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!
 
I think you should take them off and buy some hoof boots with pads, I use Cavalo's and they are a good starting boot ( although I have used them for years ) have a look on ebay
 
Ah yes, the helping hand!

Always a good sign. I think you have done the right thing wrapping it up. If you can get a farrier to take the other side off then this will stop her being imbalanced up front. Doubt you will get a shoe on the damaged one for another 6-12 weeks or until the horn grows back.

Best thing to do is buy a good pair of hoof boots. I personally love the cavallos. Easy and reasonable at £80 they will last you forever almost. Use those for everything you do, if you have a soft school, maybe leave them off for work in there but out hacking definitely.

You can get pads that you can cut to shape to put inside the boot if needed.
 
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!
 
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