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Has anyone used glue on shoes? Vet has said Lottie will need them until she has enough foot to have normal shoes on again. My thoughts are that they will probably be very expensive and not stay on!!

Any opinions?
 
Yes I had them on my mares fronts they cost me £75 a set and they are a nightmare I would never go back to them. Sorry if thats not what you wanted to hear. I never had them come off If anything they pull half the foot off as you removed them which defets the object never really understood why they do them!
 
Oh god, they sound like a nightmare. She can not afford to loose any more foot whatsoever.

The problem we have is that she needs some form of protection in front to help her recovery, but the vet has said the farrier will not be able to put normal shoes on her as there is just nothing to nail it to. He didn't think boots or the like would be any good for her either.

Why isn't anything easy with horses?!
 
Stasha, What was your vet's objection to hoofboots? They are more versatile, more readily available, cheaper over a period of months, and healthier for a damaged hoof than glue-on shoes, surely??

We had to virtually live in the things for a year backalong, and they certainly helped improve my mare's feet.
(We found the best for us to be Marquis in front, and Easyboot Epics on her hinds, but differing designs suit different horses better.) Got the feet sorted, then she goes and smashes her front teeth out and breaks her jaw; it's a mixed blessing that dentures for horses aren't readily available, or else that's the next thing she'd need fitting for, lol...............

Seriously though, why not chat through pros and cons of all possible options with some associates, and then speak to the vet again ? The more info the better in tricky cases, to help guide you towards what will work best for YOUR situation.
 
I'm not sure, stupidly I didn't think to ask at the time. I have had a problem in the past with the boots rubbing her heels (can't remember which boots I have though).

I'll be discussing again with him on Monday so will find out reasons for him not wanting to go down that route.
 
Yes have tried but it was in the summer and dry. The petals are basically stuck down with strong glue but they 'ping' off after a few days so you keep having to stick them back down. Little by little the dirt gets under the petals and stops them sticking so the shoe comes off. I couldn't get them to stay on any longer than 3 weeks at a time but they got him through a bad spell and didn't damage his feet at all, I would imagine in wet weather they'd be a nightmare.

Personally I'd turn out on very soft ground and use old macs to get her from the stable to the field and back or use a length of old carpet/rubber mats/conveyor belting. Will coped very well working in old macs he just couldnt cope with barefoot on summer ground so we ended up with front shoes on
 
The way a hoof grows.... or doesn't grow depends upon the way it is trimmed, even if the trimming is done in preparation for a shoe. The trim can either stimulate or retard growth. On this basis alone I would get a 2nd opinion from another farrier.... if your farrier was up to the job, you wouldn't be in your current predicament.

Hoof boots are coming on leaps and bounds all the time. As they incerease in popularity, more reseach and development leads to better products.

Don't be frightend... but you might need *whispers* a barefoot trimmer
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to fit the hoof boots correctly. Hoof boots are not just strapped on, but need fitting for the horses comfort and to ensure the breakover is in the correct place. Hoof boots can be rasped, tweezerd, padded etc to get them just right.
 
I used Old Mac boots when my girl really needed them. To prevent rubbing she wore vetwrap 'socks'.
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This is how short her hooves had got by the time she became ill:
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Instant improvement in the Old Macs, but the best cure was box rest and a low-sugar diet. They grew, and weren't worn down because they were dry, and on a deep shavings bed. Once she was well enough to go out more, I kept her on soft ground (the school) and out of the wet. It took about two months for them to need a little balancing trim, and then we had enough hoof to properly trim after five months.
 
Hi Stasha

I've had great success with Imprint glue on shoes when my mare had a very bad attack of laminitis and could bear to me bare foot or having nail on shoes (just too painful for her).

Your farrier will need to have experience of applying them though as they have to be applied fairly swiftly once the process has been started. For those users who have experienced them 'pinging off' perhaps the farriers weren't very good at applying them. My mare had three different sets, all applied by different farriers and they stayed in place for 6 weeks at a time and showed no sign of coming adrift. They don't come cheap - I paid anything from £75 for 2 fronts from my regular farrier to £180 a 2 hoof set from the specialist farrier at Newmarket equine hospital.

The only downside to the Imprint shoes are they are very slippery on concrete, though Imprint now make a road shoe, which my farrier says aren't too bad. If my mare ever had the need for these again (fingers crossed not!) I wouldn't hesitate to have them fitted. They made a huge difference to the pony's comfort.

Would Lottie have them fitted by the clinics farrier? I would hope that he would have previous experience of fitting them correctly. Good luck
 
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