spotty_pony
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Probably best answered by a Farrier/Vet but any opinions/experiences welcome 
I've noticed my boy is loading his weight to the outside of the hoof capsule on both hind hooves (slightly worse on the near side) He had new shoes on Thursday, I took him Hunting yesterday and his clenches were up and I thought the shoe had moved. Farrier came out this morning and reckons he has worn them out already! How is this possible after being ridden once?!?!
He said he will need shoeing differently behind and to 'keep an eye on him' for the next couple of weeks but he will probably need re-shoeing in a fortnight! It's ridiculous and just too expensive - it's gone from 5 weeks, to 4 weeks to 3 weeks sometimes and now he's saying he needs new ones every 2 I am finding it hard to believe.
He knows my boy has bone spavin in his hocks (caused by general wear and tear - Vet said he's no worse than most horses his age (15)) and he reckons he needs more steroid injections which he has been mentioning to me most times he shoes him since last Autumn. I haven't had these done for over a year, simply because he has been going so well and is managing fine just on Cortaflex and plenty of turnout. He is a bit stiff the day after hunting, so he has a sachet of bute in his feet the evening he has been hunting to help with this but apart from that he has been feeling fab!
So now I don't know what to think, am going to get Vet out to give him a check-up and if she thinks he needs top-up injections than I shall go ahead and have them done. I can't help but think some of this is due to his feet being unbalanced though.
I've noticed my boy is loading his weight to the outside of the hoof capsule on both hind hooves (slightly worse on the near side) He had new shoes on Thursday, I took him Hunting yesterday and his clenches were up and I thought the shoe had moved. Farrier came out this morning and reckons he has worn them out already! How is this possible after being ridden once?!?!
He said he will need shoeing differently behind and to 'keep an eye on him' for the next couple of weeks but he will probably need re-shoeing in a fortnight! It's ridiculous and just too expensive - it's gone from 5 weeks, to 4 weeks to 3 weeks sometimes and now he's saying he needs new ones every 2 I am finding it hard to believe.
He knows my boy has bone spavin in his hocks (caused by general wear and tear - Vet said he's no worse than most horses his age (15)) and he reckons he needs more steroid injections which he has been mentioning to me most times he shoes him since last Autumn. I haven't had these done for over a year, simply because he has been going so well and is managing fine just on Cortaflex and plenty of turnout. He is a bit stiff the day after hunting, so he has a sachet of bute in his feet the evening he has been hunting to help with this but apart from that he has been feeling fab!
So now I don't know what to think, am going to get Vet out to give him a check-up and if she thinks he needs top-up injections than I shall go ahead and have them done. I can't help but think some of this is due to his feet being unbalanced though.