Are you shod or barefoot?

[PolarSkye]

Kal only has shoes on his fronts (egg bars) and he competes . . . hasn't had shoes on behind for a year and a half now and has never struggled.

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[EmmaC78]

One horse shod and two ponies barefoot.

 

[Em123]

4 with fronts 1 unshod

 

[lucindakay]

Shod... i honestly thought a lot more would be shod

 

[moana]

Personally, neither. equines unshod no boots.

 

[blue89]

barefoot

 

[TheresaW]

2 shod, 1 barefoot.

 

[olop]

Completely barefoot no boots. Simple reasoning he doesnt need them & was a ****** to shoe as he didnt like the banging (of the nails), has been barefoot most of his 10 years except give or take a year

 

[Kat]

Bare with boots for hacking

 

[ebonyallen]

shod on front

 

[GrumpyMare]

I am barefoot

 

[biggingerpony]

The BGP is shod at the front in Spring/Summer and unshod Autumn/Winter (without boots) So none of those options really!

 

[ILuvCowparsely]

mare was shod


the other 3 were bare foot but now gelding shod all round

so 2 barefoot 1 shod

 

[Slightlyconfused]

Two bare
One bare but turnout and ridden in booties
One in fronts only

 

[Megibo]

Shod certainly seems less common now, to me anyway! 8 years ago when we got our first pony they were shod all round as standard.
When I got my bigger mare she was shod infront, both however are barefoot now, bigger mare since Oct/Nov 12 and first pony at least 2 years can't say I'd want shoes back on them though bigger mare is footy when under saddle and one of her forefeet grows into a weird shape that can only be stopped by shoes so I'm sadly thinking about putting fronts back on for her.

 

[Tiffany]

Shoes front barefoot back

 

[rachi20x]

Fronts

 

[Shutterbug]

One shod and one barefoot as hes still a baby but I do hope to keep him barefoot in the future

 

[starryeyed]

Two shod, one unshod/barefoot with no boots.

 

[Bertolie]

Both shod all round

 

[tazzy69]

2 barefoot

 

[NaeNae87]

My TB has fronts on and is un shod in the back. I tried taking his shoes off and he couldn't cope, sho fronts went back on.
My Andy/tb/rp x isn't shod, he just gets the farrier out to trim him once every 6 weeks

 

[RainbowDash]

Fronts only x.

 

[cptrayes]

Shod certainly seems less common now, to me anyway! 8 years ago when we got our first pony they were shod all round as standard.
When I got my bigger mare she was shod infront, both however are barefoot now, bigger mare since Oct/Nov 12 and first pony at least 2 years can't say I'd want shoes back on them though bigger mare is footy when under saddle and one of her forefeet grows into a weird shape that can only be stopped by shoes so I'm sadly thinking about putting fronts back on for her.

You might be interested to read rockleyfarm.blogspot.com and see the photos of foot deviation in response to body asymmetry before you shoe that foot. She probably grows it like that because it balances her leg.

 

[rara007]

Everything in work all shod all round atm

 

[Angua2]

me boots and socks usually
horse has nudey feet and is very happy that way in all her odd foot, twisty leg, pigeon toed way