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I have the farrier every 8 weeks, my cob has fronts and a trim behind and my tb just has a trim, ive used the same farrier for years and i let him decide when he should come etc, if he says shorter fine or longer, i can see their feet are really good and am happy to be guided by him and always re-book whilst he is there. I ask him each visit how he thinks their feet are doing etc do i need to change anything. Then i stare at his bum!! ohh just realised if i had him out more often much more bum staring time lol
 
My own mare is shod every four weeks. She wears her shoes away to a knife edge in that time as our hacking is all on the roads.

The rest of mine are seen every 8 weeks by the farrier, to work in with my mare's shoeing. Oliver has a full set of shoes but the section A and Shetland are both barefoot.
 

My horse is shod every 5 weeks which seems to be the optimum interval for him. Farrier has done a great job with him as his feet were not in a great state when I bought him just under a year ago.

My farrier always asks what interval I'd like before next shoeing and arranges a date there and then. I have to phone up a couple of days before next visit to get a time. Farrier is very prompt and generally arrives a little early.
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we usually rock on about 7-9 weeks... my mare has super feet (although, I think her heels are getting a bit low... Actually, TheFarrier, I may take some pics and see what you think)

The mare is shod in front, trimmed behind, and the stallion is barefoot allround, he's just new, and his feet need some work, as they are VERY flat, like big dinnerplates!!

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we usually rock on about 7-9 weeks... my mare has super feet (although, I think her heels are getting a bit low... Actually, TheFarrier, I may take some pics and see what you think)

The mare is shod in front, trimmed behind, and the stallion is barefoot allround, he's just new, and his feet need some work, as they are VERY flat, like big dinnerplates!!

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Course
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i live to help
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for my old loan horse, i went 5/6 weeks during the summer (depending on what work we've been doing) and then 7 in the winter, but this is the maximum i go.
 
4 weeks for the tb (typical tb feet)
6 weeks for my cob
8 weeks for our partbred youngster

2 full sets and fronts.

Farrier- no choice he's my brother-in-law!

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My cob is shod in front and trimmed behind and I have the farrier every 8 weeks. I started on this time frame years ago because all the books used to say "every 6 - 8 weeks", so I took it as ok to leave it as long as 8 weeks. He seems fine at this, his feet dont seem to grow too much and we dont do a lot of road work so his shoes dont wear away too much. I used to have a mare who would only go 6 weeks though.

Can I ask a quick question please, Farrier, what is it about Kevin Bacon that makes it so good? I have had it recommended by two different farriers and I use it religiously, but it seems to be just made of animal fat, the dog keeps trying to steal it!!??
 
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The workers are every 4 weeks at in the summer as they wear through (sometimes to razorblades) them so quickly on the gravel and tarmac. The lazy sods (read babies) are done a mixture of trim/shoe probs every 7-8 but that being said the farrier is up every two weeks so we tend to bring all 4 neds in and he's nip in their box and have a quick poke and advise, one of the many advantages of rubber matting! They all have their shoes off after halloween (our last piece of work) then are trimmed probs every 7 weeks until feb/march when they come back to work and start all over again!
 
lanolin i think it has in it, this is the basis for most mousturizing products for humans. Its very nourishing. Effol is another good daily use one but the product i recommend is hoof heal, its an anti fungi/anti bac mousturizer and really nourishes the foot.

I cant comment on the ingredients of KB as i dont have any and when i went to the website it didnt list the ingredients
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http://www.tacksales.co.uk/product/cut-heal-hoof-heal.html
 
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lanolin i think it has in it, this is the basis for most mousturizing products for humans. Its very nourishing. Effol is another good daily use one but the product i recommend is hoof heal, its an anti fungi/anti bac mousturizer and really nourishes the foot.


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I loooove effol! A very close second to cornucresine in performance but easier to apply and cheaper if I remember rightly! lol
 
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lanolin i think it has in it, this is the basis for most mousturizing products for humans. Its very nourishing. Effol is another good daily use one but the product i recommend is hoof heal, its an anti fungi/anti bac mousturizer and really nourishes the foot.


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I loooove effol! A very close second to cornucresine in performance but easier to apply and cheaper if I remember rightly! lol

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Indeed it is, its one of the reasons i recommend it as horses are an expensive hobby and its one of the easier on the pockets as is hoof heal but both are good
 
Lami pony is done every 6 weeks
The rest are done as and when...usually between 8-12 weeks.
Shettie and welshie are done maybe once or twice a year.

