mongy46
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My TB keeps loosing front shoes even with overeach boots on, help!
Help horse keeps loosing shoes
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Meowy Catkin
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Can you post photos of your horse's hooves? Put the camera practically on the floor when you take the photos.
Often this problem is due to long toes and under-run heels, so the photos would help to see if this is the case here.
Often this problem is due to long toes and under-run heels, so the photos would help to see if this is the case here.
Heelfirst
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Have just put this same reply on another thread!
There are many reasons why a horse will loose a shoe.
The first and most important as far as I was concerned when I was shoeing was: is there a conflict between the shoe and the hoof, this will happen if the hoof is fighting against the shoe at the point of impact, i.e. is the foot landing unlevel, if it is then you will loosen and loose the shoe very quickly.
Next: Is the quality of the horn such that the shoe is unable to stay on due the lack of strength on the horn tissue, this is very common with ‘concave section’ and with shoes that do not have a rolled edge and toe to assist the action.
3rd: The action of the horse is such that there is interference from another limb, often people take this to be a hind tracking up and pulling at the heels of the front shoe, I found on most referrals I had that in fact it was due to the front foot not being able to brake-over and get away from the approaching hind.
Now that I only perform barefoot I suggest in these types of cases that it is worth taking the shoes off just to see what the horse has in mind without any manmade influence.
Don’t forget that shoes are made by man, fitted by man/woman to perform how WE think they should
and before anyone says it is typical TB feet, I find that when given the chance TB’s feet are just as good as any other type, I could go into why TB’s will often get collapsed heels and week caudal 1/3ds but believe me when I say that to is man made.
There are many reasons why a horse will loose a shoe.
The first and most important as far as I was concerned when I was shoeing was: is there a conflict between the shoe and the hoof, this will happen if the hoof is fighting against the shoe at the point of impact, i.e. is the foot landing unlevel, if it is then you will loosen and loose the shoe very quickly.
Next: Is the quality of the horn such that the shoe is unable to stay on due the lack of strength on the horn tissue, this is very common with ‘concave section’ and with shoes that do not have a rolled edge and toe to assist the action.
3rd: The action of the horse is such that there is interference from another limb, often people take this to be a hind tracking up and pulling at the heels of the front shoe, I found on most referrals I had that in fact it was due to the front foot not being able to brake-over and get away from the approaching hind.
Now that I only perform barefoot I suggest in these types of cases that it is worth taking the shoes off just to see what the horse has in mind without any manmade influence.
Don’t forget that shoes are made by man, fitted by man/woman to perform how WE think they should
and before anyone says it is typical TB feet, I find that when given the chance TB’s feet are just as good as any other type, I could go into why TB’s will often get collapsed heels and week caudal 1/3ds but believe me when I say that to is man made.