casio
Member
Hi,
I've recently moved from Sheffield to SE London and have had to find a new farrier.
I have owned my horse since she was 4, and she is now 13. During this time she has never been lame and with the exception of 3 occasions, has been shod by the same guy up in Sheffield since she was 9.
One of the 3 occasions of using a different farrier was yesterday. When she had been shod, she was put in her stable while her field mate finished being shod and then they went out in the field together. When walking her to the field she stumbled, and I trotted her to the field gate (concrete surface) and she appeared lame, although admittedly hard to tell as I was the one trotting her.
Anyway, I inspected her shoes when she was in the field and although I'm not a farrier, she has been poorly shod in my opinion and another, independent farrier has agreed.
Since then she has been trotted up properly, the farrier who shod her, myself, my yard owner and multiple others agree she is toe landing, the farrier refuses to accept responsibility for being the cause of it, and I now have a horse that although isn't lame today (she was yesterday) is certainly not sound and is tripping over (she fell over three times yesterday, once in walk on grass and twice when being trotted up on level concrete).
Basically I would like advice on two things,
Thank you so much if you have read all that and I'd really appreciate any help!
I've recently moved from Sheffield to SE London and have had to find a new farrier.
I have owned my horse since she was 4, and she is now 13. During this time she has never been lame and with the exception of 3 occasions, has been shod by the same guy up in Sheffield since she was 9.
One of the 3 occasions of using a different farrier was yesterday. When she had been shod, she was put in her stable while her field mate finished being shod and then they went out in the field together. When walking her to the field she stumbled, and I trotted her to the field gate (concrete surface) and she appeared lame, although admittedly hard to tell as I was the one trotting her.
Anyway, I inspected her shoes when she was in the field and although I'm not a farrier, she has been poorly shod in my opinion and another, independent farrier has agreed.
Since then she has been trotted up properly, the farrier who shod her, myself, my yard owner and multiple others agree she is toe landing, the farrier refuses to accept responsibility for being the cause of it, and I now have a horse that although isn't lame today (she was yesterday) is certainly not sound and is tripping over (she fell over three times yesterday, once in walk on grass and twice when being trotted up on level concrete).
Basically I would like advice on two things,
- What is the short term damage of having her toe landing?
- Can you recommend me a farrier in SE London/North Kent?
Thank you so much if you have read all that and I'd really appreciate any help!
