, cleaned up his frogs, packed his gunky quarters with some , brought the support back under him, and gave him a little extra lateral support on the hinds😎💪🏼

07/31/2024

07/14/2024

Biiiiiiigg feeeeeeeet!!!!!!🦶🏼🦶🏼 I don’t normally work with drafts and I sure don’t ever shoe them, but this guy is pretty special!! He’s been a long time client for just trimming but now that his wonderful owner is ready to put him back to work and start riding again, we thought a full set would be the best protection for his giant cracky feet.. glad to say he was a perfect gentleman for the whole process 😍😍 Good Boy Remi!!!!🥳

05/08/2024

😳Todays project 😳

With some much needed help from the crew at Equus Veterinary Services, we were able to sedate, drop, saw, trim, and get this girl back on her feet. It was nothing shy of a few hour project, but we got it done💪🏼 I’m sure she’ll be walking much easier once she’s gets used to not having her flippers anymore.

04/27/2024

Baby Ellie’s first shoes 👠🥳🥹 Although I don’t love putting shoes on a rising 3 yr old, she’s got some thin soles and slightly low angles so we’re hoping to give her some protection with the as well as encourage some heel growth by stimulating her frog with the amazing flat pads. Need to get her angles nice and good and get the stress off her tendons so they can heal, and we can get back to learning our basics and playing with our friends in the field! 😆

03/22/2024

Knowledge sharing post No.1.

Digital/Phalangeal Alignment in a wet environment.
Pollitt and Hampson did a study at University of Queensland a couple of years ago.
They concluded the hoof wall has a constant moisture content. The sole however is like a sponge, soaking up all available moisture .
When hydrated to capacity, it loses it's tensile strength and the ability to support the hoof capsule as intended.
The back third of the hoof, which is also the shock absorbing section, drops or prolapses as a result. Counter rotation of the coffin bone occurs.
This is now known as negative palmer/planter angle. That is the angle the bottom of P3 makes in relation to the ground.
As a farrier, the best results to help this are to engage the back third in a load sharing package. Traditionally a heartbar shoe or wide bar was used. More recently dental impression material or pour in material is added to load share with frogs and commisures.
Plastic frog support pads are available most recently, as skills to fit a heartbar correctly are highest level. Protecting the internal structure are paramount whilst load sharing.

Horse's hooves are not designed to be constantly wet. Best results are to remove the cause.
A dry bedding of pine sawdust draws moisture and helps kill bacterial invasion of the whiteline and/frog's.
Overloading of the over hydrated hoof is exacerbated by the weight of the horse. To many horse's are overweight for the tensile strength of the hoof capsule.
If your horse gets to the situation where it needs this specific shoeing package, it's your responsibility as an owner to change the management or husbandry process.
Horse's shod with a load sharing package should be in a confined environment where they can't gallop about with the possibility of overreaching causing premature shoe loss. They should not be in a herd environment where other horse's can stand on the shoe's at play causing premature shoe loss.
Your farrier sees your horse at a cyclic time to reshoe, trimming the hoof to keep in balance perimeters.
The management between visits falls squarely on the owner.
Unfortunately to often expectations of correct digital alignment are overshadowed by owner mismanagement. I'm older and get grumpy when "buck passing " ends up in my lap.
At the end of the day as a professional tradesperson, it's me who decides if I continue to be trying my best for your horse's welfare 🙏

03/16/2024

Ms. Lirio got her first set of kicks with me nailed on today and she was a gem for it☺️ she can be a bit silly sometimes but when it mattered most 🔨🔨she composed herself very well!! This tender flat footed lady is now ready for her summer trail rides😍🌲🌞

03/04/2024

02/28/2024

Another progress report! Coffin Bone fracture, was diagnosed in September and has been on rest since then with a four clipped bar shoe and 2degree wedged pad (and glued up walls for extra stability and surety of staying on the foot). Fracture is slowly but surely healing and horse trotted sound again at last vet check😎💪🏼