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Gary Cooper Farrier

Locality: Mount Tamborine, Queensland, Australia

Phone: +61 417 153 050

Address: POBox 158 4272 Mount Tamborine, QLD, Australia

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24.01.2022 HORSE SHOE HISTORY: The exact history and origin of the horseshoe is unknown. Even in ancient times, horsemen in Asia made booties from plant material and hides... to protect their horses' feet. By the 6th and 7th centuries, horsemen in Europe were nailing shoes to horses' feet. Horseshoeing was a regular practice by 1000 A.D., by which time shoes were made of bronze. During the Crusades in 12th-century England, shoes were cast from iron and often were more valuable than coins cast from the same metal. By the 13th and 14th centuries, however, horseshoes were made in bulk and could be purchased ready-made. By the late 1800s, courses were available to teach farriers proper shoeing techniques and in the early 1900s, many of the shoes we use today, such as aluminum shoes for racing, rubber pads and toe clips, were already in use. Today, horseshoes are most commonly made of steel. #NoFootNoHorse #OFS #stayhumble See more

18.01.2022 Lyrics by Dana Jay Bein - Vocals by Adrian Grimes -https://www.facebook.com/Adrian.Grimes0 original video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8KPbJ0-DxTc

17.01.2022 WHAT IS THE FROG AND ITS FUNCTION? The frog is a part of a horse's hoof, located on the underside, which should touch the ground if the horse is standing on sof...t footing. The frog is triangular in shape, and extends mid way from the heels toward the toe, covering around 25% of the bottom of the hoof. The frog acts as a shock absorber for the foot when it makes impact with the ground, decreasing the force placed on the bones and joints of the leg. The frog is also an important part of the horse's circulatory system it pumps blood up the horse's leg each time the frog makes contact with the ground. The blood flows down the horse's leg into the digital cushion, a fibrous part of the inner hoof located just above the frog which contains a network of blood vessels. The horse's weight then compresses the frog on the ground, squeezing the blood out of the digital cushion, and pushing it back up the horse's legs. When a horse has certain types of lameness, the farrier may use the frog for support, using specialized shoes (Heart Bar Shoe) that help keep correct pressure on the frog so that less force is transmitted to the wall and sole of the foot or to the navicular bone, coffin bone, and deep digital flexor tendon. The frog may also decrease in size if it does not receive constant pressure, which can occur if the heels of the horse become contracted. #nohoofnohorse #OFS #stayhumble

17.01.2022 Every month, 10-year-old outback twins Milly and Poppy Bell travel over five hours to attend their nearest Pony Club. https://ab.co/33puMY5

16.01.2022 Due to cancellation I am available tomorrow morning between 9am and 12. if anyone needs farrier work done. Also taking on new clients. 0417153050

14.01.2022 in line with our educational info at #hitchmasters we ll be posting vids of different functions of horse anatomy PLEASE BE ADVISED SOME SCENES ARE GRAPHIC ,

14.01.2022 Recently, our internal medicine team at NEC was presented with a foal showing classic signs of neonatal maladjustment syndrome (a.k.a. dummy foal syndrome) wher...e it was very detached, had no desire to nurse and was becoming very weak as a result. A nasogastric tube was placed so the foal could be tube fed and he was started on broad spectrum antimicrobials to protect him from infection since he had not received the essential colostrum from its mum. Once the foal was stabilized, the Madigan Squeeze Technique was performed which can be seen in the first picture. The foal remained in the squeeze position for 20 minutes, then woke up as the squeeze was released, within 2 hours of the squeeze technique being performed the foal was suddenly very bright with a strong affinity for its mum, and nursing! See the video in the comments! For more information on neonatal maladjustment syndrome and the Madigan Squeeze Technique, give the article by Dr. Lisanne Gallant a read by tapping on the link below. https://www.newcastleequinecentre.net.au/dummy-foal-nursin/ Please don't hesitate to contact us on (02) 4927 6135 if you have any questions!

14.01.2022 Don't wait for your horses feet to look like they need a trim. Routine maintenance will keep them healthy and prevent permanent damage.

05.01.2022 I AM TO GOOD TO SHOE AT A RESCUE: Unfortunately this becomes the norm as a Farrier progresses through their shoeing career. A couple of the reasons for this is ...because rescues don’t have a lot of money, and some of the horses can be hard to deal with at times. I totally understand this train of thought, but it’s not the way I do things. The horse has put food on my family’s table for three generations now and I feel that I owe the horse at least one or two days a month that I make some sacrifices to honor that agreement. Rescues play a vital role in the horse world and I believe they deserve to have quality work done just like everyone else in the horse world! I tell myself this when I have to work a little harder: If being a farrier was easy, then everyone would be a Farrier #myfamilyoweseverythingtothehorse #OFS #stayhumble See more

02.01.2022 Fashion vs Health... How increasing tendon heat may be detrimental to your horses tendons. Fact one: Clinical lesions of the SDFT are usually seen as core lesi...ons because heat is less likely to escape from the tendon core, deeming it more prone to injury here via collagen denaturation. Fact two: Tendons in the horse are designed in such a way that temperature within them actually decreases during exercise as the heat is transferred to the skin and then lost to the environment - something that is reduced when using non-breathable leg protection. Fact three: A high level and duration of hyperthermia would affect the tendon in three ways; 1. Cell damage and death. 2. Enzyme and protein denaturation. 3. Weakened core tendons. I’m not saying never to use leg protection, as it serves its purpose very well within certain disciplines. However during this ‘matchy matchy’ phase that the equestrian world is currently going through, just think about whether your horse may benefit from his colour coordinated bandages/boots, or at best opt for something breathable : ). Here is a great scientific paper I found on tendon hyperthermia if your interested; http://bjsm.bmj.com/content/48/Suppl_2/A59.1 (E.J. Westwood. Veterinary Medicine & Surgery student. On behalf of NVG).

01.01.2022 Learn how smart trimming and shoeing techniques can help arthritic horses during Bone & Joint Awareness Week, brought to you by Dechra Veterinary Products, makers of makers of OSPHOS (clodronate injection). #BoneandJointHealthWeek

01.01.2022 I am often asked why hooves are cracked and split, the short answer is that the horse’s feet have become long or imbalanced. The attached article explains why a lot better than I can on facebook. Happy to discuss any hoof issues that you may have. Stay sound, stay true

01.01.2022 Hank. Born 3 years ago today.