Then, he gets out the curved knife to carve out problem areas and more precisely remove loose or expose infected areas. The grinder exposes cracks, bruising, holes and infected areas. It is interesting to watch him trim each side of the hoof, using a circular grinder to reduce the height, shape the length and remove overgrown areas. The Hoof GP has over 800k subscribers on YouTube, which seems very impressive to me. “Through out the channel there are instructional videos, before and afters, descriptive and in depth tutorials on how to fix everything from sole ulcers, white line disease, digital dermatitis and more of the common and not so common problems found within cows feet.” – from the Hoof GP website Bulls that are in pain are bad performers, if you know what I mean. Poor hoof care results in lowered dairy production and beef cattle that lose weight. Why is this important? Cattle, like other animals, become lame if their hoofs are damaged, growth that impedes their walking, illness or infection. Graeme Parker, the Hoof GP, has built quite a large following and successful business with his YouTube videos and instructional courses on hoof health. ![]() ![]() This young guy (everyone is young to me) travels around to different farms where he can work on cows or bulls that needs a trim, or more serious hoof work. Obviously, there is everything on YouTube and somehow a video of a guy who travels around Scotland trimming the hoofs of cattle got into my feed. You are shaking your head, right? I did too, at first. Who would have thought that the trimming of hoofs could be interesting or even captivating? I did not.
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