pads for shoes???

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Had discussion with vet yesterday re my mare, who's lameness is shifting around and trying to keep us on our bl@@dy toes!

She has suggested pads for the fronts as thinks she is surface sensitive...mentioned soemthing called PJ's??? Anyone have any idea what these are? Can you get different types?

Thanks!
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Our lad has silicone pads in front. These protect him well and stop bruising/concussion - he is a flat footed thin soled woosey TB
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They are expensive - usually around £20 per foot plus shoes.
There are other types, I know you can get leather pads but my farrier has only ever used these and even when we moved and had to change farriers this was what he recommended.
They work really well but are expensive.
 
I used to use Shocktamers, they are American and I managed to get mine for about £5 a pair, had a few pairs that lasted 5 shoeings much to my farrier's distate, he was hoping I'd have to get a new pair every shoeing from him!!! (pony kept in really stony area and shod every 5 weeks).
Best pads I've ever used (and I've tried most!!) and really economical.
PM me if interested as I have some spares I have no use for (recently lost horse in question) and they need home... (free to a good home)
 
Yep new pads every shoeing
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Bl**dy expensive
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The pads mentioned in the post above sound worth investigating - they sound much cheaper - wonder why no one suggested them to us
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I would be very interested to see them.
 
I just had a look - very interesting - I will ask our farrier next time.
Unfortunately due to other foot problems and soft tissue injury he can no longer be ridden so we are thinking of seeing how he gets on without pads if he is not working. He is so woosey though I think he will still be sore.
Will definitely look into this - jsut wish I had known 3 years ago!!!
 
I tried a whole heap of other very expensive pads, most of which only lasted one shoeing before i stumbled across these by accident while at the Kentucky 3 day event (first 4 pairs I bought only cost £3.50 a pair!!) my farrier was really skeptical at first but then conceded defeat and admitted that they were pretty damn good (just as long as I didn't tell his other clients about them!!)
 
I'm not surprised he didn't want anyone else to know
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I think EVERYONE should be told now
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Especially people with woosey TBs
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Thanks for that this forum is really useful sometimes.
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Thanks for the tip Wannabee. I do endurance and I'm hoping to move up to 50mile + and race rides this year and have been told I'll probably need to get pads fitted - yet more expense! I'll mention these to my farrier next time I see him. And if you've still got those spares - I'd very gratefully give them a new home
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=ShockTamer]http://www.well-shod.com/index.php?category[0]=ShockTamer

the ones on the right of the pic are the ones that I have used, although, I do also have a spare pair of the ones on the left as well I do believe

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wow these might be helpful for my tb too we have been having gel pads for last 3 months and its very expensive project.Last time the farrier came out he cut out loads of bruising so pads might be long term neccessity.He was diagnosed with soft tissue coffin joint injury but it might be severe bruising will find out more monday with vet visit.Think Ill show him the pads.
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Wow wannabee they look great! Anything to save a few pennies!!

Thanks!

p.s. If you still have spares I'd give them a new home (or pair of hooves!)!
 
My old girl has had pads on her fronts for several years now. The are usually changed every other shoeing (doesn't do much roadwork). My (wonderful!) farrier only charges me £10 extra per shoeing. They are quite hard and plastic'ish - sorry, don't know what they are called but they have proved very effective.
 
Yes those do have to be put on everytime as they adhere to the sole (if i am thinking of the right product) although a much cheaper option is leather pads nailed on with the shoe, and these do refit! and cost about £5-10
 
It depends what is cause the lameness. If it is pressure on the sole that is causeing the lameness then you may need to look at leather or plastics pads as these do not put any pressure on to the sole area. Silcone sole filler can sometimes put pressure onto the sole and cause pressure lameness (very rare)

If the lameness is something like Navicular then it may be necessary to use plastic wedge pads.

If it is soft tissue damage or damage to the pedal bone that requires support then the best route to go down is silicone sole filler called Equipak.

Equipak is made by a company called Vettec. The actual tubes cost 18 pound but its more likly that your farrier will charge around 15 to 20 pound a hoof. Equipak can not be refitted as as farrier said.. it adheres to the foot. However the leatehr and plastic pads can be refitted.

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Like NAILED said, Equipak is like a bath sealant type of pad, and the farrier rests your horses foot on a sheet of polystyrene, tapes it onto his foot, then lifts it up and inserts the Equipak in the gap between the heel and the sole of the foot and the polystyrene and it sets in about fifteen seconds and then the farrier peels the polystyrene off and 'voila' your horse has padding which lasts until next shoeing. Trouble is if your horse is walked over uneven flinty ground or paws with its foot on something uneven it breaks up and in my experience can last something like between four days to 2 weeks. It is also very costly and was costing me £40 a time because hey-ho don't you just know it, my horse had to have two tubes because he is so large! He was recommended this by the vet that said he needed concussion support due to a bony spur that had grown on his coffin joint. When I got fed up with losing so much money the farrier recommended rubber pads which he had in his feet until the vet said they were not absorbing shock and concussion, just preventing bruising which he never had in the first place anyway so I ditched those and he has been 'normal' shoeing on fronts for about the last 18 months now and never looked back. I am very lucky to have an excellent farrier (Richard Phillips) and he takes good care of his feet and keeps them perfectly balanced. I am also fortunate that being a WB my horse has very good strong horn anyway.

I have never heard of PJ's. x
 
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