Hoof trimming

[Huckleberry]

I wish we had hooves like that around here. All the goats, with the exception of a few have sidewalls that seperate and break and fall apart. It's not hoof rot, just all this water we have. They have plenty of dry places to stand, but it doesn't help. Hoof trimming for us must be done every 4 weeks or sooner or things get out of hand fast. Has always been that way. We built a big sturdy stanchion (http://www.motherearthnews.com/homestead...fzraw.aspx) and I get up on it with the goats and trim. Usually I sit on it with their front feet on my knee or leg and I stand on the stanchion with them to do the back feet. I stand over the kids with them in between my legs and with the big goats I stand off to the side and work on the oposite leg so they can't move back and forth. Works pretty good. I agree with Nanno, you kinda just have to get in there and do it to learn. We watched a lot of videos and read articles on trimming, but it never looked the same once you actually do it. Always learning with these guys.