Recent content by saskiahorsey

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I have a pait very new used 3 times for short period if anyone is interested x

Could use boots if workload increases too quickly

Infact if i had to bute after my trimmer hed never be back neither tbh Thankfully she moves better after trim not worse

But if you increase workload slowly and give feet time to adjust they will cope ?

If she has just moved her feet will take time to adjust why not use boots every other day or everyday until grown in the trabpnsition period ?

Edited to add this is just for the day or two after shoeing after that they are fine ... most posters said it only lasts a couple of days so dont worry !

No this has nothing to do with medical reasons ie athritis ... age etc its just because they are footsore apparently after being shod ... i was just shocked as when i clicked on thread i expected people to say no not normal to be sore and certainly not normal to have to bute for shoeing ... but...

No me either .. my horse is barefoot now but even when shod( for at least 4 years with me) i would not have expected nor accepted her to be footy or lame after ... i understand sometimes a nail can be too tight or close etc but to have to bute everytime to shoe is just crazy to me !

After following a thread on fb im a bit shocked ... someone posted that horse was lame everytime it had shoes put on ( yes obvious answers were keep barefoot but according to poster had typical tb feet so soles too thin etc ! ) anyhow i was blown away that 7 or more replies were from different...

Ish mare chestnut with flaxen mane and tail ... has huge splodge of white on bottom but now shes 16 and has white splashes all over and a couple of black ones too ... i was told her sire is a grey not sure if that would make a difference ... ?

Can you pit her in field near road ?? My two dont flicker at anything as they live beside a very busy a road ?

Have you tried sarah oliver ? Dare2bebarefoot ? Shes carslisle but travels down regularly