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At Coachlight Forge we generally hot shoe our horses for the excellence of fit that hot shoeing gives. If medical or emotional reasons do not allow us to hot shoe then we will of course, cold shoe your horse.

Our number one goal is a good fit and the comfort of your horse while the job is being done. Seeing a farrier should not be a source of anxiety for your horse.

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Hot vs Cold Shoeing

When a farrier refers to hot or cold shaping, they are meaning the act of actually hammering the shoe into shape to fit on your horse’s hoof.  Hot shoeing, however, refers to using a hot shoe to mark the sole of the hoof and to indicate to the farrier whether the shoe is the right fit.  If there are still high points on the hoof to be filed down, these will show once the hot shoe has been placed on the hoof.  This helps the farrier make the shoe a better fit for your horse.

Cold shoeing omits this step and instead fits the shoe to your horse, and then works with the hoof and shoe together to bring them into the right balance.  This type of shoeing can provide your horse with just as good a fit as hot shoeing, and takes just as much farrier skill to do it correctly.  A farrier who uses the cold shoeing process should not be discounted.  In fact, some horses cannot tolerate hot shoeing, and therefore must rely on the cold shoeing techniques.  As with anything, it is the farrier’s skill that determines how well the shoes fit the horse, not the technique used.  Credit to Ask The Farrier for original article