how often do you have your horse shoed?

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i must be old fashioned as it seems pretty much everyone at my new yard shoes every 4 weeks, i have 2 tb one of which has remedial shoeing and he is still shoed every 6 weeks, to go short and they wouldn't have any foot to nail to.

so am i old fashioned?
 
Mine has to be shoed every 4 weeks otherwise he loses at least two between shoeings. He hasn't lost any since being shod every four weeks, fingers crossed.
 
Voted for "other" because there isn't a category for "never".

All my 5 are barefoot and as OH and I do most of the maintenance trimming ourselves, they are trimed as required rather than to a fixed time period.

In the past, when I had a shod horse, it was always a 6 week cycle.
 
Have mine done every 4 - 4.5 weeks because he hunts hard over the winter, does a lot of trotting on roads and because I'd rather go hunting and not worry that I am going to lose a shoe and then have to go home early. Complete waste of a day!!
 
mine are done every 5 weeks as we fall in with when otheres on our yard are done by our farrier. I would let them go 6 but I would have to pay more money to get them out especially (£15 each)
 
my horse has brill feet might be the part welsh cob bit that does it

she has no cracks in her feet and has never lost a shoe she can up to about 10 weeks on a set of shoes as i don't do much road work
and yes i do have a fab farrior that does check them when he is doing other horses on the yard
 
hmmm shoed or a shoe put back on?
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Varies....4 weeks but sometimes 6 weeks!! whoop whoop!!
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My yearling filly has remedial shoes in front and is done every 5 weeks all year round.

Thinking about it, even before she started having the shoes fitted I had and my mare trimmed at the same intervals. I book my farrier 1 year in advance, so know the bookings are exactly 5 weeks apart
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Maiden is done every six weeks without fail. This is the recommended time between shoeings to reduce strain on the deep flexor tendon - longer than six weeks and the toe may become too long which puts more strain on the DDFT. Something I cannot afford to have happen in a horse with a weakness there. Of course, the exact time would depend on the horse but six weeks seems to suit Maiden.
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6 weeks on the dot. My girl would go longer in the winter, but it is easier for me to remember the date of my appointment this way! It has been the same time, same day, 6 weeks apart for 5 years
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I have two horses, one is trimmed every 8 weeks and the other has front shoes and they last 8 weeks. There is NO WAY i could afford the farrier bill if it was every 4 weeks!!
 
every 7weeks. I can't believe i'll happily part with £160 every 7 weeks ,when i never spend more than £3o quid on a pair of shoes for myself every couple of years!!!
 
No shoes in winter (she has a break and so does my pocket!) in the summer she goes 8-10 weeks depending how much road work we have done - her feet are excellent and slow growing. In winter when she has no shoes she is only trimmed approx every 12 weeks.
 
Every 6 weeks for one to be shod and one to be trimmed. Inca has to be trimmed regularly due to laminitis but regular trims have meant a resolution of the slight rotation she suffered. Being a cob her hooves are as hard as nails so in the summer a trim is sometimes just more of a reshape. Nixon has new shoes every 6 weeks - depending on the time of year they are sometimes almost fag paper thin but have never had one come off - yet! touching wood....and his feet are in good condition to with no cracks etc
 
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