Glue on alternatives - any positive stories?

[Floofball]

For background info - my younger horse is a liability to himself with metal on his feet He’s a very leggy but short coupled horse with a tendency to overreach in the field pulling or bending front shoes (despite use of overreach boots) and catches his inside hocks and pasterns with hind shoes (the last couple of injuries blew up into cellulitis and costly vet visits and treatments) so I’m hoping he’ll manage without hind shoes for the foreseeable but he still pulls fronts off if hinds are unshod.

My farrier has just tried new glue on sole protectors on the fronts but they came off in less than a week. It’s very disappointing as he was very comfortable with them on - at least there’s no damage to his feet from losing them. I’m happy to keep trying alternatives though and wondered if anybody had any success with any of the glue on shoes?

I am going to try and crack on with him in hoof boots for now, and Keratex - farrier coming back out this week so would be great to have some ideas (farrier is great and very much pro barefoot btw, we kept him unshod until he became a bit short all round when workload increased after backing - and he couldn’t use hoof boots in competition )

 

[Flowerofthefen]

Have you seen shoesecure? My now retired boy kept pulling fronts ( changed farrier in the end which solved the issue) and pulling hoof of at the same time. Shoesecure were absolutely brilliant.

 

[Bernster]

A few years back Finn went through a spell of pulling off his front shoes. Started to damage his hoof so farrier suggested glue on shoes. Expensive but they did resolve the issue and allowed his hooves to repair and improve. Prob did it for 6 months maybe longer. I think his foot balance then improved generally, and he got more co ordinated and stronger (it was when I first got him at 5, 6). He then went to normal shoes.

10 years later he’s barefoot which I much prefer but he’s not in hard work or competing

 

[Lyle]

Jump onto the Glue on shoes and composite page on Facebook, absolute wealth of knowledge.

 

[Floofball]

Have you seen shoesecure? My now retired boy kept pulling fronts ( changed farrier in the end which solved the issue) and pulling hoof of at the same time. Shoesecure were absolutely brilliant.

Thanks FOTF - I had heard of them but had forgotten about them - look very interesting, definitely will be asking Farrier about them

 

[Floofball]

A few years back Finn went through a spell of pulling off his front shoes. Started to damage his hoof so farrier suggested glue on shoes. Expensive but they did resolve the issue and allowed his hooves to repair and improve. Prob did it for 6 months maybe longer. I think his foot balance then improved generally, and he got more co ordinated and stronger (it was when I first got him at 5, 6). He then went to normal shoes.

10 years later he’s barefoot which I much prefer but he’s not in hard work or competing

Thanks for replying B - good to know they helped you and Finn, I’m not really bothered about cost atm as been forking out for vet bills, extra farrier visits and new hoof boots as his are too big for him now having been shod for the last 18 months
I think his foot balance is ok but can understand about the strength and coordination issue - I’m hoping both will improve for my lad if we can get into any sort of consistent work!

 

[Floofball]

Jump onto the Glue on shoes and composite page on Facebook, absolute wealth of knowledge.

I’ve asked to join - thanks for the heads up

 

[Pinkvboots]

My farrier suggested glue on shoes for Arabi so in the process of sorting it out now so will let you know if we go ahead.

 

[sbloom]

I think his foot balance is ok but can understand about the strength and coordination issue - I’m hoping both will improve for my lad if we can get into any sort of consistent work!

Prepare for broken record....it's partly the way he's moving, even in the paddock, and it can be changed. Moving close is known for brushing, low leg injuries, but leaving the front hoof grounded too long can be caused not just by mud etc but by the way the horse is moving. Stronger will help, for sure, but HOW they move is actually the key and strengthening doesn't always cut it. Balance and posture are key to correct movement, horses can move up in front even when young or novice.

You can do groundwork unless he's lame on a surface, look at Annie Dillon Horsemanship for a brilliant course, or, for less outlay and a wide range of ideas, equitooiacenter.com. groundwork really is the best way to change the way a horse moves as they're not having to carry/balance the load and leverage of a rider.

 

[anglo]

Have you thought of something like hoof armour ? No experience with it but it looks interesting