Pull Those Shoes for COVID-19–HOW?

Crease Nail Pullers?

With the lockdown in NZ, farriers are not deemed essential workers other than for emergency work, so some have been concerned their horses are overdue for trims, or at least to have their shoes pulled. Vets, feel free to share this post with your clients!

So, you don’t have a farrier or trimmer until the lockdown is over…. Don’t have a buffer, hammer, and shoe puller?

Crease Nail Pullers to the Rescue!

If you have only a single horseshoeing item in your horsetruck/trailer/float, a crease nail puller is the tool to have! Even a child can remove a shoe. Usually without trauma to either the kid or the horse!

If you’re in NZ, a supplier which is still open for essential goods is Shoof. They aren’t supplying those who don’t already have an account, but they have informed me they can sell them to me. I’m happy to purchase these and on-sell them to you if you cannot source them yourselves. Message me via the contacts page or ring me.

Here’s a vid I just made for you. There are horses around with shoes on, but none on my farm, and with the lockdown I can’t go next door to video theirs, either! (Yes, I’m an equine vet and an ‘essential worker’ but that’s only for emergencies. In COVID terms, this is not an emergency.)

So hope this helps you guys.

Let me know if you need a set of crease nail pullers. I can probably get rasps for you as well. Make sure you wear gloves and if you have them, chaps or thick pants to protect your legs.

Please stay safe, all.

Love from Waitawheta, NZ

Lizzi, Maya and Tiggie (who was looking for hoof cookies… soon, dog. The horse needs a trim.)

PS, Stay home. Do groundwork. Love on your horses. 🙂

Being a burden to emergency services because you fell off won’t help NZ’s (or any other country’s) COVID response. And do you REALLY want to be in a hospital with COVID if you don’t have to?