Today’s video we treat a cow with a sole ulcer affecting her right front foot. We also cover the causes of sole ulcer formation as well as best treatment
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HOW DID THAT GET THERE AND WHY???
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Would a soft baby tooth brush work to clean an ulser area better
Never understood why these guys don't clean the hoof before cutting into it
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Why are tie-stall feet dryer and harder than free-stall feet?
The stalls tend to stay cleaner the way they’re designed.
Great video, very instructive. One thing you showed that I really appreciated was the close-up of the cow standing on the new block. I've never seen that before; usually we just see how the cow is walking away on the block.
Great video
I'm loving this salicylic acid. It seems to take care of things straight away!
It’s so nice to see you being so gentle with these babies
@Shawn Ariel awesome! It took roughly 15 mins but it worked!!
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nice work
Thank you for being kind to them
Why would granulation tissue form on this ulcer but not in the other one you mentioned?
Granulation tissue is a normal part of healing. If it becomes excessive it can cause problems.
Praise our Father God for giving these people such a talent.
Love the blue/purple wrap color. Shit is fire
Some water won’t hurt
Have you ever used a horseshow on a cow?
No
I love how gentle you are.
Thanks a lot, GOD bless you
Please don't hurt her
Thought you might have cut that ulcer with knife.
I don’t like cutting ulcers off. It’s part of the corium.
Why didn't you trim away the other claw on inner side opposite lesion? Surely it would rub and irritate it?
Toes shouldn’t rub together if trimmed properly.
You would think by now they would use something better then concrete for them to walk on? There’s got to be a durable floor that has some give or padding that could take the beating? They have something like it at playgrounds it’s a durable sponge like material very durable with some padding to it. Walking on concrete all the time destroys their hoofs!
Many farms use a rubber flooring in high traffic areas.
Do farmers proactively have you come and check hooves on a regular bases.
Yes. That’s the majority of the work I do. Just maintenance trimming the cows to keep them from having problems.
Бедная корова, сколько ей пришлось боли терпеть...
У них даже у коровы бинт лучше
Dear Nate, I love how kind and gentle you are to the cow! Some of the others act like get the job done, don't care that it's a living animal. GREAT JOB!!! 🐄💙😇🙏🏻
Do you think the cow, some of them, sense that you are caring for them, doing them good?
I do. Maybe not at the time I’m working on them but as they leave the chute more comfortable I think there’s some level of understanding.
Cow said, “thank moo very much.”
Thank you very moooch !!!
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Yes really
So true. I wondered if our British milk farmers take the same care with our cows
How long did it take you lean your job
Still learning today but I trained for 2.5 months with another trimmer before starting out on my own in 2002.
Good hoof work! Farmer needs to keep his passages free from muck to try and clear up digital dermatitis !! Otherwise this will continue and you'll be taking up residence !! Lol
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Bless you for using your skills to make these lady cows comfortable. So important! Kisses for you 😘😘
How do you know the crack on the white line is ok?
It’s not really a crack on this one. Just overlap from the double sole.
Your knife work is calm and gentle. 👍👍👍. To see you be so kind to the cows,. Is so pleasing and satisfying to watch,!!!! 👍🙏👍
Question: I been watching alot of these videos and seen so many different problems with the hoofs. And I feel that must hurt the cow. So like with Horses they put horse shoes on there feet. So my question is, Why can't u put some type of shoe on the cow that's almost like a horse shoe?? The blocks I understand that helps keep the other half protected. But like I said I saw some where both of the hoofs is infected which can't really put blocks on them. Just hope for the best they heal good. So seriously for this to stop happening why don't put some type of shoe on there hoof??
Ok I'm understanding now. And that sucks for them. Probably causes them alot of pain too. But u won't know if they have problems untel it's time for there next trimming. Thanks for answering me back and gave me some helpful information.
@Julie Izquierdo You get an abscess when the trauma on the inside is exposed to bacteria from the outside via a crack or small hole on the outside. Those cracks are formed when the whiteline isn’t allowed to form correctly or is damaged while forming. This is common with conditions like laminitis.
Oh ok. So wouldn't matter if they had shoes on or not. It only protects the outside not the inside. But what causes that problem in the 1st place?? That it gets infected from the inside of the bone?? Or as I call them claws
Shoes protect from trauma coming from the outside. Most of the trauma in cows feet come from the pedal bone on the inside of the foot.
Is a softer hoof preferable?
Soft is okay as long as it’s not flexible. Flexible means it’s too thin.
