10/20/2026
Our own Victoria is apprenticing to be a horse farrier.
🐴 Does removing a horse’s shoes hurt?
Nope! Just like our fingernails, the outer wall of a horse’s hoof is made of keratin and has no nerve endings.
That means properly removing horseshoes, trimming hooves, and driving nails into the correct part of the hoof wall shouldn’t hurt at all!
Of course, horses do have sensitive structures deeper inside their hooves, which is why proper farrier technique is so important.
🔨 A little hoof science while Victoria is hard at work!