I see it in youtube videos and don’t understand the purpose if they’re going to cut off some of the burnt parts anyway.
[Link to video for example (3:15, 12:25, 24:02)](https://youtu.be/rwdYV5ShYl0?si=oowrMOw-b91hii6n)
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the burning is nothing more than a detection method to find high spots.
they could do the same by cooling the horseshoe, putting it in to ink, reheating and banging.
As the burning doesn’t hurt the hoof, it is easier to just press it on and adjust the hoof or horseshoe to have a perfect fit;
Not all of them do- often you get a farrier doing cold-shoeing if the preformed shoes are a close fit and only need a little adjustment. It’s just another technique. I’ve never found one to be better than the other personally.
My dog loves our farrier. She gives him the hoof trimmings. For some reason, dogs think they’re great treats.
It’s just “trying on the shoe”, like you’d try on shoes at a shoe store. It’s done hot because then they can immediately fix whatever they see isn’t fitting. Shaping the hoof is also done then. You could do these things all at different times, but why? just stand there, bend the shoe, try it on, cut the hoof, try it on, bend and cut things until everything fits all in one go. If it was a person you’d be heating it all the way up to bend then all the way down to cool, but a horse hoof can’t feel it so why wait?
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