Re: RC: Re: squeaky shoes??

[Dave & Abby Bloxsom <cyclone@snet.net>]

> Just the other day I was helping feed the pasture board
> horses at my boarding stable and as one horse walked up I
> could hear the weirdest "squeak squeak squeak".  

There's a slight space between the shoe & the hoof, and the nails squeak
in their holes as the horse puts pressure on the foot.  Either the hoof
or the shoe is imperfectly leveled before nailing & finishing.

-Abby B
student farrier


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