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Its officially the start of my donkeys holiday as the farrier came today to take her back shoes off! Its purely to save some pennies as she is not going to be going anywhere stony etc and the farrier agreed it would be fine for her! She was very good for a change (she usually does her best to run away from him) and he said that despite her odd ball personality he really liked her which from him is a massive compliment as he normally talks to me like I am 5!

So now its two months off to go and be the baby horse she is and do a bit more growing :)

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Don't blame her for running off - smart cookie! Why anyone would shoe a horse that's still growing is beyond me.
 
Well I bought her 6 months ago with shoes and she was sold to me as a rising 5 yr old, in the past 6 months I have found out she was actually 3 and has been very badly treated in previous homes and was broken far to young! On top of her having a very sore back and very sharp teeth and a variety of smaller problems which were all sorted we have just finished 4 weeks of nice easy schooling and hacking so we could finish on a good note (not the crazed napping/rearing because being ridden was painful) before giving her a break!

Would love for her to be barefoot but she gets very footsore on her fronts (we have lost many shoes this winter!)
 
That doesn't surprise me, considering she's been shod so young - I'd sort it out pronto iiwy, or you'll be storing up problems for the future.

Btw, I didn't say she should be barefoot - as in never shod. Just that shoeing so young is an epic mistake.
 
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That doesn't surprise me, considering she's been shod so young - I'd sort it out pronto iiwy, or you'll be storing up problems for the future.

Btw, I didn't say she should be barefoot - as in never shod. Just that shoeing so young is an epic mistake.
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Well that can not be helped it was the people long before me who also thought it was ok to back a two year old and take her hunting :( I have an amazing farrier though (35yrs experience and his dad and grandfather were farriers) and he has said it will take a while to correct the mistakes made but we will get there :) at the moment though I just want her to go and enjoy being a horse pain free!
 
I know it's awful! And I hate that she went through what she did but it has taught me how honest she is and even though it wasn't what I was expecting from my first horse I wouldn't change it as we have bonded strongly through it all. And from the work we did over the past few weeks she has showed how eager she is to please and that when we get there she will be fantastic but it will be nice, slow and right for her :) it's amazing how forgiving horses are actually!
 
Mine's been shod on front/barefoot on back since September - mainly due to save money - and he's been absolutely fine with just fronts. Have hacked out - requiring road work and crossing stony roadways and tracks without any problems.

Good luck with your lovely wee horse.
 
Ah that's great that yours is getting on well! Have you got him on any particular type of feed etc to help! If it goes well I may try and keep them off :)
 
Oh dear, too much too young! Mine has just had all of hers off for a bit as I have loads of exams and stuff, boo. Farrier said she should be fine without backs (yay money saving!) I took her out for an in hand walk the other day and she nearly fell over on stones, poor pony! She is fine on tarmac though but not convinced she would ever be ok on stones, and we have lots on our tracks!

How come you found all this out about her?

Hope your girl enjoys her break :-)
 
Oh bless her! I live reading about your Haffie as I think you got yours around the same time as I got mine.

A lot of Internet research and from what the physio could tell from how deep the soft tissue damage was (she is a very good physio and a bit of a miracle worker) as well as the dentists and vets input. It's been a bit of a journey really haha
 
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Ah that's great that yours is getting on well! Have you got him on any particular type of feed etc to help! If it goes well I may try and keep them off :)
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Nope, nothing special. I would let mine go barefoot all round but he has some irregular front feet and weaves in his stable which would wear them down without shoes.

He's rather happy without them so I don't see any reason to change back to shoeing in the back in the forseeable future.
 
Aww yes it was about the same time I remember! I still need to get my act together and actually do something with her haha, so busy now there's always an excuse! Ah well she doesn't care :-)
 
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