Watching you is always calm and mesmerizing....
You are so gentle and easy with the wounds, taking great care not to put anymore unnecessary pain on them than you have to. You are very caring, great quality shows in you! Thank you!!! ❤
Real and important people are still out there. They don't get fanfares or prizes but they are still there, even at the end of a cow's foot, a cow that provides us with vital sustenance. Thanks man.
E melhor prevenir que remediar, você concorda.
Nate now I see characters again. Excellent video
your a really good trimer . the hoof gp is good one to u shud do a clab
Just wondering, do cows know your helping them or are they just, well, dumb or whatever.
I don’t think they understand like we do.
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I really like this... It's like I can feel the cow being freed up from her pain. .... I would imagine this would be a full time job
It has been my full time job for nearly 19 years.
They in good care with Nate hand.
Appreciate you being gentle with the cows foot. You certainly know how bad it would hurt.
Your supposed to grind it down before you do anything to it
Cow at the end leaving and her mate waiting for her lol
I think it’s adorable at the end, the cow seemingly waiting for their friend, also has a wrap on. Thanks for these videos Nate!
You have a great job and very important I would love to see this done in person💖
Nate is the best!
🇬🇧 Do the cows stay in a stall ALL day in the tie stall system ? 🇬🇧
No. Tiestall cows, generally speaking, spend more time outdoors than free stall cows do.
Very interesting and informative thank you
Cow said thank moooooo
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You always get more views than the number of subscribers you have! I'm always shocked as it is usually the other way around. Why don't you ask ppl to subscribe?
@Nate the Hoof Guy too many people begging on YT
I feel like if viewers subscribe on their own, they’re doing it because they really enjoy the content and not just doing it because I suggested it. I think it will be beneficial long term for my channel.
So, uh, did anyone else see Jesus in that hoof?
I see him too! 😂😂😂
Have you ever had to hoof a cow with shoes like a horse ?
Nope
I thought you do a normal trim then address the problem.
I thought I was connecting with the hoof gp, but I decided to watch anyway. Wow!!! Talk about different techniques...
Why don't you take all of that tissue off? I actually know why, just wondering why one hoof trimmer will scrape it off and others don't. You are a true professional, Nate. Thank you
I really enjoy watching your work and dialogue. You can really tell when a person is experienced and knows just how much to do and then stops before making additional problems. I know all trimmers must have really sharp knives, but yours seem like going through butter.
Anyone seeing this for satisfaction?? 😂
Me too,.i Just enjoy your work. And your voice is good also. 👍👍👍And you are gentle.
What is the name of the lesion?
Sole ulcer.
Don’t see why you don’t wash down first?
Wow. 🥶 I’m from so cal. 50 degrees and were freezing
It was 4 degrees Fahrenheit this day.
I wonder if something like a dental water pick might be useful in getting the impacted stuff out of hoof voids.
It's faster just to cut it out
I’m confused. So if the cows were to escape, or something would they all eventually succumb to a hoof condition and die? What’s the ideal footing for a cow. Do they require human intervention to be able to live comfortably now?
No but some would. The problem with domestication is that human intervention over time allows for poorer quality traits to be passed on because we fix them. In a natural world those bad traits could lead to death and they wouldn’t get passed on. It is our responsibility to help them though IMO.
I think you hoof guys need a 2000 psi pressure washer with a yellow tip to clean them feet first.
@Nate the Hoof Guy You could a start a snow making business also
How well do you think that would work with temps at 4 degrees Fahrenheit?
In extreme cases do you need a numbing agent
usually the owners will have cows on painkillers and antibiotics if there is an infection or extreme lameness. :)
Where did you learn this skill
I trained with another hoof trimmer.
Just cause
Good job
Great job! Thank you.
Your fingers look like they need the horn trimmed before that digital dermatitis gets in
I really like your videos straight to the point.
If I ever develop a hoof lesion I want Nate to help me 😁
Have no idea why Iam watching this .
Another great video. What part of the country do you work in Nate? You sound like possibly an upper Midwesterner.
Correct. Western Wisconsin.
Hi Nate! Good video as always. I was watching another one of your videos earlier, and I have a question about digital dermatitis. I know there are specific signs that DD has formed around a hoof; however, is there any kind of sign that DD is just beginning to form? On the earlier video, I saw a reddish color around a hoof and thought it might be a sign of beginning DD, but you didn't treat for it. Now I'm not sure if I was seeing things or if that double cup of morning joe with triple shots of sugar and Irish Cream is making me see red. I guess I'm asking if you can see DD as it's just starting, rather than pronounced and awful looking and painful for the cow. Thanks, and thanks again for the video ~~ take good care!
