ArcticFox
Well-Known Member
Last night I went to get my horse in, to find him walking with a horrid lameness behind, he was high stepping with his off hind as he made a few strides across the field.
On closer inspection it turns out his shoe was attached to his leg, around his pastern - yep thats right, around his pastern like a bracelet!!
It looks like it would be extremely difficult to remove, but we took it off the way we assume it went on! He must have had that perfectly timed moment, when pulling his front shoe off and it flipping up and meeting his hind cannon bone at exactly the right moment to hook it onto his leg where it slid down and got stuck on his pastern!!
He had no injuries from this, except his is footsore on his right fore without a shoe, but the farrier is coming tomorrow so hopefully all should be well by tomorrow!
I was flabbergasted by this, as was my friend and hubby - never in my life (and my dad was a farrier) have I seen this happen.
Thought I'd share it all to cheer up your Monday!
http://i1028.photobucket.com/albums/y343/carolinefox1/Jackshoe_zps854cea3a.jpg
On closer inspection it turns out his shoe was attached to his leg, around his pastern - yep thats right, around his pastern like a bracelet!!
It looks like it would be extremely difficult to remove, but we took it off the way we assume it went on! He must have had that perfectly timed moment, when pulling his front shoe off and it flipping up and meeting his hind cannon bone at exactly the right moment to hook it onto his leg where it slid down and got stuck on his pastern!!
He had no injuries from this, except his is footsore on his right fore without a shoe, but the farrier is coming tomorrow so hopefully all should be well by tomorrow!
I was flabbergasted by this, as was my friend and hubby - never in my life (and my dad was a farrier) have I seen this happen.
Thought I'd share it all to cheer up your Monday!
http://i1028.photobucket.com/albums/y343/carolinefox1/Jackshoe_zps854cea3a.jpg