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Old 07/20/11, 01:28 PM
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The Dremel is too slow.
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Old 07/20/11, 01:49 PM
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There are some folks who use the Dremel, but they must have some attachments that I don't have.
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Old 07/20/11, 02:34 PM
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One doe has a crooked tip and they are slightly slanted so she stands almost on the side of one hoof and these are her rear hooves - her front are fine. She is the most difficult to straighten. The other doe isn't so bad and has one rear hoof that points uphill on a flat surface, so I have been working on getting her back heal flat without causing bleeding.
Those sound correctable.

I find with those type a knife of some sort where you can start at the heel and cut all the way to the toe at an angle to straighten them helps.
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