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Figure 11.3. Clinch cutter. Source: Courtesy of FPD Farrier
Products Distribution, Shelbyville, KY 40066.

Figure 11.5. Creased nail pullers. Note the short handles, which
can be readily used by veterinarians. Source: Courtesy of FPD
Farrier Products Distribution, Shelbyville, KY 40066.

shoe was levered. The nails are then removed individu­
ally and the levering process repeated behind each nail
until all nails are removed. Another method is to use a
creased nail puller (Figure 11.5) to grasp the nail head
and remove each nail from within the crease or fuller of
the horseshoe. The creased nail puller should always be
used when removing therapeutic shoes to minimize
trauma to an already compromised foot. If a horse loses
a shoe or if the shoes must be removed and a farrier is
not available, a layer of deformable impression material
(Equilox Pink Equilox International, Inc., Pine Island,
MN) can be placed on the solar surface of the foot and
attached by wrapping the foot with a roll of 2‐ or 3‐inch
elastic tape. This provides comfort and prevents damage
to the hoof wall until the farrier replaces the shoe.

Figure 11.4. Shoe pullers. Note the knobs on the ends of the
handles, which distinguish this tool from hoof nippers (compare with References
nippers in Figure 12.15). Source: Courtesy of FPD Farrier Products
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above the surface of the shoe just in front of where the