'No foot, no horse' Discuss!!

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Interested to hear people's views really. I bought a horse 9 months ago who is now being diagnosed with navicular likely bought on by the stress of collapsed heels. He passed 2 stage vetting but poor farriery and some ignorance on my part about how important the structure / angles etc of the horses feet anatomy now means a lame horse which needs long term remedial farriery as a mimimum or as a last resort possibly facing the worst decision any horse owner never wants to make.

It has made me realise that I will be very careful when it comes to this area of a horse when (and if) I buy another, and I will very likely want xrays!

However............ there are some people whose horses have terrible feet and they still manage to stay sound and cope with competition work.

So what do you think - is the hoof one of the most important things that needs to be considered as if you havent got a good 'oof then you havent got a good 'orse?
 
defoantly agree with this statement, a good farrier is worth his weight in gold. twobays i think i have told you bout my boy who was in a similar sitution to your last year nd he is now back in work and full of it, with out the help of my fantastic farrier i found in january he would still be lame no and quite possible been pts
 
Good feet are really important to me after having a couple of disasters!! I do have a friend who has a horse with such poor foot conformation/problems that I wonder how it stays sound on the other hand (or should that be hoof
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) I have another friend who's horse has the best hooves i have ever seen - even the farrier has commented that it should be used in farrier training but the poor bugger suffers with so many other problems he is just a rather large field ornament now
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. If I were buying again i would definately be asking more questions re that department
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My horse's hooves have been the envy of everyone since I bought him as a 3 yo and he's never cast a shoe or had any problems whatsoever.

Now at 7 in the space of about 3 months my horse has been intemittently lame and I'm told by my farrier that this is a result of collapsed heels amongst other foot problems. He has never indicated to me in the last 4 years that my horse has any problems with his feet or has always been difficult to shoe as he's now telling me.

If feel very let down by my farrier.
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No foot, no horse...

Good farrier, no problem!


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How about when you think you DO have a good farrier?
 
Send me a pm im not sure i follow your post, your farrier has shod this horse all the while and now it has collapsed heels and he is saying its actually hard to shoe? would appreciate more details if you have time.
 
Agree - but with the comment that a good farrier can make a huge, huge difference!
Incidentally, I have recently at the age of 30-mumble, been told that most my back/hip problems stem from an issue with my foot, that was never taken seriously when I was a youngster... Apparently it's no foot no rider, too! Shame my farrier can't treat me...
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totally agree with the saying but a good farrier can work miracles with bad feet- mine certianly has

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Ditto this. My horse had crap feet, but I didn't think much of it and put it down to her being a TB.

One year on, a good diet, good hoof care and good regular farriery and her feet are pretty good. OK she'll never go unshod even in the field but her shoes stay on and she stays sound!
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So what do you think - is the hoof one of the most important things that needs to be considered as if you havent got a good 'oof then you havent got a good 'orse?

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Don't see how you can argue otherwise, really...
 
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No foot, no horse...

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If only! My farrier is superb and yet my horse is knackered.
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Well yes, no foot no horse as in if you dont look after the feet you can absolutely ruin them.... no matter how good a farrier is he cant look after a horses feet properly if he isnt called out regularly enough to balence them. You would be suprised how many people would rather buy a new rug and stretch a shoeing interval to 10 or 12 weeks to afford it
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Well yes, no foot no horse as in if you dont look after the feet you can absolutely ruin them.... no matter how good a farrier is he cant look after a horses feet properly if he isnt called out regularly enough to balence them. You would be suprised how many people would rather buy a new rug and stretch a shoeing interval to 10 or 12 weeks to afford it
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This i agree with. I dont know how i can be expected to do a good job when horses are being streatched so long especially if its a horse with bad feet, even though the shoes often stay on this does not mean its any good for the horse
 
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