How to ground a horse

How to ground a horse

Forging of a horse very hard work demanding from the smith-kovalya of a certain knowledge, force and skills. It is correct to ground a horse not everyone will be able koval. Here it is necessary to consider the structure of a hoof of a horse, feature of a covering of roads at different times years and many other factors. Development of the technology of forging labor-intensive process, but necessary in horse economy.

It is required to you

  • - nails;
  • - hammer;
  • - horseshoe;
  • - nippers-ostrozuby;
  • - rasp.

Instruction

1. The hoof consists of a horn wall, a sole, an arrow (elastic horn education), a hoofed border (epidermis layer which connects a hoof and skin). On a surface of a sole the white line designating the place connection of sensitive parts with a hoof wall is located. The white line helps to define the place of driving in of nails in a hoof wall, without injuring sensitive places.

2. The young or strongly provoked horse who does not give itself to ground, it is necessary to tap for the first time only days on soles of each hoof, raising one leg for another. Further ground the first pair of legs, and next day – the second couple. Process of forging includes the next events: survey of hooves, removal of old horseshoes, further it is necessary to clear away a sole of hooves, to take measurements of them, then adjust and attach horseshoes to a hoof.horse"" src= ""https://st03.kakprosto.ru/tumb/680/images/article/2011/7/18/1_52550cc01024752550cc010292.jpg"" of srcset= ""https://st03.kakprosto.ru/tumb/340/images/article/2011/7/18/1_52550cc01024752550cc010292.jpg 340w,https://st03.kakprosto.ru/tumb/550/images/article/2011/7/18/1_52550cc01024752550cc010292.jpg of 550w,https://st03.kakprosto.ru/tumb/680/images/article/2011/7/18/1_52550cc01024752550cc010292.jpg 680w"" of sizes= "" (max-width: 414px) 340px, (max-width: 668px) 550px, 680px"">

3. The horseshoe has to adjoin densely to a hoof, gleams between them are not allowed. It is necessary to drive a horseshoe on a hoof, but not on a turn, having nail openings against the white line. On the insensitive white line hammer nails. It is not necessary to allow hits of third-party bodies for the white line to the center of a sole of a hoof, it can lead it to traumatizing.

4. The sticking-out hats from nails should be bitten off with nippers-ostrozubami, and zapilivat a rasp further. It is not necessary to saw off a hoof as it leads to attrition of a protective layer from outer side. The horseshoe in a lobby zatsepny and a sidewall can act on outer side on 0.5 mm and no more than 5 mm from a calcaneal wall.

5. Taking into account use of horses and season, they are grounded on various horseshoes (summer, winter, sports, orthopedic). Saddle horses depending on the area can be grounded on front legs in the summer on easy horseshoes with thorns or without them. Draft horses generally on two front legs are grounded in the summer a horseshoe with three thorns, and established on four hooves in the winter. Reforge a horse in process of wear, approximately once a month. Also time in a year for about two months follows to give to a horse "rest" from horseshoes.

Author: «MirrorInfo» Dream Team


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