[Ag-eq] cleaning horses hooves

[Daniella Roccasalvo]

Hello Michelle,
I don't know what a V shape is. Would I just hold the hoof with one hand and feel with the other? I've never cleaned hooves because no one has known how to teach me but I want to start.
Daniella

> On Apr 13, 2019, at 10:37 AM, Michelle Creedy <michelle.creedy at gmail.com> wrote:
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> Daniella, you can simply touch the bottom of the hoof. You can feel the frog because it is a V shape. Just put your hoof pick in the little groove next to it and start cleaning. It's just fine to do this. 
> 
> Try to touch the hooves when they are clean. This will give you good spacial awareness about where things are. 
> 
> Michelle 
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> Michelle 
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>> On Apr 13, 2019, at 7:26 AM, Daniella Roccasalvo via Ag-eq <ag-eq at nfbnet.org> wrote:
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>> Hello everyone,
>> I'm new to the mailing list. I've ridden horses for a while off and on. One question I have is as a totally blind person, how do you know where the frog is on the hoof of a hourse? How do you make sure you clean around it, and avoid hitting it?
>> Thanks for the suggestions
>> Daniella
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