Do I put his shoes back on....or not?

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My 3 yr old had his first set of front shoes on 5/6 weeks ago to go and be backed. He has been lightly backed now, but then had to come home because he had gone lame. Nothing serious, but have decided to turn him away again til Feb as he is still a very immature boy. He decided on tues to pull both his shoes off in the field and I am in two minds about whether to get them put back on. He seems very footsore-but surely it won't take him long to get used to being barefoot again?

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hi teach. you,r story is so typical. you horse was shod for no reason at all, befor he was shod i bet he was sound on all surfaces, all he needed was a slight trim to tidy his feet, instead you were given to believe that he needed his hoof wall removed and thrown to the dog, his entire solar foot flattened sole and all, at this point he could not walk at all. then a shoe is nailed on to replace his own foot that was removed in the first place. this has been going on for 2000 yrs, back then there was an excuse for it, but not now. they dont use long bows ,suits of armour, broad swords any more, but they still shoe horses, this is in spite of the fact that the world of vetenary knows how harmfull shoes are. every week i am called out to laminitis and other probs, usually all sorts of shoes have been tried. it is just plain stupid to nail a shoe on a lame horse. things are slowly changing, but not quick enough to save thousands of horses, if you can let you,r horse take it easy for a while, and providing his sole has not been thinned too much he will be fine. let his hoofwall grow and shape it. i see somebody says ,rest him ,then shoe him again. TEACH, that is why we are stuck in time, we wont learn or listen, why do we shoe? well im not sure but does,nt everybody. i do hope you,r horse is ok, dont shoe him. instead look up the unfettered foot by dr tom teskey.
 
In slightly more restrained language than the above (please can you use some punctuation hoofsculpture, your posts are so hard to read?) take the shoes off.
It makes sense for loads of reasons to at least see if your youngster can work without shoes, you may never need to use them. Shoes don't have to be put on just because the horse is ready to back.
 
hi there,
i could,nt be bothered to use more punc. what,s it called. i only answer posts as people looking for advice are being told lots of nonsence by some experts.
i read last week where an expert thought a horse should land toe first, thats where we are at. and you complain that my posts are not restrained[ i only told the truth]
as for punctuation, are you not being a bit insulting.
when you rehab as many horses as i do, horses that are destroyed by bad hoof care. i think you can leave out a fiew paragraphs and fullstops. by the way you understood enough of my post to agree with me . i,ll work on my grammar.
 
Thanks all. Think I will go with my gut feeling-which you all seem to agree with and leave the shoes off til he comes back into work again.
 
Hoofsculpture, there are 100's of interesting posts to read on this forum. Sadly, if I see one that is just a block of text with no breaks of any kind, I don't normally read it. So, from one barefoot enthusiast to another, my advice would be to make your posts more readable if you want the people here to actually read, understand and take on board what you say. That's not being insulting, it's useful feedback. Well, at least it is if you want to help people, it will be irrelevant if you just want to "yell" at them all the time.
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Personally I think that ranting at people just puts them on the defensive and does nothing to help understanding of "barefoot" horses.
Sorry Teach, what I meant to say was, when you return him to work I wouldn't automatically shove shoes on him again. Why not see if he can stay barefoot, I'm sure Farrier would agree with that? You may be pleasantly surprised.
 
i did,nt yell at anybody, i stated hard facts, for the horseowners information. it is correct information. now you dont usually read my posts, but you seem to know what i said pretty well.
by the way, you delivered my ticking off and answered TEACH in the same breath, then you post again doing the same thing, are you not a bit worked up.? you sound like a primary school teacher giving a good sarcastic speach
i believe that forums are good for chat etc. but nobody should post opinions, as facts, some things relating to hoof care are past the wondering stage, the info is out there, but is still kicked about, and treated as some sort of fairy tale.
so i get on with rehabing laminitic, navicular, deshoeing etc while the experts have said that there is no hope for the horse. i have seen horses so badly destroyed by overshoeing and then shod again that they were beyond any regular treatment. would you like to see pictures.
 
hi teach, i hope you realise that my first post, although it was a bit hard hitting ,was in no way having a go at you, i am with you all the way, i am sorry if i sounded as though i blamed you for anything. i have a problem with farriers who hurt young horses at the first shoeing, when a fiew minutes earlier they were sound. so if i offended you i am sorry.
by the way i have shod horses for 25 years, and then i stopped.
i seen the harm i was doing. THERE IS AN EXCUSE FOR ANYTHING A MAN DOES, IF HE THINKS IT IS RIGHT, BUT IF HE KNOWS IT IS WRONG, THEN THERE IS NO EXCUSE
 
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