PapaverFollis
Well-Known Member
Is it possible for hooves to genuinely wear away quicker than they can grow if the horse is worked on rough surfaces all the time?
Just had (yet another) different farrier who almost insisted we put shoes on because of how much the feet had worn.
The problem is that her new Cavellos were a wierdly tight fit, despite being the same size as before, so we've been leaving them off more. The school surface is a horrible gravelly sand and the roads round here are rough tarmac and in just a few weeks her feet had worn and become quite mis-shapen. She breaks over slightly to the outside so the inner walls wear a lot less an get a flair on them.
The answer will be boots for work I guess or sticking shoes back on. I don't want shoes on partly because I believe feet are healthier without and her feet are very tough and "shouldn't" need shoes and partly because I'm having trouble getting a reliable farrier... it's just finding the right boots is tough because her feet are big! Plus the surfaces wore the fronts of the Cavellos away really quickly! And in many ways just having shoes back on... easy.
I'm not really sure what I'm asking as per usual.
Are there some environments where shoes are just necessary?
Plus I'm grumpy because he chopped loads off her frogs and that's not good is it?
Just had (yet another) different farrier who almost insisted we put shoes on because of how much the feet had worn.
The problem is that her new Cavellos were a wierdly tight fit, despite being the same size as before, so we've been leaving them off more. The school surface is a horrible gravelly sand and the roads round here are rough tarmac and in just a few weeks her feet had worn and become quite mis-shapen. She breaks over slightly to the outside so the inner walls wear a lot less an get a flair on them.
The answer will be boots for work I guess or sticking shoes back on. I don't want shoes on partly because I believe feet are healthier without and her feet are very tough and "shouldn't" need shoes and partly because I'm having trouble getting a reliable farrier... it's just finding the right boots is tough because her feet are big! Plus the surfaces wore the fronts of the Cavellos away really quickly! And in many ways just having shoes back on... easy.
I'm not really sure what I'm asking as per usual.
Are there some environments where shoes are just necessary?
Plus I'm grumpy because he chopped loads off her frogs and that's not good is it?