I filed my black Saddlebreds hooves today. He used to have to be held on a under upper lip jerk chain to stand for the high dollar fancy farrier at the dressage barn where I bought him. Had to leave him there for a year because our new place fences were a joke of sagging barb wire held together with bailing twine. The leasers black cattle got out on the road at night so often, the locals would get out of their cars in the middle of the night and shoo them back through the gates. Usually they would just honk so we knew they were out. We had to refence the whole place with cattle panels so they couldn't fence crawl and build a barn.
Also, this 8 year old Saddlebred was a fine harness horse exported from the east coat and was not broke to saddle. I paid this dressage trainer in central Oregon board and train for a year, thats the kind of barn it was. Took really good care of him but and she said it takes years to train a dressage horse. I told her again at the end I did not want a dressage horse but a trail horse.
With the local shoer trimmer (I just trim) he dances around if his left hind was lifted too high. He puts them in these hoof cradles. I like the hoof cradles, easier on the back but I did not have one or use one. I just did not crank his hind up to put put it between my knees, just held the foot and filed. He did fine.
Here is one of my Saddlebred trail horses. The 4 beat singlefoot gait across country is like floating and flying.
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I've been reading on dairy boards that Brown Swiss tend to have an attitude as milk cows, Kind of like half angus dairy cows. I' sure these crosses can raise a big calf.
With Brown Swiss, You have to be patient with them, because they can be stubborn, but they don't kick the tar out of you like a Jersey or Jersey cross, when they get mad they just stand there and Refuse to budge .... Kinda like Mules vs Horses