I fundamentally did the elderly approach & retreat working my way down to her hoof. This went well. I then tried to pick up her hoof & things did not go so well. He tried to move & jump around. I attempted to hang on but he is about 500-600 lbs so in the long run, he won.
OK, so perhaps I was a small speedy to handle her feet. So, I decided to take it a bit slower. I took my lead rope (15 feet) & tossed it over her back repeatedly. He was OK with this as I had completed this before along with her. I then tossed the lead rope around her feet. I would swing the rope so it would wrap around her legs. He did not like this. Pooka would kick & try to get away. I would keep tossing the rope & ensuring her nose was pointing towards me, so I would not get kicked, until he stood still. Finally he did. After a small bit of a fight he stood still & all was OK. The rope around her legs did not kill her & he stood still while it happened.
Finally (OK, only twenty minutes later)
Now it was time to pick up her leg. I took the lead rope & put it around her foot. So, fundamentally I had this immense loop in my rope that went around her leg. If I dropped finish of the rope he leg would be free, in case all hell broke loose. While keeping her nose pointed towards me I seesawed the rope back & forth all over the upper to lower parts of her leg. When Pooka was OK with this I pulled on the loop picking her foot up. He jumped around & kicked but I was safe, nose pointed towards me, & the rope felt no pain. One time he ought to stand still & let me hold her leg up for two seconds I would release the strain & let her put her leg down. I then worked up to four seconds & then ten. One time I could hold her leg up for ten seconds I decided that it was time for me to pick up her hoof with my hand.
After all this I again tried to pick up her hoof with my hand. Wow, no issue. He let me pick it up. I would hold it for two seconds & let it go. Then four seconds. The ten seconds. Then I took a pick & picked out her foot.
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