Friday, June 4, 2021
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DREW PETERSON
Bovine hoof trimmer helps cows put best foot forward
By DIANNA TROYER
For the Capital Press
RUPERT, Idaho — Flakes
and shavings from a cow’s
hoof fl y through the air and
ping off Drew Peterson’s pro-
tective plastic face shield while
he gives a bovine pedicure.
Guiding an electric grinder, he
trims a Holstein’s hooves.
A cow hoof trimmer, Peter-
son’s job is vital yet unfamiliar
to most people outside dairies.
Viewers of the television show
“Dirty Jobs with Mike Rowe”
know about it.
“It was funny to watch
Mike trimming a cow,” said
the 28-year-old Rupert, Idaho,
resident. “When I tell people
what I do, they usually say, ‘I
didn’t even know that was a
job.’”
Peterson’s assistant, Ryan
Matthews, said sometimes
people laugh when he tells
them his occupation. “I get a
look like, ‘What’s that? You
give cows a pedicure? Why?’”
Cow hoof trimmers get
the last laugh with perma-
nent job security. Peterson
and Matthews are in demand
fi ve to six days a week at dair-
ies throughout southeastern
Idaho. Dairy owners under-
stand the importance of their
job.
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