New horse has pulled a shoe already..

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My new boy pulled his less than 1 day old shoe off yesterday! Partially my fault as I forgot to put his over reach boots on :(

He was hopping lame on his off front leg when I was walking him back to his stable, the ground was really stony though so it must have been sore for him.

He was a lot better when he got to the stable block and was walking almost 100% again.

My farrier is away until Tuesday :( but I managed to find his lost shoe after a long field search. I've asked a few other farriers but none have come back to me yet.

Any thing I can do in the meantime to make him less ouchy? He seems comfortable now on his rubber matting but I don't want him stuck in his stable until Tuesday night when he can have it back on ..
I was really upset about it after some busy body decided to inform me that he looks really ill, lame on all legs, that horse needs a vet now, bute it up blah blah he's never seen the horse in his life!! He's an otherwise healthy horse and I'm sure the hopping was due to the stony track not because he is otherwise ill!

He has typical TB feet so really wanting to start feeding his feet up to make them stronger, and recommendations for feeds?

Thanks for reading :(
 
First of all walk away from the busy body!

I'm sorry, but if hes got poor feet & he's sore then I'd keep him in until you can get the shoe replaced. I'd also put a dry dressing on to make him more comfortable & stop him doing any more damage to the hoof. If, for some reason, you really can't keep him in then put a thick dressing on with lots & lots of duck tape & put him in a small field with a quiet companion, but really I'd be doing all I could to prevent any more damage & increase the chance of him being sound when the shoe goes back on.
 
RE feed, you need to cut out as much sugar from his diet as possible and feed lots of fibre. Look at the ingredient list on the horse food sacks (or look it up on the internet) and avoid anything with molasses, molglo or high in starch. Look for feeds that are high fibre.

I had a huge improvement in my horses hoof quality when I switched from a molassed chaff to a molasses free one.

Also, you need to see his hooves as unhealthy, TB's are quite capable of having lovely, healthy hooves, it's not a genetic thing.

I would also be concerned that you feel that you need to keep him in over-reach boots when turned out to keep his shoes on. This is a big warning sign that he might have long toes and under-run heels. If his hooves were a better balance, the breakover would be quicker, so he would be far less likely to catch the front heel with his hind hoof as he moved.
 
Just had a lovely farrier put his shoe back on free of charge :) he is already miles better, think ill be changing to this farrier as he told me about why he's pulling his shoes off, he's got quite flat feet and his heels are quite under run.

The other farrier just slapped the shoes on and left! Keeping the over reach boots on for now, he's not on any feed at the moment, but hopefully with new farrier we can look at getting his feet healthy again :)

Thanks for the advice x
 
Aww that's good, I had a TB that did this a lot, he would look SO lame on stones with a front shoe off bless him. After a lot of faff with shoes being put back on the farrier rolled his back toes and he didn't do it again! He also had some different type of shoe on the backs at one point that were supposed to change the breakover point.
 
jess_ said:
he's got quite flat feet and his heels are quite under run.

The other farrier just slapped the shoes on and left! Keeping the over reach boots on for now, he's not on any feed at the moment, but hopefully with new farrier we can look at getting his feet healthy again :)

Thanks for the advice x
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It does happen

http://www.horseandhound.co.uk/forums/showthread.php?t=549121

It's the damage that's going on in the inside that worries me :(
 
Thanks for the link to that thread it's really an eye opener! Going to have a chat to new farrier next time he's down, ill take some pics tomorrow of his feet so you can give your opinions :)
 
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