How to balance horse feet without X-rays

How many times have you heard a farrier say “I don’t have X-ray vision” when addressing a horse with difficult feet to balance? Or a horse with very uneven high/low heel syndrome? Here’s a little trick using external markers to help balance both fronts without the use of X-rays. #farrier #horse #equestrian #horses

[@jeromycooley-outwestadvent5790]

Best farrier channel on RUclips Hands down! I really learn a lot from every video of yours I watch. Thanks for taking the time to instruct. I know there is not much financial gain from RUclips, but I appreciate you teaching anyway. It shows you care about what you do. Thanks

[@thewesternstatesfarrier]

Thank you very much, financial gain isn’t the objective for me. I want to educate, and RUclips is a perfect platform to reach the most amount of people possible. Thanks for tuning in!

[@paulandjessicasmith3242]

Nice work. I enjoy your easy to understand approach and delivery. Thank you. 👍

[@HighlanderFarriers]

Nice job bro from Highlander Farriers in South Africa
Good video

[@lr5425]

¡Excelente trabajo! Muchas gracias por compartirlo.

[@drariannamedici]

Awesome explanation. Thank you so much.

[@EllieFarago]

Great video, thank you! 👍

[@davidwalsh8612]

It has been my observation over 50 years as a farrier that nature compensates for short anomalies by allowing the heal to grow longer.

[@thewesternstatesfarrier]

Is that in reference to “why” the high heel grows more heel?

[@WillSturgeon-ts4is]

Hey Tyler, nice explanation. But wondering why you leave your pads projecting beyond the shoe heels? I can see it as a cheating method to add a fraction more caudal support out to the bulbs without extending the shoe heels that far and risking stepping off the shoe, but your right foot pad seems to extend enough that she could catch it and spring the shoe anyway. ?? Not a critique, just wondering if there's some other logic at play that I'm missing. For example, I'll sometimes leave the pad 3/8s 'ish' longer than the shoe on a long toe foot, especially if doing a set-toe fit, but slipper the shoe heel and pad bottom into one continual slope to ease the landing impact , but I also grind a concave curve in the middle of the pad behind the base of the frog to avoid the hind toe catching it -- is that what you're going for here?

[@thewesternstatesfarrier]

Good observation on the pads, and a legitimate question. I think the excessive length of the pad comes from the rounded back instead of a square cut back. I prefer the rounded back for a couple reasons. First is just purely personal preference, the rounded back is more aesthetically pleasing to my eye. Second I find that when I fit my pad that far back, it helps keep hoof packing in just a touch better. I hope that helps. Thank you for always commenting!