Triple M Farrier Service, LLC

07/30/2025

☀️Farriers, you're the backbone of equine health—and summer doesn’t give you a break. Between blazing barns and hot anvils, the temperature’s not just rough on the horses.
🥵Long hours on your feet under the sun can lead to dehydration, heat exhaustion, and burnout. While you may not be able to follow all of these, try to remember these summertime tips to help keep yourself healthy and hydrated! 💦

06/25/2025

Hello all!
If you hadn't noticed, IT'S HOT. And we've gotten several calls for colics, anhidrosis (non-sweaters) and generalized heat exhaustion. Remember when the weather is like this you have to plan ahead but since we are in the heat of it, here are some tips.

#1 - Use common sense! Make sure all water supplies are filled to the max with fresh clean water daily. Make sure all salt and mineral sources are in free choice supply. Make sure every horse is in the coolest location possible, this may be in a run-in shed or cool grove of trees or may be in a stall with a fan. Everyone needs shade and air!

#2 - Hosing is important but so is removing the water. Hot water on a horse can be hotter than having them dry! If you are actively hosing with cold water you can focus on areas like the jugulars, chest, inguinal area, and under the tail but be sure to scrape them dry and stick them in front of a fan afterwards.

#3 - BUY A THERMOMETER, yesterday! I don't know how many times people told me yesterday that the horse did not feel overly hot, and my hottest horse temperature yesterday was 105.8!

#4 - Make sure your horse is sweating. Rapid respiration rate with hair standing on end can be a sign that your horse's sweat glands have fatigued. This can be a dangerous situation very quickly. If you think your horse is not sweating appropriately please let me know right away but all the above rules still apply!

Finally, if you don't have to ride, this would be a good week to rest, for both you and your horse! Stay cool out there!

04/04/2025

Variations in nailing techniques can offer reduction of wall detriment and increase the amount of hoof wall mass under the clinch. Thoughts?

03/13/2025

I had the honor to be a tester for the AFA in Mexico. What a humbling experience. Mexico has three new Certified Farriers through the American Farriers Association.. they all live In Mexico! Well done, gentleman!

12/15/2024

Mexico was a ton a fun! Thank you for having me!

09/10/2024

Knowledge sharing post No.1.

Digital/Phalangeal Alignment in a wet environment.
Pollitt and Hampson did a study at University of Queensland a couple of years ago.
They concluded the hoof wall has a constant moisture content. The sole however is like a sponge, soaking up all available moisture .
When hydrated to capacity, it loses it's tensile strength and the ability to support the hoof capsule as intended.
The back third of the hoof, which is also the shock absorbing section, drops or prolapses as a result. Counter rotation of the coffin bone occurs.
This is now known as negative palmer/planter angle. That is the angle the bottom of P3 makes in relation to the ground.
As a farrier, the best results to help this are to engage the back third in a load sharing package. Traditionally a heartbar shoe or wide bar was used. More recently dental impression material or pour in material is added to load share with frogs and commisures.
Plastic frog support pads are available most recently, as skills to fit a heartbar correctly are highest level. Protecting the internal structure are paramount whilst load sharing.

Horse's hooves are not designed to be constantly wet. Best results are to remove the cause.
A dry bedding of pine sawdust draws moisture and helps kill bacterial invasion of the whiteline and/frog's.
Overloading of the over hydrated hoof is exacerbated by the weight of the horse. To many horse's are overweight for the tensile strength of the hoof capsule.
If your horse gets to the situation where it needs this specific shoeing package, it's your responsibility as an owner to change the management or husbandry process.
Horse's shod with a load sharing package should be in a confined environment where they can't gallop about with the possibility of overreaching causing premature shoe loss. They should not be in a herd environment where other horse's can stand on the shoe's at play causing premature shoe loss.
Your farrier sees your horse at a cyclic time to reshoe, trimming the hoof to keep in balance perimeters.
The management between visits falls squarely on the owner.
Unfortunately to often expectations of correct digital alignment are overshadowed by owner mismanagement. I'm older and get grumpy when "buck passing " ends up in my lap.
At the end of the day as a professional tradesperson, it's me who decides if I continue to be trying my best for your horse's welfare 🙏

09/07/2024

08/29/2024

This is a great illustration of why you shouldn't pull nails or any foreign object out of the foot until you have taken the horse to the vet to have it xrayed. If you pull it out, without a radiographic image, you won't know where the nail Penetrated. Getting radiographic images can help prevent your horse from long term or permanent lameness.

04/13/2024

Meghan Coyle, CJF “Eleven years in, the education is still not enough. I want to know more, I want to be better.” Meghan Coyle started out wanting to help people. She found her calling helping horses instead. Helping those who can’t help themselvesAs a teenager, Meghan Coyle felt called to hel...

03/19/2024

Such great information on wet environments

Knowledge sharing post No.1.

Digital/Phalangeal Alignment in a wet environment.
Pollitt and Hampson did a study at University of Queensland a couple of years ago.
They concluded the hoof wall has a constant moisture content. The sole however is like a sponge, soaking up all available moisture .
When hydrated to capacity, it loses it's tensile strength and the ability to support the hoof capsule as intended.
The back third of the hoof, which is also the shock absorbing section, drops or prolapses as a result. Counter rotation of the coffin bone occurs.
This is now known as negative palmer/planter angle. That is the angle the bottom of P3 makes in relation to the ground.
As a farrier, the best results to help this are to engage the back third in a load sharing package. Traditionally a heartbar shoe or wide bar was used. More recently dental impression material or pour in material is added to load share with frogs and commisures.
Plastic frog support pads are available most recently, as skills to fit a heartbar correctly are highest level. Protecting the internal structure are paramount whilst load sharing.

Horse's hooves are not designed to be constantly wet. Best results are to remove the cause.
A dry bedding of pine sawdust draws moisture and helps kill bacterial invasion of the whiteline and/frog's.
Overloading of the over hydrated hoof is exacerbated by the weight of the horse. To many horse's are overweight for the tensile strength of the hoof capsule.
If your horse gets to the situation where it needs this specific shoeing package, it's your responsibility as an owner to change the management or husbandry process.
Horse's shod with a load sharing package should be in a confined environment where they can't gallop about with the possibility of overreaching causing premature shoe loss. They should not be in a herd environment where other horse's can stand on the shoe's at play causing premature shoe loss.
Your farrier sees your horse at a cyclic time to reshoe, trimming the hoof to keep in balance perimeters.
The management between visits falls squarely on the owner.
Unfortunately to often expectations of correct digital alignment are overshadowed by owner mismanagement. I'm older and get grumpy when "buck passing " ends up in my lap.
At the end of the day as a professional tradesperson, it's me who decides if I continue to be trying my best for your horse's welfare 🙏

12/25/2023

What a fantastic year it has been with all of you! Thank you for allowing me to service you and your horse. It’s been fun to watch you all reach your riding goals! Merry Christmas!