Protecting legs from hard ground

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MissSBird

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TB has been worrying me. She was standing back off her legs as if she was laminitic. But had the experts out and thankfully it's not.

What she's done is been galloping about on the hard ground in the fields and jarred her legs as well as bruising her soles and heels, hence the laminitic stance. So she's in on danolin and will be kept in the stable until she's fully sound.

But now I'm concerned that if we get another long dry spell and the ground hardens again, that the same thing could happen again. She is a little bit...of a playful tb and does occasionally just run for what seems to be sheer fun. I can't stop her; and she'd get stressed and worked up if I was to keep her in everytime the ground got a bit hard.

So does anyone have any suggestions on how to protect her?
 
You could try silicone pads which are put in under the shoe and protect the sole of the foot. They seem to help my boy not to concuss his legs so badly. He has the pads every summer. Whilst they aren't cheap they certainly help.
 
Can you break her field down into several smaller paddocks with tape so she can move into them and graze but not gallop flat out.I Have to do this with my tb especially as hes injury prone.They do tend to bruise their feet and legs easily.You could try arnica for the bruising I put my boy on them this week after a post injury and after a week there was a difference he had been on danilon for longer without any improvement.
 
I'm putting a cool gel with arnica in it on them daily.

Unfortunatly I can't do anything to change the fields as she's at livery and at the moment I have to stay where I am.

Marchtime, are the pads ok for competition use, and where would I get them from?
 
I'd try what Marchtime says they are a miracle and make such a difference. Though if the ground is solid jumping isn't really a good idea
 
Is she out 24/7 in a large field? If so, if you cannot split the paddock you could bring her in either over night or during the day.

Otherwise the only other non-shoeing thing is just to keep her work and competing on a surface when its hard.
 
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