PonyIAmNotFood
Well-Known Member
Just a quick one, in people's experiences how long did it take for your horses hoof growth to catch up with an increase in hacking work load?
Horse in question has only really been properly working since last August and with the winter we've had and my working hours, she's not hacked much at all. Now it's lighter and I have a loaner, she's hacking more. All our routes have quite a bit of road work. She's generally rock crunching but does have pretty rubbishy hoof wall quality (which is improving with diet changes since I've had her, but obviously that still has to grow down from the top and we're currently on the rubbish wall at the moment).
So far no issues with the increased road work, however I have noticed the hoof wearing back. How long before her body clicks onto her increase of wear and compensates for it with increased growth?
Horse in question has only really been properly working since last August and with the winter we've had and my working hours, she's not hacked much at all. Now it's lighter and I have a loaner, she's hacking more. All our routes have quite a bit of road work. She's generally rock crunching but does have pretty rubbishy hoof wall quality (which is improving with diet changes since I've had her, but obviously that still has to grow down from the top and we're currently on the rubbish wall at the moment).
So far no issues with the increased road work, however I have noticed the hoof wearing back. How long before her body clicks onto her increase of wear and compensates for it with increased growth?