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  Marey, a mare of my acquaintance, recently required shoeing. For a horse shoeing, the horseshoe is nailed to the hoof, and then removed for proper trimming and cleaning when necessary. The process itself is usually pretty quick; in my experience I have watched as many as four horses being shod in less than an hour. However, the reason I wanted to go into this particular story was not due to the speedy process, but rather due to a chicken-and-egg scenario that challenged me on how best to remove my friend's shoe without causing irreparable harm or pain. Image source: https://www.flipkart.com/ In order for the horseshoe to be placed on the hoof, a person must first take off all of the horse's shoes. In order for one person to do this job properly, they must have another with enough strength and dexterity to lop off each leg of each hoof with ease. This is what makes it a chicken-and-egg scenario. Marey only had one person to help her out with her shoeing, and that person h
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why do they shoe horses

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  It is a Hollywood tradition that when animals need to be shod for the upcoming winter, they are photographed with large shoes over their hooves and the nail holes just barely covered by dirt. Image source: https://www.amazon.in/ And if you think that's bad, have you ever seen the horse run? They don't let up until every single nail is in place. It can take hours of work for each one! Image source: https://www.pinterest.com/ Some horses even have nails removed from their feet so as not to cause further problems if they're shod too soon after a shoe was removed. This video shares what it looks like on the farm from an inside perspective. Image source: https://www.istockphoto.com/ Several years ago, our horse was shod in the normal manner. When we took him outside, our son noticed that the shoe on the right front foot was not on correctly.  Image source: https://www.flipkart.com/ He took the farrier aside and asked him why he had done it wrong (our boy is tenacious).
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