Crocs for horses ...

The link works, but also says, farriers need not worry as it is illegal to fit a shoe unless a registered farrier ........... I don't think so, it is illegal to nail a shoe on, but lets face is these are glue on shoes, or semi permanent hoof boots...... a bit of a cross over.
But farriers can breathe a sigh of relief - the GluShu won't see their trade become obsolete. Under UK law a horse must have its shoes fitted professionally.[ unquote]






From the WCF site [cut and paste]
"Farriery is defined within the Act as "any work in connection with the preparation or treatment of the foot of a horse for the immediate reception of a shoe thereon, the fitting by nailing or otherwise of a shoe to the foot or the finishing off of such work to the foot". This means in practice that trimming which is not going to result in the application of a shoe to the foot of an equine is not covered by the Farriers (Registration) Act and is therefore not regulated. However, horse owners should be aware that although, simple trimming and rasping of horses’ feet is allowed by lay persons under the Act to permit maintenance of foals’ and other unshod horses’ feet, it should not be attempted by anyone who is not qualified. Where more radical trimming and reshaping of horses’ feet is contemplated there is the potential for creating severe lameness. Experience has indicated this is particularly so where such 'therapy' is not undertaken by qualified farriers or veterinary surgeons. It is recommended that owners should only carry out minor work on feet of a cosmetic or emergency nature and that any significant trimming should be carried out by a Registered Farrier or a veterinary surgeon who will have been properly trained and strictly regulated by a code of conduct."

After reading the above one might reasonably think that there is no other route to trimming, no alternative to shoe - ing.
And this is by the WCF, that wonderful organisation which licences a farrier with a conviction for horse abuse of the worse kind.
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I might be wrong, having had a think about it.......... too late to delete my post............
Depends on the definition of a "horse shoe" I suppose.
Boots are very obviously a temporary arrangement.
These glue ons look rather like certain hoof boots, with the addition of glue would those boots then be considered as horse shoes.......... getting more and more confused to be honest.
 
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MrsD123 said:
The link works, but also says, farriers need not worry as it is illegal to fit a shoe unless a registered farrier ........... I don't think so, it is illegal to nail a shoe on, but lets face is these are glue on shoes, or semi permanent hoof boots...... a bit of a cross over.
From the WCF site [cut and paste]
"Farriery is defined within the Act as "any work in connection with the preparation or treatment of the foot of a horse for the immediate reception of a shoe thereon, the fitting by nailing or otherwise of a shoe to the foot
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Not just nailing.
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Quick question if I may .... how on earth do you get 'em off again? Presumably, the hoof still grows and will need to be trimmed as normal? Think i'll be leaving my barefoot boy as he is for now....
 
Have some limited experience of glue - ons, which have been available for years, they were all plastic, with tags for the glue.
The glue was never ideal and they did not stay on very long.
Not sure just how much better these are, other than their resemblance to certain hoof boots which do stay on most horses.
The boot part would stop the shoe part moving about.
Good colours for road work, I suppose
 
I'd like to see how long they stay on for ! My farrier uses something like that- its like a glue or something at the side of his hoof on the inside (we're going through a stage of fixing some balance issues from previous bad shoeing ) and it lasts about 3 weeks before it just wears off in the mud/soggy fields!
 
Could be a good thing if they are as good as they say - bet they'll be nicer for roadwork as they're grippy and will absorb concussion. Not sure you'd trust them cross country though.
 
I don't see these staying on very well and I doubt that they compete with the cost of a basic set of shoes. Imprints for example (anothe glue on shoe) are at least double the cost of normal shoes. This guy has hardly reinvented the wheel here much as the daily fail would like you to believe.
 
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Could be a good thing if they are as good as they say - bet they'll be nicer for roadwork as they're grippy and will absorb concussion. Not sure you'd trust them cross country though.
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I don't think they are a terrible idea, could rid some of the adverse affects of having to nail the shoe on.. Only thing is that means more people will probably want their horses shod for the 'fashion' I know many that only shoe because everyone else does and one even said they like the clip clop noise and thats the only reason they shod the horse?!

Not sure they would work though?
 
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