Phone Farrier or wait and see?

[MissSBird]

I'm very unsure what to do so seeking advice.

My tb has poor feet, and is usually shod by one of 3 very good farriers in a larger company. They usually trim her front feet quite short...couldn't honestly tell you why.

I've been away on holiday for the last 3 weeks, during which time my sister was caring for tb and she was also shod. Should have been simple.

but I've returned home to find that it's not been so simple. Tb gets done along with another few horses on the yard. Farrier phoned one owner and explained they could not be out on Tuesday as usual and would need to leave it until Friday. Where I'd have accepted this in order to get normal farrier, this owner argued as she was concerned her horses shoes would not hold that long.

So on Wednesday horses were all shod, and it appears to have been done by different farrier within company. And I've come back and I do not like the look of tb's feet, especially the front. They look long, like they do when she's due to be done and she's got another 3 weeks still until she's due again. It's also giving the illusion that she has long pasterns, which is a concern since I show her. Initial reaction was phone farrier and get sorted.

but she struggles to hold her shoes as it is, and I'd rather she look like she has long pasterns than weaken the foot more with new nail holes unnecessarily.

Will the longer feet cause any serious damage, or would it be better to leave it?

Thanks guys!

 

[somethingorother]

Well for starters, if you are not happy with the job you pay money for i'd ring them and ask them to send your usual farrier out when they can to have a look at them. Farriers seem to get to know certain horses and what works best for them.

A friend of mine had a similar case with her horse i rode. Her normal farrier couldn't come out, so she got another one who did a terrible job, looked no different to beforehand (and they were a bit of a mess as overdue). She left it for a few weeks 'to see' (and because she didnt want a confrontation) and his shoes all started coming off within a week, along with chunks of hoof. He was a big flat footed, ex laminitic shire. His farrier had spent months getting his heels up etc, and he went balistic that it had all been undone in an hours shoddy work from someone else. He also put the price up because he had to fix them all over again and it was hard work.

Moral of the story- get it sorted or it might get worse.

hope you get it fixed