Jonty's New Shoes

Frank and Jonty with the farriers

Jonty is a handsome horse who is owned and loved by his owners in Duncan, British Columbia.

We are happy to have been chosen to sit this hobby-farm. 

On Wednesday, a farrier fit Janty’s two front hooves with new metal shoes.

Shane The Farrier

As you may know, Frank was a farrier and was happy to assist by holding on to Jonty’s lead. It was a great chance for him to share some of his shoeing stories.

Frank shares farrier stories

The farrier first dug out the muck and other bits from Jonty’s hooves. The big brown mount stood calm and seemingly satisfied to be the centre of attention.

Farrier cleans Jonty's hoof

Shane placed two shoes into his propane forge. The heat turns the iron red hot and pliable. The horseshoe was put on an anvil and shaped with a large hammer.

Shane's propane forge

When it was pushed against the bottom of Janty's hoof, the searing metal caused a large plume of smoke. The steed didn’t react. His toe is much like our fingernails – no feelings.

Hot metal against Jonty's hoof

The farrier evaluated the shape of Jonty’s hoof several times and then hammered the shoe again to further customize its shape. His apprentice snipped a bit of the toe, filed it with a large sanding rasp, and dug out more grit from the body of the sole.

Apprentice uses sanding rasp

In the end, Shane hammered six nails each into Jonty’s two front hooves. Both the farrier and the horse seemed satisfied.

Farrier secures Jonty's shoe

There was a magical clop, clop, clop sound made by Jonty’s new shoes as Frank guided him over the concrete driveway on the way to his stall.

Jonty's New Shoe