Recent content by stablegirl130

good looks a bonus! ;) we have a rather tasty one that shoes one of the horses at our yard :)

Yes, have spoken to a behaviourist about a farrier change earlier and she thinks it sounds like a good idea, as if it is psychological and is expecting pain, then pulls away in expectation and gets told off for it we are just going around in circles. Am in chelmsford in essex.

Oh really? that sounds interesting, have you got any details for him?

i think i need to train to be a farrier too! haha

Oh right, yes I see. Her hooves are not necessarily brittle. When she has shoes on, they are in reasonably good condition (apart from being flat) and did not crack regularly when bare foot, they were just worn down very low. I have been researching feeds and it said that hi fibre cubes are...

So what diet is she on?

When she was barefoot though for a good 2 years she would not let him get hold of her to trim her either!

No I think you misread that I said all the other horses on my yard have very good feet! What would you suggest for a good hoof diet then?

Her hooves have shown a tremendous improvement since i've been with this farrier over the past 2 1/2 years but it is clear to see that the flatness of her feet is the problem, and alongside my farrier I have done my best to get the angle right, but from the outset of buying her many people have...

Yes I suppose you could say she stands with her back legs underneath her. Her hooves on the back get gradually narrower towards the heel. It is literally the skin of her heel that touches the ground unshod, and the hoof sticks out in front of it. Hard to describe but thats what it looks like...

My vet has said because of the angle of her foot unshod she should have them on as her heel was so close to the ground that it was causing problems. The shoe was needed as an elevator to ensure that her leg was in the right position, and my vet even mentioned wedges in the shoes as the lady that...

Thanks for all responses! Handing front foot to him is how I overcame her behaviour on the front feet, however I havent tried this on the back since shes had them back on in the last 2 years. When I tried it when I first got her she let me hand it to him but as soon as he started to pull the...

I have tried twitching her when I first got her but when I bought her she was very nervous and she tends to fight through things like that. I dont know if her behaviour is due to past experiences/lack of trust or just bad behaviour which is why im really stuck! Thankyou for your suggestion, I...

Hi all, I have owned my chestnut mare (!!) for 5 years now and have always had problems with shoeing her. She has improved a lot with the fronts and can have these done normally but I have to have her sedated every 6 weeks for her backs to be done which is costing a bomb! She is 16.2, so a big...