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A tense 45 minutes later, the little horse is back on her feet, in a lot less pain, and enjoying some grass. The process was not complete, though -- there will be more trimming and shaping over the coming months, as tendons gradually contract to their proper formation.

Even a very small horse can deliver a powerful kick, so it was soon all hands holding her down while ferrier Marc Setzer of Langsville in Meigs County first used a saw, then nippers to trim away years of overgrown hooves.

Frightened and in pain, the tiny horse did not welcome those there to help. Sedation would have been both expensive and dangerous. The actual hoof trimming, like cutting toenails, would be painless.

The hooves on this 10-year-old miniature horse had been neglected for years and had grown so as to deform bone and tendon and produce constant pain -- as well as make it nearly impossible for the tiny equine even to walk.

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