Nicole-Louise
Well-Known Member
My mare has 2 front shoes, and is barefoot on her back. It's only the front she ever gets foot sore on. She's had her shoes on the front nearly 5 weeks, and her backs have been barefoot for at least 3 months. Yesterday was all fine, we hacked out, popped over a few small jumps and she was running riot on fields as always!
However, today, both mine and a friend's horse are not their usual forward going selves. My mare keeps tripping on her back feet, they're not worn down, I've had them looked at and was told their a nice healthy shape and length (as I've left her to trim her feet herself, they haven't been touched in minimum 4-5 months). However, when I looked at her hooves, the frog on the front 2 is nice and healthy, no signs of infection etc, and her frog is in complete tact. However, her frogs on her back feet are awful, They're sloughing/peeling away, there are bits flapping about that are ready to come off. They're awful
And she's quite sensitive on her frogs.
She's not foot sore, as she always bucks and refuses to move forward. No limping or favoring, even when walking on a field earlier she took off cantering and galloping by herself without me asking a thing. But when you ask for trot she does a few stops and then immediately slows down and stops and won't go forward without constant tripping. She's even started to over reach which she has NEVER done.
Anyone have any advice on what to do with her frogs. One hand I'm being told it's normal for this time of the year, the other hand I'm being told to put a lot of different things on her feet? Both a farrier and a barefoot trimmer have complimented on how healthy her feet are. It's only recently her frogs on her hind hooves have gone like this
However, today, both mine and a friend's horse are not their usual forward going selves. My mare keeps tripping on her back feet, they're not worn down, I've had them looked at and was told their a nice healthy shape and length (as I've left her to trim her feet herself, they haven't been touched in minimum 4-5 months). However, when I looked at her hooves, the frog on the front 2 is nice and healthy, no signs of infection etc, and her frog is in complete tact. However, her frogs on her back feet are awful, They're sloughing/peeling away, there are bits flapping about that are ready to come off. They're awful
And she's quite sensitive on her frogs.She's not foot sore, as she always bucks and refuses to move forward. No limping or favoring, even when walking on a field earlier she took off cantering and galloping by herself without me asking a thing. But when you ask for trot she does a few stops and then immediately slows down and stops and won't go forward without constant tripping. She's even started to over reach which she has NEVER done.
Anyone have any advice on what to do with her frogs. One hand I'm being told it's normal for this time of the year, the other hand I'm being told to put a lot of different things on her feet? Both a farrier and a barefoot trimmer have complimented on how healthy her feet are. It's only recently her frogs on her hind hooves have gone like this