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

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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? :P

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!
 
LOL Read as much as you can about barefoot - perhaps it would be a good idea to see if you can find someone to take the rest of her shoes off and go from there!! Often it is a good idea to take off shoes and leave for a few weeks before have a set up trim done.....check out the Phoenix chat site and the Rockley Blog!! Also google Jamie Jackson, Pete Ramey and check their links!! Good luck.
 
If you can't get a farrier then call a vet - if there's trauma damage then she may need a check for infection. Never take a chance with hoof damage - as the old saying says -no foot, no horse.
 
She may be absolutely fine. What can seem like alarming damage may have little effect. A photo showing the damage and a view from the sole would help ;)

I always think the ones who rip shoes off are trying to tell us something :D
 
I wouldnt wrap feet up for over a week, and unless i was an expert at taking off shoes i wouldnt remove the others either, so get a vet and on his opinion a farrier to replace lost shoe, remove other shoes, vet first i think.
 
I managed to get a hold of the farrier today and sent him some pictures - ahh the miracle of modern technology! :D

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!
 
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