Do your horses ever go "footy" after shoeing

When my TB did this I knew it was time to remove the shoes and do a years BF I have another farrier now.
 
unbalanced said:
Only if you have a shocking farrier who can't place nails accurately.
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I think this is an unfair statement, it may not be anything to do with the nails or the farrier, one of my liveries was going footy after shoeing, when the owner kept him at home she would leave him too long and when the farrier came to shoe the angles were wrong so he had to cut back the toe every time causing a day of footiness, he is now with me shod more regularly, same farrier and has had no issues since.
It is not always the farriers fault, owners need to be working to keep the foot correct too.
 
It used to be pretty common with a farrier I had when I lived in the south east (when I only had one horse),
In the nearly 6 years with current farrier not once (I've had four here shod for several of those years) - he is first class tho and now I wouldn't be happy if it happened as I know it's not necessary.
 
One of mine used to before I had her, but her farrier was doing a shocking job so I'm not surprised. I changed farrier initially and, voila, no more footiness. She's now barefoot and it seems to suit her better.
 
Urm - well I use the remedial farrier recommended by a very large vet practice and he was only shod 5 weeks ago and then again today as he had grown quite a bit.
 
Only once and that was when he was shod by a specialist remedial farrier. Needless to say I was livid but they told me it was quite normal to be sore after shoeing:(
 
It is possible that the remedial work that needed doing did cause some footiness but if there was a possibility if it happening you should have had it explained to you. I would ask the farrier about it!
 
Gingerwitch said:
Urm - well I use the remedial farrier recommended by a very large vet practice and he was only shod 5 weeks ago and then again today as he had grown quite a bit.
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Sorry I didn't mean to suggest you didn't have a good farrier etc. Actually thinking about it years back I had a horse with a dropped pedal bone (didn't know when I bought him) he went lame when my daughter hunted him and ended up having remedial shoeing at great cost. He was always sore for a couple of days after the first few shoeings but later on was fine and I was able to go back to my usual farrier.
 
Nope he was just having his normal shoes on - vet has been out tonight along with the farrier - they are coming back in the morning to re-assess.

I am worried sick
 
Was the horse sore straight after the trim, or once the shoes were fitted?

Are the nails too tight?

Did the Farrier try resetting the shoes with the nails placed slightly differently (less tight to the live tissue)?
 
This has happened to my horse 2/3times he had been shod recently. I'm changing farrier and if he's Lame again I'll get the vet. He's normally sound after about 48 hrs and looks uncomfortable all round really,I can't really pin point a particular leg. After the farrier Has been I noticed that there's loads of nails he has had to take out as they mustn't have been at the right angle/he had probably been naughty,so I'm thinking nail bind or something(hopefully nothing sinister)hope ur one is Ok, keep us updated
 
Farrier took front shoe off.... still lame... put it back on... still lame, then tried his other front... took it off lame.... put it back on..... crippled.... took it back off - left in on a huge bed - vet called last night - he is weight baring on his sole rather than his hoof wall - as when the shoe was fetched off his hoof "collapsed".

Just waiting for the vet to come out again this morning - but he seams much happier this morn and is being a spolit little bratt pony:D
 
Gingerwitch said:
Farrier took front shoe off.... still lame... put it back on... still lame, then tried his other front... took it off lame.... put it back on..... crippled.... took it back off - left in on a huge bed - vet called last night - he is weight baring on his sole rather than his hoof wall - as when the shoe was fetched off his hoof "collapsed".

Just waiting for the vet to come out again this morning - but he seams much happier this morn and is being a spolit little bratt pony:D
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When we got to this stage, I thought thats enough, had the shoes off and put him in boots and pads, even for turnout until his feet recovered enough to go bare!
 
BWa said:
I am a novice in the barefoot stuff but the hoof wall isn't meant to support all of the horse's weight, that is the issues with shoeing.
*correct me if I'm wrong foot people.
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You are correct, in the OPs case I fail to see why the hoof should collapse when the shoe came off, the damage would be more likely to happen when the shoe was on if the frog was not functioning properly allowing the pedal bone to rotate, taking the shoe off may just make the damage more obvious.

GW if the hoof has collapsed in any I would get xrays ASAP to find out what is really going on, I know you went through a dreadful time not long ago and it sounds worrying that something is going on which if I remember correctly sounds similar to your other horse.
 
be positive said:
You are correct, in the OPs case I fail to see why the hoof should collapse when the shoe came off, the damage would be more likely to happen when the shoe was on if the frog was not functioning properly allowing the pedal bone to rotate, taking the shoe off may just make the damage more obvious.

GW if the hoof has collapsed in any I would get xrays ASAP to find out what is really going on, I know you went through a dreadful time not long ago and it sounds worrying that something is going on which if I remember correctly sounds similar to your other horse.
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X rays booked for Wed - and thanks for your support - you can imagine the state I was in yesterday - It did feel like history was repeating itself.

I have had it confirmed that the horse was so highly stressed bysomething that he has induced stress laminitus.
 
Gingerwitch said:
X rays booked for Wed - and thanks for your support - you can imagine the state I was in yesterday - It did feel like history was repeating itself.

I have had it confirmed that the horse was so highly stressed bysomething that he has induced stress laminitus.
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I hope you can get to the bottom of it and the xrays are not bad, any idea of what has caused the stress?
 
Yes! My farrier is fantastic but rodney has always suffered with being pottery for a day- for his comfort he gets a sachet of bute day before, day of and day after shoeing- problem solved lol x
 
Gingerwitch said:
X rays booked for Wed - and thanks for your support - you can imagine the state I was in yesterday - It did feel like history was repeating itself.

I have had it confirmed that the horse was so highly stressed bysomething that he has induced stress laminitus.
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GW you have no luck do you that's pants.
 
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