It usually starts in the interdigital cleft. The best way to control DD is with the use of a foot bath. Treatment at the chute won’t prevent early cases because unless we treated them all as if they already had it. That wouldn’t be cost effective.
Hi Nate! Is there a reason to why usually just one of the claws ending up injured?
It’s usually the primary weight bearing claws which are the inside claws on the front and outside claws on the back feet. They receive the most amount of weight so consequently the most trauma.
Curious do you find the hooves of cows in tied stalls better? My grandparents had a dairy farm with cows in the tied stalls while milking and in winter but on pasture the rest of the time and we hardly ever had issues with the hooves.
In general they are better. The dairies here are similar and most of the problems are associated with the summer heat.
Yep, obviously has relief after a block and trimming. That ulcer area was bigger than it looked.
what do you do i you have ulcers on both claws ? some type of cut blocks ?
Sometimes but usually I won’t use blocks but just wrap and move the cow to a soft pen until she can recover.
I've been watching the hoof gp channel . Right of the bat I noticed how carefully and slowly you carve. he craves fast
Question: Why you never wash out the excess debris or mud off the hoof with some water?
@Rafael Diaz Brenes No problem.
@Nate the Hoof Guy many thanks man! Now I can clearly see why using water is more of a burden than an advantage. Thanks for taking time to answer and keep making videos!
Several reasons. First off, where I live the daytime temperatures don’t reach above freezing right now so that water would turn to ice causing slippery conditions for the cows to walk on. But even in the warmer months washing the feet when working with power tools and a chute that runs on electricity can be dangerous for obvious reasons. Also having wet leather gloves can make handling sharp knives dangerous. The other factor is time. I typically trim between 40-60 cows per day. Add on a couple minutes per cow to wash and dry the feet and you’re looking to add 2+ hours on to your already 8-10 hr work day. All that said...the grinder does the best job cleaning the foot anyway.
She looks like she feels better.
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What about that great big crack closer to the outside wall?
Not a crack. Just overlap from the double sole I removed from the ulcer.
How often on average do the hoofs need to be trimmed?
Every 4-6 months on average.
At least you get a vet people who watch the hoof GP think he’s hot shit when that son of birch has videos where he literally cuts away a entire digital on a cow with just topical lidocaine and he don’t have a vet license. He took the peddle bone out and everything.
Pedal bones fracture sometimes and come loose from the foot. I saw the one you’re talking about and I’ve seen them come out just like that.
Love it.
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I love to hear your voice 😍😍😍😍😍😍 I am from indonesia 🇮🇩
You are so gentle with your knife! It's such a pleasure to watch! Also I wonder if the cows would notice the difference between their hooves being drier or wetter 🤔 if they have to change the stall, for example.
@Nate the Hoof Guy it's more of a philosophical question! 😊 But if they notice how their hooves change with drier and wetter seasons, they'd notice them changing with the stalling too.
I’m not sure. They probably do though.
Proud flesh.
That’s another name for granulation tissue. 👍
Does 'tie stall' mean that the cows are tied into thier stalls? As opposed to Saskduchkids dairy cows ? Are there any regulations on this regarding how long they are tied up for? Genuinely curious...
@Jo Gillett You’re welcome.
@Nate the Hoof Guy OMG ❤👍 thank you for your reply!!! I look forward to any videos you might be able to make on tie stall cows, I do feel a bit sad for them tbh. Thank you for taking time to answer my question 😊
Yes they are tied up. The way the barns are designed they can’t roam freely like they do in freestalls. The cows would walk into the feed and contaminate it and it would be very difficult to keep clean which would be a problem with the milk inspectors. I don’t know about specific regulations but all the farmers I know let the cows out when the weather permits. I’ll do a video on them sometime so you can see what I mean.
I love watching your videos. You make it so enjoyable by explaining what and why you do. Thank you!
You always take your time and go gentle when using your knife which is great to see. Great information on this video again
That must be a great relief for the cow good job Nate
why is the purple wrap back?... couple videos back you had green wrap again but now we're back to purple. Whats the deal? Do i need to make a call to your wrap supplier?
@Nate the Hoof Guy Blue wrap would be nice. :)
Da ladies like some fancy colors
I’ve got green, purple, red, blue and tan.