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Does nailing a shoe on hurt a horse?

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Does nailing a shoe on hurt a horse?

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Not if it is done properly. The nail is driven into the insensitive portion of the hoof capsule. Driving a nail “too green” refers to nailing into the sensitive laminae of the horse’s hoof, driving it too shallow leads to a horse “throwing” a shoe.

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