do his frogs look to big?

[LadyRascasse]

ok so this are some pics of my boys feet, i'm convinced that they are to big, they were cut 2 weeks ago, by a brilliant farrier so i'm not querying his work, he has a problem with his feet ect grown very quickly.

so do they look to big?

 

[wallismorley]

Hi !
In my opinion they look fine.
x

 

[pairciban]

IMO the bigger the frog the better, I get my farrier to only take of any loose bits. I hate to see horses with the frog trimed back to much.

 

[LadyRascasse]

sorry i should have made it clearer do they look like they are over growing his shoe, not big. dur blonde moment there.

 

[carthorse]

They look fine the shoe is better to come right to the frog to support the heel. Worry not.

 

[Silverspring]

The frog should be making contact with the ground, it's like the legs heart, hoof hits ground and pushed blood back up the legs.

More frog = good circulation

 

[WishfulThinker]

They look perfectly fine - nice ans wide. The frog pumps the blood back up the leg so you want it to come in contact with the ground abit when they are standing on a level surface

 

[LadyRascasse]

thats ok then i am very paranoid because they were left for a few months over growing the shoe by my old farrier, causing him quite a bit of pain.

thanks for putting up with my worry lol

 

[Tia]

Lol! They look tiny to me but then I don't have any of my horses shod so they all have fabulous well spread-out frogs

. Frog should always be in contact with the ground - they're horses shock absorbers.

 

[Theresa_F]

Tia you made me laugh, I was just thinking the same thing - not only do I have barefoot horses, but ones with big hairy feet.

Personally as other have said, bigger the better. When I did have my horses with shoes, they only had any loose bits trimmed off.

 

[Donkeymad]

Frogs are not at all too big IMHO.

 

[LadyRascasse]

his foot is completely mishaped due to the stress of bad "remedial" shoeing, so with a bit of luck in a few months i'll stop being paranoid and it will sort itself out

 

[marinitagsd]

I'm no farrier but they look fine to me. I would sooner not have enough taken off than too much.
xx