Flippin horse!

Slave2Magic

Slave2Magic

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My mare has been loosing a shoe fairly often in the last few months. Twice now she has managed to twist it and pull nails out in the stable! How? She is not shod behind. Her back toes aren't too long. She was shod 3 weeks ago. There is nothing to catch it on. All I can think is she is somehow catching it when laying down? Any ideas?
 
My son's pony regularily pulls a front shoe and he is not shod behind either. He pulls his off very cleanly, usually pratting about in the field.

Have a chat with your farrier - mine is going to try a different design of shoe that is 'pencilled' at the back. He called it a 'hunter' shoe and should hopefully make the difference.
 
She has no back shoes on, never has had. I have considered putting over reach boots on in the stable over night. Taking the fronts off isn't really an option. I wish it was but we have quite rough ground out hacking and she has on front foot smaller than the other so fitting boots would be a mightmare.
 
I would also leave OR boots on. Your farrier might be able to roll the toes on the backs, I had this done on a previous horse who lost shoes constantly and he didn't lose one again in the two or so more months I had him.
 
I had terrible trouble keeping shoes on my gelding during the summer and was getting very worried about the damage it was doing to his feet. I started leaving overreach boots on him 24/7 ensuring they were a good fit, used the ones with extra padding and bought several pairs so I could change to a clean pair daily. I also started adding Biotin to his feed. It can take 18 months to see an improvement in hoof quality but I thought by adding it now I could maybe avoid this problem next year. I also stared applying Keratex to his hooves which has worked wonders. From the very first application is seemed to make a difference, his hooves seemed to hold the nails better and his hooves were not chipping anymore. It really has been a miracle for us, couldn't recommend it higher. It's very expensive but you use so little at a time it lasts ages and anyway, it certainly works out cheaper than having to replace shoes weekly!
 
Big Mare manages, on occaision, to remove one of her shoes. She is only shod in front and seems to manage to stand on one shoe with her other front foot, removing the stood on one! My guess is that your mare is doing the same.
 
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