Trimming

This series of pictures shows trimming to the Live Sole and the start of addressing flares.  For more detailed explanations see Step 3 and Step 5.  Click Here to see the still shots of these photos  

 

Trimming the hoof properly can be completed in five simple steps (click on each step for detailed information):

 

  1. Trimming from the Top

  2. Find heel height - UPDATED Jul-06

  3. Trim the frog

  4. Find the live sole plane

  5. Clean the bars

  6. Removing Flares and Rolling the edges


click the photo above for the steps labeled on a photo of a hoof.

We have had many requests to make the 5 Steps of Trimming into an easily printable format.  We have taken your suggestions and created a PDF file.  Click HERE to download the 5 Steps of Trimming.  You must have Adobe Reader installed on your computer to read this, if you don't please go to www.acrobat.com and download their latest reader.

 

 

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