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spirit
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 Posted - 09 Jan 2006 : 7:43:05 PM
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Hi, has anyone got any advice.
My TB mare has got pretty poor front feet and she is loosing her off-fore shoe every time the farrier puts it on, its costing me a bomb, plus shes constantly out of work!
Last time the farrier put larger and more nails in that foot, but it still came off twice. I have also put her on Farriers Formular to strengthen her feet.
I have considered getting one of these protective boots that go on the feet, but they look complicated to put on and adjust and I have a broken arm at the mo, so its a bit difficult.
I cant sto putting her in the field, just to stop the shoes coming off - she is a horse that needs to go out!
Help ..............
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Zan
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Posted - 09 Jan 2006 : 7:53:21 PM
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Taking her back shoes off and getting the farrier to rasp them smooth at the front might help---it's possible that she's pulling her front ones off with her back ones as she runs.Also if she has typical TB feet your farrier is probably trying to get her heels to fill out by leaving a bit of a "wing" at the back of her front shoes and if she doesn't have rear shoes on there's less likelihood of her standing on it.If you've got a broken arm and can't ride it might be an idea to take her front ones off as well?? 3 or 4 months with no shoes while the Farrier's Formula is getting into her system would probably make a huge difference.
How good is your farrier---I doubt the wisdom of putting more and bigger nails in an already fragile foot personally. |
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Roseanne
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Posted - 09 Jan 2006 : 7:55:05 PM
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| You can get shoes that can be stuck on to the hoof although I don't know much more detail than that. Possibly they are plastic shoes. Perhaps a search on Google for plastic horseshoes would reveal something, or a visit to the Worshipful Company of Farriers site. |
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Deboniks
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spirit
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England
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Posted - 09 Jan 2006 : 9:53:17 PM
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| Hi. I had her back shoes taken off as she wasn't being ridden. I asked the farrier if she could have her front shoes off, but he didn't think her feet could take it. Plus she gets very foot sore. My farrier is known to be avery good one ans spends alot of time on them. Now that my arm is useless, she is just lunged 3 times a week and turned out everyday. |
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pat day
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United Kingdom
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Posted - 09 Jan 2006 : 10:05:37 PM
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What about the rubber overreach boots.
My lad pulls his front ones off when hes unfit,(NOW) or muddy conditions.
Hes turned out each day, bandaged, so not rubbed, and overreach boots.
Hes not pulled one off since. Can only say it works for us. |
       
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NPA Arabians
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Posted - 09 Jan 2006 : 10:25:34 PM
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Both my ridden mare & my filly are turned out in over-reach boots, only way i can keep shoes on them!
Again - because of their foot conformation they are shod with "length" at the heel, so are very easy to pull off - over-reach boots do seem to stop them.
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kcv1223
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England
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Posted - 10 Jan 2006 : 08:38:34 AM
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Hi there,
My veteren TB has TERRIBLE feet - he even managed to loose one shoe in the lorry on the way home from the farrier once (5 minute journey!). The answer with him was to take the back shoes off and turn him out in over reach boots. I also paint his hooves with Keratex Hoof Hardener daily for a week after each shoeing making sure I saturate the nail holes; and I have him done every 5 weeks now - seems to encourage more healthy growth.
Good luck!
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Cate
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Posted - 10 Jan 2006 : 08:51:31 AM
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| I can vouch for Keratex as Karen says. It is super and you will notice a difference very quickly! I used to use it when it first came onto the market ....before it was ever in shops! SHowing my age. |
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sazzlepants71
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Posted - 10 Jan 2006 : 09:41:36 AM
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have u tried looking at a alternative shoe? some horses just dont get on with the 'tradional' shoeing , i have had natural balance on for 2 years & never looked back!
here is a interesting link for the subject , but type in natural balance on google for lots of info!
http://www.ecis.com/~hplove/clo/heum9807.html |
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spirit
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England
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Posted - 10 Jan 2006 : 10:01:27 AM
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I did try putting over-reach boots on, but she lost them in the field. Do you all use the ones that you have to pull over the foot?
I used to have the Natural Balance shoes, but I changed my farrier, I also didnt have this mare then.
I may try to get some of this Keratex to put on the hoof.
Has anyone tried these 'Old Mac' type boots? |
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jo c
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United Kingdom
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Posted - 10 Jan 2006 : 11:48:50 AM
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Keratex works wonders for our TB who has very poor hooves. He is unshod also on his hinds as he is a shiverer.
He has old mac boots for his hinds (his "special trainers " lol ) which are brilliant for hacking him out over stoney ground as he gets very cautious and we can't risk any injury to his hind feet because of his shivers( we don't turn him out in the old macs tho')
Definately try keratex and keep going with the farriers formula as it does take quite a while to notice any effect. jo |
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rhoni
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Posted - 10 Jan 2006 : 12:47:23 PM
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| The friend who has got my rotten footed old Anglo-Arab has put him on Formula 4 Feet and is delighted with results - noticeably and rapidly better than Farriers Formula. I use Old Macs and they're brilliant - correct fitting is vital but I have found they stay on in muddy fields and are great to ride in too. They work out cheaper than shoeing in the long run and mean you're not weakening foot with constant nailing. |
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