Windy Canyon Ranch Blacksmithing Service

Windy Canyon Ranch Blacksmithing Service Blacksmithing Service

07/03/2025

Happy 4TH of July everyone and God bless.

Anyone interested in the horses we posted last week for a friend, please message for details. Thank you.
05/11/2025

Anyone interested in the horses we posted last week for a friend, please message for details. Thank you.

01/01/2025

HAPPY NEW YEAR EVERYONE. ITS BEEN A CRAZY AND BUSY YEAR HEAR FOR USE AT WINDY CANYON RANCH BLACKSMITHING SERVICE . WE HAD TO MAKE SOME BIG DECISIONS AND UPGRADES TO BRING THE BEST HOOF CARE POSSIBLE TO ARE CLIENTS AND THERE HORSES. WE HOPE EVERYONE HAS AN AWESOME YEAR HEAR IN 2025 AND WE ALL ARE REALLY BUSY THIS YEAR GOD BLESS YOU AND THANKS FOR EVERYTHING Y’ALL HAVE AN AWESOME YEAR SEEL YOU SOON .

12/25/2024

A Christmas Poem

It is the night before Christmas and all through the barns not a horse is stirring not even a fowl . With the horses all snuggled in there stalls and the lights are all dime. all’s you hear is munching and crunching of hay coming from the stalls. As the sun rises and and the barn awakens you know you’ll do all over again. As Christmas passes back to are friends.

God bless y’all and Your Families .
Marry Christmas 

12/16/2024

PERIOPLE

1) PERIOPLE IS A THIN WAXY LAYER THAT COVER THE OUTER SURFACE OF THE HOOF CAPSULE.

2) IT SERVES AS A TRANSITION BETWEEN THE SOFT SKIN AND HARD HOOF WALL. PROTECTING THE NEWLY GROWN HOOF WALL IT HELPS PROTECT THE HOOF CAPSULE.

3) REMOVING THE PERIOPLE INCREASES THE RISK OF DRYING,CRANKING,AND LOSS OF INTEGRITY OF THE OUTER HOOF WALL. EXCESSIVE PERIOPLE ESPECIALLY IN HORSES WITH FEATHERS CAN INCREASE THE RISK OF BACTERIAL AND FUNGAL GROWTH AND CAN LEAD TO INFECTION.

12/04/2024

SORRY ABOUT THE LIVE STREAM ON THE HORSE THAT HAS THE PEDAL OSTEITIS . I WAS HAVING TROUBLE WITH MY PH VIDEOING. HOPEFULLY NEXT TIME OR SO WHEN SHE GETS SHOD WE CAN GET A GOOD VIDEO .. IM THINK ABOUT DOING A SIT DOWN VIDEO AND EXPLAINING ON WHAT WE DID WITH HER . THE FRIST TIME I TRIMED HER I TRIMED HER WAY DOWN CUZ SHE HAD TO MUCH HOOF AND SHE WAS OUT OF BALANCE. THEN SHE HAD WHITE LINE DISEASE AND I TRIMMED IT ALL OUT AND CUT HOOF WALL WAY TO GET RIDE OF THE WHITE LINE DISEASE . THEN WE LET HER GO BARE FOOT FOR 6 WEEKS TO LET HER HOOF GROW BACK SO WE HAD HOOF TO WORK WITH . EXPLAN MORE ON THE SITE DOWN VIDEO .

11/21/2024

KARATOMA

KARATOMA IS A BENIGH TUMER ( NOT CANCEROUS) THAT GROWS IN A HORSES HOOF CAPSULE.

USUALLY UNDER THE CORNET BAND AND CAN CAUSE LAMENESS AND DISCOMFORT FOR THE HORSE .

IT MAY BE DIFFICULT TO DETECT TILL THE TUMER IS WEEL ADVANCED.

USSUALLY THERE IS BULGING OF EITHER THE CORONARY BAND OR HOOF WALL OVER THE TUMER DEPENDING ON THE POSITION OF THE TUMER IN THE HOOF CAPSULE. THE TUMER CAN ALSO SHOW SEPARATION BETWEEN THE HOOF CAPSULE AND SOLE REPEATED ABSCESS THAT NEED TO BE DRAINED.

THE PRESSURE FROM THE TUMER OR MASS CAN SHRINK THE DISTAL PHALANX (COFIN BONE)

MOST HORSES MAKE A FULL RECOVERY AND CAN CONTINUE PERFORMING. BUT THE TUMER CAN RECUR UP TO SEVERAL YEARS LATER .

KERATOMA’S ARE DIAGNOSED BASED ON PHYSICAL EXAMINATION , LAMENESS EXAMINATION AND X-RAYS BY A VETERINARIAN

SURGICAL REMOVAL OF THE TUMER IS RECOMMENDED.

11/19/2024

IM GOING TO BE GOING LIVE STREAM AGAIN SOON. GOING TO BE SHOEING THE HORSE THAT WE DID A LIVE STREAM ON THAT ENDED UP HAVING PEDAL OSTEITIS, WHITE LINE DISEASE, AND UNDERRUN HEELS . I WILL EXPLAIN MORE ON IT IN THE VIDEO.

11/17/2024

BLOOD CELL

A FARRIER/BLACKSMITH NEEDS TO UNDERSTAND BLOOD CELLS IN A HORSE BECAUSE THE HEALTH OF A HORSES BLOOD PARTICULARLY RED BLOOD CELLS COUNT DIRECTLY IMPACTS THE HEALTH OF ITS FEET. AS THE HOOF RECEIVES ITS PRIMARY BLOOD SUPPLY WHICH IS CRUCIAL FOR HOOF GROWTH AND HEALING OVERALL QUALITY OF THE HOOF CAPSULE AND FUNCTION. SOMETIMES IN CASES THE LACK OF BLOOD FLOW CAN ALTER THE FUNCTION OF THE HOOF AND EVENTUALLY CAUSE PROBLEMS WITH THE HOOF CAPSULE . THERE FOR A FARRIER/BLACKSMITH WITH EDUCATION CAN ADJUST THEIR TRIMMING AND SHOEING PRACTICES BASED ON A HORSES HOOF CAPSULE HEALTH TO ENSURE OPTIMAL HOOF CARE . THIS IS WHERE THE MONEY YOU SPEND ON A EDUCATED FARRIER/BLACKSMITH PAY OFF . WHEN I WAS IN HORSE SHOEING SCHOOL IT WAS TOUGHT THAT ITS NOT IF A HORSE GETS LAM BUT WHEN. AND WITH MY EXPERIENCE AS A PROFESSIONAL BLACKSMITH MY INSTRUCTORS ARE WRITE .

11/10/2024

PEDAL OSTEITIS

PEDAL OSTEITIS IS A DISEASE OF THE DISTAL PHALANX ( COFFIN BONE )

THIS BONE LOSS USUALLY OCCURS DURING TO LONGTERM OR REPEATED PRESSURE, TRAUMA, OR INFLAMMATION OF THE AREA IN THE HOOF CAPSULE.

REPEATED JARRING INJURIES, LAMINITIS PERSISTENT CORNS AND CHRONIC BRUISING HAVE BEEN IMPLICATED AS CAUSE.

PEDAL OSTEITIS IS MOST COMMON IN PERFORMANCE HORSES.

PEDAL OSTEITIS IS DIAGNOSED WHEN VETERINARIAN SEE MINERAL LOSS FROM THE DISTAL PHALANX ( COFFIN BONE ) ON X-RAYS OF THE FEET .

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