My mare yanked a shoe today and took half her hoofwall with it. What should I do?

[SCMSL]

As the title says, pretty much.

My mare yanked her RF shoe off today, just as I was considering switching her to barefoot - maybe she's trying to give me a hand?

I rasped it as best as I could, and wrapped it with vetwrap and tape on the bottom. Farrier is out of the country and won't be back until the 24th.

I was considering pulling her shoes and wrap them until the farrier can come and trim her hooves properly. I don't have access to boots (although planning on buying some) and truly lost confidence in pretty much every other farrier in the area.

Is it a good idea?

Any suggestions and advice highly appreciated!

 

[Sugar_and_Spice]

However bad the other farriers may be, they should at least be able to remove the shoe on the opposite hoof (you can ask them not to trim the hoof). Then use hoofboots or ride/turn out on a sand arena/soft ground, until the hoofs can cope with harder ground.

Or you can just use one hoof boot on the hoof that's lost the shoe, but horse would still be wonkey in the stable, though I'm sure they won't drop dead from it!

You can buy hoof boots all over the place, so not currently having any is a bit irrelevant All you need is a ruler and a diagram (online) so you know where to measure to get the right size.

 

[mandwhy]

I agree with S&S, just get another farrier to come and take off the shoe, get your farrier to come and trim when he can and buy some hoof boots online if you need them? Unless you are particularly proficient at taking them off (I find it really hard!).

 

[SCMSL]

I managed to get a hold of the farrier today and sent him some pictures - ahh the miracle of modern technology!

He told me to pack the hoof with animalintex, then a neoprene pad, then vetwrap and finally tape under the hoof to hold it all together. She seemed pretty comfortable in it, trotted her in a hard surface and she didn't complain at all, so rode her lightly on our arena - the flooring is absolutely pristine and soft enough to not cause her any bruising.

He told me to reevaluate tomorrow and if she feels comfortable still, pull her other front shoe and wrap it the same way - he is concerned about how having one leg higher then the other could possibly cause problems on the next 12 days.

This should hold until I can get some boots. She'll need them anyway if we do go ahead with barefoot, so I'll just spend the money now.

I was super happy to be able to ride as she gets absolutely unmanageable when not in work.

He will be out on the 24th, and trim her so we can start the barefoot experience!