My 17yo gelding has arthritis and had been tripping a lot, spoke to my farrier and we have put cytek shoes on him now......he is a different horse. here are some piccies
This is hoof with normal shoe on......he also has tendon damage to this leg....
this is the same foot with cytek shoe on
the shoe from underneath
we are going to do more piccies of them when they are due to be redone to see how his hoof shape changes etc........
Not wanting to cast a damper but not all horses suit natural balance shoes . On my vet/chiropractors advice we put one of my ridden liveries Estonia in these shoes a few years ago and basically they appeared to contribute to making her lame so be careful .
I don't know why you had to quote me again Pauline, as I said I just put what my farrier said in my original post. It was just his view. As Kit says these shoes don't seem to suit all horses, which is also what my farrier told me. I am glad that some people do find them helpful to their horses, but every horse is different :-)
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Posted - 14 Mar 2009 : 10:07:27 AM
