Is your horse shod?

[vicm2509]

I have just had Barons back shoes taken off. In the winter he pulls his front shoes off in the mud by over reaching in the deep ground. Hes been shod 4 weeks and I had to get the farrier out to put new fronts on, so I asked him to take backs off to see how he goes as if he left them on I would have to get farrier out again in 3 weeks anyway.

In the winter he is hacked at the most once a week as its too dark on week days to hack out after work. He will be on the roads for 30 mins max then on bridle paths. I do put him in the horse walker for about 10 mins a day to cool off which has a concrete floor. Im hoping he wont get sore but im interested to see how many shoes everyone elses horse has on throughout the winter and how they cope.

 

[riotgirl]

My old girl isn't shod as she is retired. My Welshie has fronts only. She has fantastic feet though that are rock hard. We do mainly roadwork in the winter months due to having no school and I have never had a problem with her. She did spend the first 9 years of her life shoeless though, and I think this has actually helped her toughen up.

 

[kayleigh_and_rocky]

He is shod all round. His feet are so bad they would just fall apart without shoes and he'd get v v lame.

 

[KatB]

Shod allround. I had just fronts on from april last year until October, only went full set as took him hunting, and started to compete. He always managed well with just fronts, but was paranoid about grip, and he does alot more roadwork now.

 

[Thistle]

2 fully shod, 2 fronts only 1 barefoot.

 

[vicm2509]

*Apologies for putting 'he is shod all round', should be he/she

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[EllieBeast]

Shos allround. she has lovely feet, but i do lots of roadwork and need the shoe for studs when i compete - also she was shod when i bought her.

 

[ladylisa]

My mare has terrible feet and has to be shod all year round. but my sisters horse has his shoes taken off in the winter as he dont do as much and the mud always pulls them off as he lives out.

 

[PapaFrita]

My neddies all used to be unshod. PF is now shod because the terrain is very rough where we live and school has very coarse sand. Under other circumstances I'd like to try her unshod again as she did really well.

 

[Gwenneh]

Mine were all au naturel. When I bought my last one she was shod and we pulled the shoes as they were completely unneccessary.

 

[SSM]

Have checked all round, but is that not the kiss of death?? Convinced now she will have pulled one off when I get her in tonight!!!!!!!

 

[Parkranger]

Unshod - for the time being....

 

[Chex]

Shod all round. Very tempted to try barefoot, but he's really lame if he even looses a shoe, so don't think he'd cope. Once's he retired I probably will if he's not really going to be out the field much.

 

[jj_87]

All of mine are shod all round all year round

 

[Starsy]

Two unshod, one has granite feet, but the other wears boots half the time on all four feet, as they wear down too quickly.

 

[UKa]

Barefoot - lucky she has really good feet; never actually owned a horse that needed shoes so pretty used to this would find it odd having to adjust to worrying about shoeing ...

 

[CastleMouse]

Castle is shod all round

 

[equibabe20]

Shod all year round, he got laminitis last October and his pedal bone dropped and rotated slightly he would be crippled without he's bad on stony ground even with shoes.

 

[FinkleyAlex]

Currently unshod but only because he's on box rest. He was very footsore at first so we've had to use a lot of keratex hoof hardener but he's back to his old self again now.

 

[sojeph]

Neither of my cobbies are shod.
Daughters pony has fronts cos she's a big poof

 

[Tia]

Please add on 22 to your unshod vote. Only 2 horses on this farm are shod and then only with front shoes. The rest are unshod.

 

[jemima]

two geldings both shod in front
two mares both barefoot - one currently being broken and expected to event barefoot the other is my daughter's first pony that we drive occasionally

 

[johnsongreyhorse]

My old horse just has fronts on and my 6yo is barefoot and wears boots on front when we hack out.

 

[helenandshadow]

She's shod all round, she has really bad feet which would probably fall apart without shoes

 

[JadeWisc]

None of mine are shod atm. Not needed where , when, and how they are ridden

 

[threeponies]

Have two unshod who don't work, my mare is shod in front, always has been. She's got feet like iron.

 

[YorksG]

All four barefoot, two retired, one much freer moving without shoes, the big girl needs sedating to have her feet trimmed, would never manage to have shoes on, and her feet are fine like that.

 

[Toby_Zaphod]

Shod all year round, he does loads of road work & then he's off to shows. He's a Hann x TB so his feet aren't the hardest around. During the summer he has studs in at shows, needs shoes to screw them into.

 

[clipclop]

Unshod because he just doesn't keep shoes on and eventually his feet become so crap we had to take the shoes off anyway.

Decided that it was crazy to take shoes off to rest his feet when we could have a go at losing the shoes all together and see what happens.

He does just great without which is wonderful. It is hardwork keeping him unshod a lot more hands on maintenance work but at least I can ride him when ever I want without worrying about lost shoes!! Woo hooo!! And we don't slip on tarmac!! So the extra hard work is worth it.

Do get treated like a freak a lot though which really pisses me off! How many times do I have to say "I haven't jumped on the bandwagon, I have done this for my horse"!!

Ttfn

 

[magic104]

Shod in front only except Bailey who is on loan & he is shod all round.