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Watched a guy in Kentucky shoeing a mule, learned something new
I was down in Lexington last month visiting family and stopped by a barn where a farrier was working on a big mule. The mule was acting up and he just pulled out a rasp and tapped it on the hoof wall a few times, real soft like, and the animal settled right down. Never seen that done before. Any of you use a rasp tap to calm a nervous horse or mule?
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abbyg1417d ago
Call me skeptical but I think people give way too much credit to a little tap tap. I've seen farriers do all kinds of weird stuff and half the time the horse just calms down because the person stopped rushing and stood still for a second. That mule probably settled because the guy quit jerking around and gave it a second to breathe. Tapping a rasp is about as magical as jingling keys in front of a baby. Works until it doesn't and then you've got a mule that's learned to ignore the tap and you're back to square one with a louder problem.
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