aww, poor pony got Nail Bind, anyone else experienced this?

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To cut a long story short, i couldn't be at the yard when the farrier came so another horse owner got alfie in, etc.

alfie was not sound after farrier but i thought he probably was just a bit sore which he has been in the past so i gave him the weekend and then he worsened and by Monday he was hopping lame!
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farrier was away so got vet out, she took shoe off and the nail was well over the inside of the white line in the sensitive part!! poor boy, he's now being poulticed and he is on the mend.

its so annoying and upsetting that my horse is lame because of the farrier, but i suppose everyone makes mistakes.

Has anyone else had this happen to their horse?

do you think its bad?

Im just hoping Alfie lets the farrier reshoe him, he was really nervous to shoe when i got him and he has taken 5 years to settle completely, now im praying we're not back to square 1 again, he's really going to anticipate pain when being shod,
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That happened to my Fell pony who hated farriers anyway, needless to say we called a different farrier out the next day and never used that guy again!
 
its odd cos he shoes my thoroughbred and always seems to do a good job of his feet, but since alfie has been shod by him his feet look short and stumpy and the clenches are high up close to the coronet band!!

i so annoyed i've only just changed farriers and i thought i'd found a good one!!
 
no pics at the mo, but i can get some!! its not like really close but its higher than normal, the vet also commented on this.
 
Would just be interested to see really.
If the vet commented on it as well, perhaps ask them if they think it is 'bad' farriery, maybe ask them if you can claim damages? I really don't have a clue where you stand if the farrier harms your horse.
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My farrier recently crippled my poor horse in her front feet - needless to say I changed farriers pretty quickly after that, but we ended up having to take her front shoes off for a while in order for her for her feet to settle. And she has only just started coming back into work now
 
My horse is quite often sore after being shod, he has thin walls or something and consequently as it's quite uncomfortable for him to be shod he can be a bit of a g*t whihc, in turn makes it diffficult for the farrier to shoe him. Farrier has always been understanding and we generalyl get away with myhorse being a little pottery for a couple of days after and then he's fine. Farrier always makes me walk him up and down straight after to see how he is.

Recently he's had a few instances where the nail has caused him to bleed and he's ended up with abscesses. The farrier always comes straight abck out, removes shoe and replaces or we poultice for a few days and he comes back and refits the shoe. He doesn't charge for this. None or our other horses haveany problems at all, it is just mine ad I think my poor farrier dreads shoeing him and just prays he'llbe sound each time. Touch wood he has been the last few time and is on farriers formula to help his feet (they are also brittle and fall apart!).

If the farrier has been fine before and there's been no problem then i would see this as a one off incident and just unfortunate but if you are not happy with the farrier then yes change him.
 
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Flipping heck that doesn't sound good! Can't the horse cope without shoes with old mac boots or similar instead?

Sorry I'm poking my nose in and changing the subject, but being regularly lame after the farrier and bleeding doesn't sound good, so just curious, not malicious!
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