Navicuar Feet again - better photos - to take shoes off or not...??

All these links are great, I've read more about hooves, shoeing and trimming in last 2 weeks than I have in 15 years of having horses which is a shame really.
I find myself eyeing up ALL the horses' feet now!

Kingsley is only 6 so perhaps there is still a decent chance for him to recover not only from ill shaped feet but other soundness issues too. Now, we need to organise the transport...anyone for a trip to Devon? ;)
 
Oh Viola you will have to be careful - you too are turning into a rasp weilding barefoot maniac - soon there will be no hope for you!!

I live in Devon :p
 
eh - why do you have to go to Devon?

A well managed horse can get good feet just about anywhere. It is just easier in some places than others.

And blowing Grace's trumpet again. Grace has the hardest hooves I've come across. She has two metabolic issues, is kept at livery with the worst possible hay/grass combo, on clay and came to me via a meat lorry because after 9 years of unsuccessful interventions her previous owners and vets gave up.

All it took was a better diet and a bit of sweat (mostly hers).

In fact I put off trimming her feet because it is such hard work :-) Instead I run her up and down stoney tracks twice a day............
 
Oh sorry _ I missed that bit. Great idea to give them all the best possible. Good for you guys to try this route - not an easy decision I am sure.

But important for other readers to know that it is not the only option, as not everyone can afford it and it would be a shame for a horse to be PTS because someone thought that the only way to deal with the issue was to shoe or send away.
 
EAST KENT said:
Perhaps ,then,CPT could explain how a tendon (soft tissue) can cause damage to a piece of bone (hard tissue)??Can`t quite equate that one.:D
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Exactly the same way that a barber sharpens a cutthroat steel razor on a strap of leather. It also partly explains how horses can pound rough tarmac for hours a week and not wear their feet right out. There are many instances in material science where the softer material erodes the harder one.
 
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cptrayes said:
Exactly the same way that a barber sharpens a cutthroat steel razor on a strap of leather. It also partly explains how horses can pound rough tarmac for hours a week and not wear their feet right out. There are many instances in material science where the softer material erodes the harder one.
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Oh so true.
 
i like the look of this place, if prince isnt sound by the end of the year i think i might send him here to give him a chance.
 
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