FabulousFlynn'sMum
Well-Known Member
Hi folks, I'll keep this as brief as I can. I have a 17hh ID mare who has dinner plate sized feet, they are also quite flat! Anyway she is shod religously every 6 weeks by my farrier of 15 years who has recently started a lovely guy who is newly qualified and is working with my farrier.
A few times in the past ive mentioned to my farrier could we take a bit more off her feet as she trips quite alot, my farrier has always been relucant to do this and thinks she's fine as she is. The last twice now the new guy has shod her which im perfectly happy about, on the first occasion I noticed how much he'd taken off her feet (I hadnt asked him too, he'd done this off his own accord), they were much smaller and more compact, as a result the tripping/stumbling has stopped which I have been really pleased about. The new guy shod her for the second time on the 22 April.
When I turned her out after he'd gone I noticed a definate lameness if only slight. I just thought she was maybe a bit sore from being shod and that it would wear off. I rode her 4 days later and she definately felt unlevel and not right. I phoned my farrier (his boss) and he said if it was a nail prick or bind she'd be really lame so he just thinks his guy this second time has just trimmed her too short and shes a bit foot sore.
Ive given her a week off and ridden her Friday and today and whereby she's not what I would call lame, she definately feels a bit footy, she pulls to be on the grass verge I presume where its softer. After we rode when I led her back to her field, she was walking along a bank of grass and you could defo see some unlevelness there and slight lamness where she was walking across a slope.
So folks, any ideas, if she is just foot sore from being trimmed too far would you expect it to have cleared up 2 weeks on with new hoof growth etc or am I expecting things too quick?
Anyway nice bottle of vino if youve got this far but any advice or input would be much appreciated.
Thanks, love Jayne xx
A few times in the past ive mentioned to my farrier could we take a bit more off her feet as she trips quite alot, my farrier has always been relucant to do this and thinks she's fine as she is. The last twice now the new guy has shod her which im perfectly happy about, on the first occasion I noticed how much he'd taken off her feet (I hadnt asked him too, he'd done this off his own accord), they were much smaller and more compact, as a result the tripping/stumbling has stopped which I have been really pleased about. The new guy shod her for the second time on the 22 April.
When I turned her out after he'd gone I noticed a definate lameness if only slight. I just thought she was maybe a bit sore from being shod and that it would wear off. I rode her 4 days later and she definately felt unlevel and not right. I phoned my farrier (his boss) and he said if it was a nail prick or bind she'd be really lame so he just thinks his guy this second time has just trimmed her too short and shes a bit foot sore.
Ive given her a week off and ridden her Friday and today and whereby she's not what I would call lame, she definately feels a bit footy, she pulls to be on the grass verge I presume where its softer. After we rode when I led her back to her field, she was walking along a bank of grass and you could defo see some unlevelness there and slight lamness where she was walking across a slope.
So folks, any ideas, if she is just foot sore from being trimmed too far would you expect it to have cleared up 2 weeks on with new hoof growth etc or am I expecting things too quick?
Anyway nice bottle of vino if youve got this far but any advice or input would be much appreciated.
Thanks, love Jayne xx