Klo
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I am sure everyone has probably been in a similar situation, but it's the first time I have been in this situation!
So I have a 7 year old 16.3 Polish warmblood mare. I have owned her for a year now. We mainly do flatwork and hacking but am looking to start jumping in the summer. When I first got her she was fully shod all round, little bit of seedy toe in the front feet but was being managed well. Good as gold to shoe, stood still, didn't bat an eyelid at anything. Now she is not perfect she is very sensitive, if you upset she will tell you. Very clearly. She doesn't trust new people and takes a while to warm to you. She is also a fighter over a flighter!
About 7 months in I moved house and had to change farrier due to distance. She then became a nightmare to shoe. The new farrier could take the shoes of, trim her feet, do the burning stage to put the shoes back on and the second he began to nail the shoes on she would buck, rear, kick out and completely melt down. After three shoeings of progressively worse behaviour I spoke to my old farrier who arranged for one of his associates to help me, however he travels a rather large distance to me! Shoeing was never a problem before. She is not lame, no heat, no swelling, just took a dislike to this farrier. We believe possibly the farrier upon the house move has nicked her with a nail and made her very sensitive and reactive to the farrier!
He has shod the fronts but she wouldn't let him do the rears. The seedy toe is on the fronts so I am not fussed about the rear shoes being off.
However the little darling keeps pulling the fron left shoe of! The first time she was playing and pulled it of on the fence. I didn't see her do the second or third time. But she doesn't seem to keep the shoe on for more than two weeks.
What do I do? She wears overreach boots in the field and when ridden and the boots rarely come off, just the shoe! Do I take the front shoes off and have her trimmed more often to keep intop of the seedy toe? Do I continuing having shoes put back on every two weeks? Do I scream?! Do I ground her? ? Do I take the shoes of for the winter and put them back on in the summer when the ground is harder?
If anyone has been in a silmar situation and has any suggestions or tips and tricks please let me know! Feet progress pictures attached aswell for reference. They get Kevin Bacon on them daily and she is on naf pro feet powder also.
Thank you!
So I have a 7 year old 16.3 Polish warmblood mare. I have owned her for a year now. We mainly do flatwork and hacking but am looking to start jumping in the summer. When I first got her she was fully shod all round, little bit of seedy toe in the front feet but was being managed well. Good as gold to shoe, stood still, didn't bat an eyelid at anything. Now she is not perfect she is very sensitive, if you upset she will tell you. Very clearly. She doesn't trust new people and takes a while to warm to you. She is also a fighter over a flighter!
About 7 months in I moved house and had to change farrier due to distance. She then became a nightmare to shoe. The new farrier could take the shoes of, trim her feet, do the burning stage to put the shoes back on and the second he began to nail the shoes on she would buck, rear, kick out and completely melt down. After three shoeings of progressively worse behaviour I spoke to my old farrier who arranged for one of his associates to help me, however he travels a rather large distance to me! Shoeing was never a problem before. She is not lame, no heat, no swelling, just took a dislike to this farrier. We believe possibly the farrier upon the house move has nicked her with a nail and made her very sensitive and reactive to the farrier!
He has shod the fronts but she wouldn't let him do the rears. The seedy toe is on the fronts so I am not fussed about the rear shoes being off.
However the little darling keeps pulling the fron left shoe of! The first time she was playing and pulled it of on the fence. I didn't see her do the second or third time. But she doesn't seem to keep the shoe on for more than two weeks.
What do I do? She wears overreach boots in the field and when ridden and the boots rarely come off, just the shoe! Do I take the front shoes off and have her trimmed more often to keep intop of the seedy toe? Do I continuing having shoes put back on every two weeks? Do I scream?! Do I ground her? ? Do I take the shoes of for the winter and put them back on in the summer when the ground is harder?
If anyone has been in a silmar situation and has any suggestions or tips and tricks please let me know! Feet progress pictures attached aswell for reference. They get Kevin Bacon on them daily and she is on naf pro feet powder also.
Thank you!
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