horse's hooves turning out? LONG

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My horse had to have glue shoes on back in Dec as he ripped his shoes off in the mud taking a lot of hoof. He kept loosing one glue shoe and eventually the farrier cut the hoof back hard and reshod with a lightweight shoe. So he had uneven hooved for a few weeks. When he reshod again he removed the other glue shoe and evened the hooves up. Reshod wider than normal without fron clips (front shoes). The horse has a crack up the front of the hoof that kept the glue shoe which the farrier says was caused by a piece of grit under the glue but says this will be gone when he is next shod. He has been a bit short on one hind for a few days although when trotted up he just doesn't look right and all his hooves seem to be turning outwards now (which they have never done before). Should I call the farrier now or wait the 2 weeks until he is shod again? Also anyone else had anything like this?

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I would call the farrier asap. It is possible that the dirt may have gone into the white line, this usually happens when shod horses go barefoot or there is damage to the hoof wall allowing dirt to get into small gaps in the white line. If left untreated this can cause massive problems.

Perhaps worth mentioning this to the farrier so he can check.

Whatever the problem is, the sooner you call the farrier the less chance there is of your horse getting any worse.
 
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