Bad horse, no shoes....sedation or use hoof boots?

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Hi all,
Today my farrier came to shoe my horse, this would be her 2nd time having shoes put on but 1st time having them removed. She was a little shocked at having them pulled off but was ok with a hay net and she was fine having her feet trimmed and having the hot shoe put on the foot....only when it came to hammering them on she got a bit peed off.

Now we actually had to give up as she was getting quite dangerous and just getting more and more peed off so the one shoe he got on had to come back off :( so she now has no shoes on at all. Ok its not a Massive problem as she is not in work yet (shes 3 this month) but she was shod originally because her hard, slow growing feet were wearing down too quickly making her foot sore. Now ive given her a paddock lick whic she loves and she has hay as well as grass but no hard feed.

My question is do I keep trying to get shoes on her ( this will have to wait a while as farrier is off games having carpal tunnel op on both wrists) with help of sedation and reducing does each time....but obviously this ups the cost of shoeing every 8 weeks or do i try and keep her shoeless and use hoofboots for hard, stony ground ( am planning to back her this summer)??

I will add that her feet actaully grew quite well with the shoes on and her hoof quality is good, without hard feed or any hoof supplements.

Thanks in advance!
 
I'd go for boots myself, especially in a three year old. His hooves aren't yet fully developed.
Sedation for shoeing/trimming is ok for an emergency but for routine work it isn't a good option imo as it could mean being sedated every six weeks and for how long? :confused:
Perhaps the hammering was causing pain?

Here's one woman's experience. Hope it doesn't start a riot. :eek: http://www.healthyhoof.com/articles/Gavilanandthefarrier.htm
 
amandap said:
I'd go for boots myself, especially in a three year old. His hooves aren't yet fully developed.
Sedation for shoeing/trimming is ok for an emergency but for routine work it isn't a good option imo as it could mean being sedated every six weeks and for how long? :confused:
Perhaps the hammering was causing pain?

Here's one woman's experience. Hope it doesn't start a riot. :eek: http://www.healthyhoof.com/articles/Gavilanandthefarrier.htm
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Interesting reading, I know it wasnt pain, she just didnt want them on. Daft Hoss!

Ok so how about hoof boot brands to consider? Ive only ever used Old macs and they were a pain for spinning around.
 
How much preparation for shoeing had you done ?
You need to get them used to prolonged leg lifting and hammering their feet long before the fairrier gets to them.
If you where doing all this then I would be very worried she's got pain .
I would seriously consider using boots on a three year old and that buys you time to sort out the hammering issue as well.
 
Goldenstar said:
How much preparation for shoeing had you done ?
You need to get them used to prolonged leg lifting and hammering their feet long before the fairrier gets to them.
If you where doing all this then I would be very worried she's got pain .
I would seriously consider using boots on a three year old and that buys you time to sort out the hammering issue as well.
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^^^^^^this
 
Goldenstar said:
How much preparation for shoeing had you done ?
You need to get them used to prolonged leg lifting and hammering their feet long before the fairrier gets to them.
If you where doing all this then I would be very worried she's got pain .
I would seriously consider using boots on a three year old and that buys you time to sort out the hammering issue as well.
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Amaranta said:
^^^^^^this
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As much as she had for her first set of shoes which she was fine with. She just wasnt having any of it today.

I didnt use a hammer to prepare her, I used the hoof pick ( chunky one with brush on) so she got used to the idea of someone 'hitting' her feet, she was fine as she was for her first set of shoes. Im going to get a little hammer and 'hammer*' her feet everyday even if I do go down the hoof boot route.


(* that sounds awful, I dont mean bash her feet to bits, just tapping the sole of her foot where the farrier would if he were putting shoes on ;-D )
 
My wb came to us with really bad fobias when being shod, it used to take my farrier 2 hours to put fronts on......we never used sedition but polos came in very handy. She had the same problem with the banging of the nails so every time a nail was being banged in we held a polo by her muzzle and played with her then gave it to her once the nail was in......she used to rear and try to spin so it was a challenge but had her three years this year and for the past year she has been tied up with had while being shod......we also got a small hammer and practaced banging her hoof in-between shoing.

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nic85 said:
Hi all,
Today my farrier came to shoe my horse, this would be her 2nd time having shoes put on but 1st time having them removed. She was a little shocked at having them pulled off but was ok with a hay net and she was fine having her feet trimmed and having the hot shoe put on the foot....only when it came to hammering them on she got a bit peed off.

Now we actually had to give up as she was getting quite dangerous and just getting more and more peed off so the one shoe he got on had to come back off :( so she now has no shoes on at all. Ok its not a Massive problem as she is not in work yet (shes 3 this month) but she was shod originally because her hard, slow growing feet were wearing down too quickly making her foot sore. Now ive given her a paddock lick whic she loves and she has hay as well as grass but no hard feed.

My question is do I keep trying to get shoes on her ( this will have to wait a while as farrier is off games having carpal tunnel op on both wrists) with help of sedation and reducing does each time....but obviously this ups the cost of shoeing every 8 weeks or do i try and keep her shoeless and use hoofboots for hard, stony ground ( am planning to back her this summer)??

I will add that her feet actaully grew quite well with the shoes on and her hoof quality is good, without hard feed or any hoof supplements.

Thanks in advance!
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I would ive Gary Bosworth a ring,(he is in lincs) he will get your horse so it can stand having its feet handled, either way shoe or no shoes she is trying to tell you something,
 
If she was fine with you pretend hammering etc but then wouldnt let the 2nd shoe be put on it SCREAMS the first one was painful to stand on :(

Be very careful about your farrier - dont forget they have about a 2mm gap to put the nail in before they are in live tissue - im pretty sure you would become quickly 'dangerous' if someone was banging a nail through your foot.....
 
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