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<blockquote data-quote="simme" data-source="post: 1754192" data-attributes="member: 40418"><p>A couple years ago, I had a hopping cow with long toes and told my daughter the vet that we needed to nip them off (she has the tools). She explained to me that I was not as smart as I think I am. That the long toes were just a symptom or result of the real problem. She said the bottom of the hoof needed to be trimmed further toward the back. She explained that overgrowth there was shifting the angle of the hoof so that the front was tilted up and growing long as a result. I did not believe her, but she trimmed the bottom farther back and the cow quit hopping. I later culled the cow as I don't need to be trimming feet. But concluded that her method solved the problem at least short term. I confirmed with her tonight that nipping off the front is cosmetic and trimming the bottom further back is the solution. Or so says the vet.</p><p></p><p>For foot work, we put them in the chute, put a rope looped around the leg above the hock and pull the foot up off the ground and tie the rope to a higher point on the chute. Then another loop around the foot just below the dew claws and wrapped low and tight around a bar on the chute to hold the foot still.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="simme, post: 1754192, member: 40418"] A couple years ago, I had a hopping cow with long toes and told my daughter the vet that we needed to nip them off (she has the tools). She explained to me that I was not as smart as I think I am. That the long toes were just a symptom or result of the real problem. She said the bottom of the hoof needed to be trimmed further toward the back. She explained that overgrowth there was shifting the angle of the hoof so that the front was tilted up and growing long as a result. I did not believe her, but she trimmed the bottom farther back and the cow quit hopping. I later culled the cow as I don't need to be trimming feet. But concluded that her method solved the problem at least short term. I confirmed with her tonight that nipping off the front is cosmetic and trimming the bottom further back is the solution. Or so says the vet. For foot work, we put them in the chute, put a rope looped around the leg above the hock and pull the foot up off the ground and tie the rope to a higher point on the chute. Then another loop around the foot just below the dew claws and wrapped low and tight around a bar on the chute to hold the foot still. [/QUOTE]
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