MegaBeast
Well-Known Member
My mare has had a loose shoe last couple of days (farrier comes to yard fortnightly but came two weeks running so is now week behind, should have been done last week) and I arrived at the yard this am to find her hopping lame, unable to weight bear and dragging her foot behind whilst trying to hop, only lameness I've ever seen similar was a suspected broken leg so was panic stricken.
On investigation found she'd caught the shoe on the base of the stable (pulled some wood off) and twisted the shoe which was now hanging on by one nail.
Got the shoe off, still dead lame, eased up in half an hour and she was weight bearing and moving around comfortably and deigned to eat breakfast so put her out as normal.
Got her in lunchtime having decided to give her a day off just in case and when scrubbing her feet before putting Kevin Bacon on found the side clip from the shoe has dug a hole in her sole. It's gone sideways rather than vertically so not horrendously deep and she doesn't wince when I push a hoof pick in so scrubbed it clean with hoof disinfectant and poulticed. nothing was coming out of the hole, which is centred between the frog and wall because the show was twisted.
She's sound, so would you carry on working her? Farrier is coming Wednesday and will hopefully fit a pad, or just look and say that's fine and not deep enough to have done any damage. I don't want to make things worse but she seems comfortable now (although may not be come morning) so shall I carry on as normal? Thinking to plug the hole with vaseline and use a hoof boot then poultice again overnight
Was hoping to go XC schooling Friday and then school round West Wilts after the event on Monday, but obviously won't if she's not up to it, but don't want to rest her unnecessarily if that makes sense!
On investigation found she'd caught the shoe on the base of the stable (pulled some wood off) and twisted the shoe which was now hanging on by one nail.
Got the shoe off, still dead lame, eased up in half an hour and she was weight bearing and moving around comfortably and deigned to eat breakfast so put her out as normal.
Got her in lunchtime having decided to give her a day off just in case and when scrubbing her feet before putting Kevin Bacon on found the side clip from the shoe has dug a hole in her sole. It's gone sideways rather than vertically so not horrendously deep and she doesn't wince when I push a hoof pick in so scrubbed it clean with hoof disinfectant and poulticed. nothing was coming out of the hole, which is centred between the frog and wall because the show was twisted.
She's sound, so would you carry on working her? Farrier is coming Wednesday and will hopefully fit a pad, or just look and say that's fine and not deep enough to have done any damage. I don't want to make things worse but she seems comfortable now (although may not be come morning) so shall I carry on as normal? Thinking to plug the hole with vaseline and use a hoof boot then poultice again overnight
Was hoping to go XC schooling Friday and then school round West Wilts after the event on Monday, but obviously won't if she's not up to it, but don't want to rest her unnecessarily if that makes sense!