Worked great on my goats hard hooves this summer.
It has made hoof trimming much more efficient for me. Very intuitive to use although the instructional videos are great!
I breed Mini Nubian and Nigerian Dwarf dairy goats. I have a very large herd and am not a strong person so hoof trimming is a big chore. I bought the Hoof Boss complete kit several months ago because I also have horses but I hadn’t gotten around to using it until recently. Today I just finished using it on the last of my 25 does (the bucks are next!) and I am IN LOVE with this thing!
It does have a bit of a learning curve and it takes practice to perfect your technique but as you learn how to use it and your goats get used to it it gets faster and easier and you do such a better job than traditional hoof nippers. And boy do those hooves look pretty!
You can do as little or as much as you like, from just “getting it done” to making them show ready. You can make them so smooth and nice that there’s nowhere for bacteria to hide, leading to hoof rot. And while it IS possible to get them too close of you aren’t careful I find that I draw blood way less that with nippers and nowhere near as badly, which leads to less pain and trauma to the goat.
