How do they shoe a horse without hurting him?
A horse’s metal shoe, of” ourse, is driven onto his foot with nails. This, you would think, is terribly painful. But the gentle animal just stands there without a wince.or murmur while the blacksmith hammers the.~shoe in place. Later, the same horse may get a small, sharp stone trapped in his hoof. This is so painful that the poor fellow cannot step down with his full weight on the foot. A little pebble can make him lame A horse’s metal shoe, of course, is driven onto his foot with nails. This, you would think, is terribly painful. But the gentle animal just stands there without a wince or murmur while the blacksmith hammers the.~shoe in place. Later, the same horse may get a small, sharp stone trapped in his hoof. This is so painful that the poor fellow cannot step down with his full weight on the foot. A little pebble can make him lame but the nails in his shoe do not bother him a bit. This is because the hoof is a horse is a very special foot. Actually it is one very specialized toe
