I drove nails long for a better grip, but a horse with thin walls showed me shorter is kinder. Some farriers still swear by length, so what's your take?
Have a farrier check the fit to avoid causing pain.
This gelding would flinch hard whenever I brought out the nippers for his hoof trim. I started tapping the tool lightly on my palm near him first, so the sound wasn't a surprise, and he settled right down. How do you help horses get used to specific tools?
I took a gig shoeing trail horses in Montana last summer and it was a mess. The pay wasn't worth the drive time and unfamiliar horse temperaments.