GNARLY, MESSED UP cow's hoof has a DEEP GOUGE in it!!! — Transcript

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1. 0:00This gnarly and messed up hoof belongs
2. 0:02to a cow who is really feeling a lot of
3. 0:05pain through it. And I'm hoping in this
4. 0:07video we can change that. And I won't
5. 0:10let it rush. When I see you dance and
6. 0:13the moment comes when I fall and go
7. 0:18slow,
8. 0:19I fall into you.
9. 0:25[Music]
10. 0:27To me, some cows feet are a thing of
11. 0:30beauty. They work functionally to keep
12. 0:32the cows as comfortable as possible.
13. 0:35Unfortunately though, this does not fall
14. 0:38into that category one little bit. You
15. 0:41can see the hoof horn is not wellformed
16. 0:43and I can actually peel it away with my
17. 0:45fingers. Her foot is gnarly. It is not
18. 0:48smooth. It's anything but level and it
19. 0:52has a huge gash on that inner claw
20. 0:54towards the heel. That is the object of
21. 0:57my attention during this trim. From
22. 1:00experience, I know that is the source of
23. 1:02her pain. You guys at home haven't seen
24. 1:04this cow walk, but let me assure you
25. 1:07this, she is not walking very well at
26. 1:10all. I start by leveling out both of the
27. 1:13claws. I need to balance them as much as
28. 1:15possible before truly attacking the
29. 1:18problem and doing everything I can to
30. 1:21set her on her way to recovery.
31. 1:25Cows often salivate when they're
32. 1:27stressed out, and they don't like being
33. 1:29in the crush.
34. 1:33[Music]
35. 1:41Towards the beginning of any trim with
36. 1:43the grinder, you can push on and remove
37. 1:45large amounts of huorn. But as the
38. 1:48culmination of that trim near, you need
39. 1:50to take small minute slithers of huhorn
40. 1:53and be as careful as possible. I know
41. 1:55she'll need a block, so I've also
42. 1:57prepared that outer claw ready for one.
43. 2:04So,
44. 2:18you can see where the lamina inside her
45. 2:20foot have been blown apart by this
46. 2:22problem. The lamina are basically like
47. 2:25lots of leaves of paper, and they form
48. 2:27an incredibly strong attachment between
49. 2:29the interior of the hoof capsule and the
50. 2:31cow's foot within.
51. 2:38Parts of this hoof horn are incredibly
52. 2:40tough and you need a lot of power to
53. 2:42push the knife through it. Meaning the
54. 2:44delicate work can sometimes be very
55. 2:47tricky.
56. 3:01Working with cows in general can be an
57. 3:03incredibly dangerous job. But when you
58. 3:05add into the mix that you're working
59. 3:07with their feet and grinders and razor
60. 3:10sharp knives, it becomes very, very,
61. 3:13very dangerous indeed. That's why you
62. 3:16will never see me with only one hand on
63. 3:18the grinder during its use. However,
64. 3:20when it comes to the knife, that is not
65. 3:23always possible. When it's tricky and I
66. 3:26need a lot of power, I generally will
67. 3:28try to use two hands. But more often
68. 3:31than not, we have to stick to one hand
69. 3:33and keep the other out of the way.
70. 3:39We're getting close to the end of the
71. 3:40trim now, and I have still to attach a
72. 3:43block, but I can give her some relief
73. 3:45even without a block by reducing the
74. 3:48height of this inside heel. A cow walks
75. 3:51on her entire foot. So, the weight of
76. 3:54her entire body is being driven down
77. 3:56through this painful area right now. By
78. 3:59reducing the amount of hooforn on that
79. 4:01inner claw, it means the outer one will
80. 4:03take more of the weight. And then add a
81. 4:05block into the mix. And we're aiming to
82. 4:07take almost 100% of her weight through
83. 4:10her good, painfree claw, which should
84. 4:13lead to a far happier cow.
85. 4:18I've told my friend,
86. 4:21but I can't bring myself to tell you
87. 4:24what I found.
88. 4:27[Music]
89. 4:30We build a pass
90. 4:32on stolen ground,
91. 4:35but now
92. 4:38[Music]
93. 4:40and just like that, here is the finished
94. 4:42product. This is the mess we started out
95. 4:45with, and in just a few short minutes,
96. 4:47we've turned it into this. Yes, it is
97. 4:49not beautiful, but it is on the way to
98. 4:52recovery. This is a very positive end to
99. 4:55the day for this cow and for team Hoof
100. 4:58GP because this is the very last cow of
101. 5:01our day and our week. All that remains
102. 5:04is to wrap it up completely so that we
103. 5:06can kill any of that digital dermatitis
104. 5:08off and allow new freshorn to grow in
105. 5:11its place. A problem like this will take
106. 5:14months and months to completely heal.
107. 5:17But over the next couple of days, she
108. 5:19should feel much, much better. As she
109. 5:22walks away here, we can all see that it
110. 5:25is incredible how well she is walking,
111. 5:28all things considered. If you've made it
112. 5:30this far in the video, folks, please
113. 5:32consider joining this incredible
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