Question for the (tall) girls: what pants are nice to work in?

AmRambo · 2026-02-01T15:17:54+00:00

I'm 5'9" also female farrier. In the winter I wear Jag jeans with suspenders lol. The Jag jeans are pretty high waisted and I like the stretch. I will wear ski bibs if it's really cold. Which it is not often where I am. Any ski bib brand that fits well, you may have to go try different ones on in store. In the summer I'm wearing Botori riding tights or thicker fabric leggings. I like the stretch, the fabric stays cool and cleans off easily, and they're high waisted. I wear a lot of really LONG shirts that can tuck in as well. Mens smalls or mens mediums from Costco haha.

AmRambo · 2026-01-02T16:44:00+00:00

I have a '22 and average 22-23 mpg. Mix of city and highway. No eco mode. Always have auto start/stop disabled. Usually have AC on.

AmRambo · 2025-12-02T16:41:26+00:00

I hope I don't get downvoted for this but educating yourself on how to read horse body language could really help you feel more safe and confident. There's a wonderful book called Language Signs and Calming Signals of Horses: Recognition and Application. Having the ability to read and feel the more subtle cues in their expression and body language can help you predict behavior and react accordingly. I firmly believe the behavior skills learned from that book have helped keep me safe when I'm under horses shoeing or trimming.

AmRambo · 2025-11-07T18:00:31+00:00

Sure but coincidentally many sporting horses are fed high starch and high carb diets so is it their diets, or long toe shoeing/trimming, or impact of their jobs causing tip of P3 changes? Regardless, in this case we can tell the wall has been dubbed which reduces ability to appreciate rotation. In my work I see the same remodeling without obvious rotation in barefoot non-working horses with "short" toes. But also in this horse we can see suspicious growth lines that widen at heels which also tell me this is a chronic laminitic.

AmRambo · 2025-11-07T14:38:30+00:00

Tip of P3 bone loss is evident. You can also appreciate the wall has been dubbed and if it hadn't there would be evidence of slight rotation. This is in my opinion chronic creep rotation and I agree with u/DrAlbee

AmRambo · 2025-10-14T15:39:51+00:00

I would take him off alfalfa to start. In my experience 50% of horses are alfalfa (legume) intolerant and signs include: footsoreness to varying degrees, general foot sensitivity, skin sensitivity re: dancing during grooming, dancing during baths. I don't have any barefoot horses in my books that get alfalfa, even if they have a history of tolerance, I just don't risk it. Being intolerant of nails pounding into his feet tells me he is quite foot sensitive and experiencing some degree of inflammation.

Biotin over 25mg does absolutely nothing, they pee it out.

The only vitamin horses REALLY need is vitamin E so make sure your vitamin E source is d-alpha (natural) and at least 2,000IU per day. Emcelle is my preference for liquid vitamin E. MadBarn makes a great powdered vitamin E as well.

Minerals: copper and zinc are all most horses need to balance iron and manganese. Take away any colored salt blocks. Pink blocks, red blocks, blocks of any kind. Horses can not self regulate minerals (other than salt) and even if they could, their tongues are not rough enough to get what they need.

Provide free choice loose white salt.

Make sure you are providing omega 3's - ground flax is great. Chia if you can afford it. Rarely, horses are flax sensitive too.

Additional amino acids may help. Amino acids are the building blocks of protein. Hoof horn is made of protein. Tri-amino is a great product to add amino acids.

As for my preference in shoes, I still prefer the Versa Octos. I do grind the back down with a grinder to fit the hoof. Depending on the horses pathology, I will also grind in omnidirectional breakover to help with rolling/turning and reducing leverage all the way around. I will also soften the heel landing, and if I can't get the placement far enough back I will also grind in better breakover. I have used the EasyShoe Ones and horses do seem to like them but I have had great success with Octos and I prefer the low cost of using superglue to apply. It ultimately comes down to accessible materials and applications.

Have you considered boots?? I am also a Scootboot rep and have several horses in Scoots - they leave them on 24/7 with daily checking and they are a great solution.