Patent ID: 7165623
Filing Date: 2007-01-23
Classification: A01L

Abstract:
1. A method for shoeing a horse comprising the steps of: (a) placing an index finger on the center of the coronet band on the upper surface of a horses hoof; then (b) bringing a thumb in opposition to the index finger to rest on the bottom of the hoof; then (c) marking the actual center of the hoof, the actual center being defined as the point where the thumb contacts the hoof; then (d) placing a tool consisting essentially of an elongate strip having a length and a visible center indicia disposed midway along said length, said center indicia representing zero on a numerical scale, and plurality of equally-spaced numerical gradations ruled laterally on a surface of said strip outwardly from said center indicia, said gradations extending from zero to around 100 mm in each direction from said center indicia against the bottom of the hoof such that the orientation of the tool along the length of the tool runs in an anterior-posterior direction and wherein the center indicia overlies the actual center of the hoof; then (e) measuring the distance L from the center indicia to the heel of the hoof; then (f) measuring a distance L forward of the center indicia and marking the hoof with a transverse break-over line; then (g) beveling a portion of the hoof forward of the break-over line an angle Θ relative to the plane of the, the hoof thereafter being a prepared hoof.