Barefoot 7 Months on!

[Holidays_are_coming]

What do you think of these feet she seems very happy can still be a little sore over stones bust getting better all the time

Right Fore:







Right Hind:





She is on a fibre only diet and has seen the farrier but needed nothing taken off yet so is completley self trimming, although now she is living out I may have to do more road work to maintain this.

 

[TwoStroke]

Not a bad start, and if she's happy with them you can't argue with that .

More road work is a fab idea. It'll really help those heels decontract and the caudal hoof beef up.

There's a fair bit of flaring at the toe, but it looks like it's growing out with the new angle.

Keep up the good work!

 

[Holidays_are_coming]

I keep getting paranoid that she wont cope with lots of road work, but I think Im being silly. How do you know when you are doing too much?

 

[TwoStroke]

Just make sure to build it up slowly to allow her hooves time to adjust. The hoof wall should not be any lower than the sole plane - if you start to see areas of wear on the sole, you may need to back off a bit to allow her hooves time to catch up.

Barring that, just monitor her for any changes in gait. Smooth roads are among the easiest surfaces for feet, though. The only time I've known problems is when there are sizable sharp stones on top of the road surface - try to avoid those for the moment, if she's not rock crunching yet.