Does anyones horse wear....

[MillionDollar]

leather pads under its shoes???

My mare went lame a few weeks back so had vet who thought it was a foot absess. So he took the shoe off, poulticed and she went on bute. Nothing came out and no absess surfaced so vet thinks it was just brusing (as he could see some when he examined her). Shes a lot better now nearly sound so vet said have farrier out. So had him yesterday and hes put leather pads on her front feet to see if it will help. If shes not sound in a few weeks she'll have to go up and be nerve blocked, etc.

Anyway what do people think of them have they helped??

Farrier told me about a hunter that kept going lame he put leather pads on and he hasn't been lame since. Fingers crossed it will do the same for my mare!

Any comments welcome,
Thanks Claire

 

[Jemayni]

I've used rubber pads. They helped a little, but not very much!

 

[Angua2]

My boy wears horse trax pads permenantly. He has such flat fragile feet and has a princess and the pea approach to surfaces and cannot cope without these gel pads. They are brill....

 

[RobinHood]

Another vote for horse trax pads, I use them in the summer when the ground is hard and they are fantastic.

 

[sarahmagic]

My mare had pads on when she had bruised soles. They did help but she did tend to pull her shoes off a lot more often so it was more expensive than I thought it would be!

 

[k9h]

Have used the leather pads with silcon gel placed underneath with good results