midogrey
Well-Known Member
My 8 year old has always been barefoot with good feet BUT we seam to get about 4 abscesses a year in different feet. He has good hard feet but we do have very stoned ground in places. Seams to make no difference with boots on out riding plus also have areas of deep heavy mud which sucks of all hoofboots!
The question I am now asking myself would he be better shod? We do a high mileage hacking. Be interested to know if there is any evidence that shoeing reduces frequency of abscesses or are some horses just prone to these?
Diet is fine and no difference between summer and winter in frequency
The question I am now asking myself would he be better shod? We do a high mileage hacking. Be interested to know if there is any evidence that shoeing reduces frequency of abscesses or are some horses just prone to these?
Diet is fine and no difference between summer and winter in frequency