All are barefoot atm
 
mine are all barefoot.mixture of TBx, WBx and WB.
seen by farrier every 5-7 weeks. i go by his advice when he is coming out. normally every 6 weeks though.

when they had shoes on it was every 5-6 weeks as i would rather have their foot balance well in check and a small amount taken off, then for things to go awry...
 
Mine are done every 5 weeks in summer partly cos the stud holes get a bit knackered any longer than that and 6 weeks in the winter, the unshod unbroken pony gets trimmed when he needs it next time it will be 10 weeks but he was checked last time the other two were done
 
I have just changed farrier. My first farrier was fantastic reliable etc etc and I used him for many years. But when I moved yards he said it was too far - he was wanting to cut down as he was getting near retiring as well. Next farrier did lovely job, would come at any interval but was very rough with the horses. So he didn't last long. Next one new to area, really lovely manner with the horses and youngster. Just one big problem - never available. Forgets diary, never replies to text, never answers phone at any time. He lives locally to yard, knows he could pop in to do the trims on the way to the pub (YO will catch/hold for him). I even tried paying in advance, but my old boy still went several months between his trims. Gave up. Have new farrier - very patient with the yearling and with the brood mare (she fidgets because of the rough one). So now I can have them done at the interval i want - 6 weeks for shod one and yearling, 8 - 10 weeks for mare and old one trims (depending on time of year).
I think really good farriers are worth their weight in gold but I also think that if the client has the horses brought in, pays on time,gets you cup of tea, is flexible about times and dates, then the farrier should at least return a phone call a bit later.
I'm sure The farrier does.
 
Every 7 weeks - we have a regular booking with our farriers and 7 weeks suits them. Though if there's a problem they will come out sooner, eg 2 summers ago my mare was getting done every 5 weeks as her back shoes were loose by then due to combination of hard ground and poor horn. (she has been on a hoof supplement since then which has helped).
Can I ask a numpty question regarding horn quality? For a horse like mine that grows very little between shoeings would it not be worse to shoe more frequently as the farrier will be nailing into or near old holes rather than into fresh horn?
 
haven't had horsey long, just had his 3rd shoeing. under farriers advice last time he is shod every 7 weeks. was every 6 but farrier said try 7 as he has very little growth. will see how he goes, if i'm not happy will change back to 6 weeks but was fine this time round
 
6 weeks for my ISH (shod). My 36 yo pony is inspected at the same time. She is either shod in front or all round depending on how her feet look.

When I had a HannxTB, it was every 5 weeks...if I left him 5 weeks & one day, he'd have a shoe off. V uncanny how he seemed to 'know' when the 5 weeks was up, virtually to the second.
 
mine cant go any longer than 7 weeks as he has poor feet! he should go six weeks but expenses means he has to go 7.
 
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I have 3 horses and 2 ponies currently being shod. The horses tend to go 4-5 weeks depending on time of year, and the ponies 5-6 weeks. The advantage of being married to a farrier is they tend to get done as and when they need it (especially if the children ask him
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), but before we got married, he used to come to the yard once a week and shoe whatever needed doing, so I have never been one to leave a horse too long between visits.

To my mind, aside from the welfare aspect, it makes no sense to keep a horse (with all the time and expenditure involved) which you can't ride because it's shoes are hanging off
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Do some of your husbands clients leave the horses for ages? I have one yard the man is a well know breeder of a rare horse and i only hear from him every six months or more
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Some of my clients only ring if the shoes are coming off even if its 12 weeks, maybe i should shoe 'looser'
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Well he tends to book people in in advance and just tells them when they need doing!
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There is one donkey he trims though, at the place I buy my shavings, and they are known to say to me "I think the donkey needs trimmed" around about Christmastime each year
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Every 7 weeks - we have a regular booking with our farriers and 7 weeks suits them. Though if there's a problem they will come out sooner, eg 2 summers ago my mare was getting done every 5 weeks as her back shoes were loose by then due to combination of hard ground and poor horn. (she has been on a hoof supplement since then which has helped).
Can I ask a numpty question regarding horn quality? For a horse like mine that grows very little between shoeings would it not be worse to shoe more frequently as the farrier will be nailing into or near old holes rather than into fresh horn?

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Bit of a catch 22 as if the horn quality is poor then if not shod ofetn enough the shoes become loose very quickly and often take chunks with them on their way out!

For a horse that grows little foot between shoeings then using the old nails holes does the least damage if they were good nails to start with.

It all depends on the horse they are such individuals
 
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