ann-jen
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My old mare (22), has been shod all her life. I took her hind shoes off 2 years ago. She is currently on haylage and small feed of chaff and pro-balance. She has good feet, but her frogs have been deteriorating over the last few years to the point that they are no longer weight bearing. On discussion with the farrier, we have decided to try taking her fronts off for a while/permanently to allow them to recover. she has a little thrush which I'm treating. Her turn out is a little limited at the moment due to the endless mud but is still out for a few hours every day. She's still active, but no longer competes, mostly hacking when I can get to the yard in daylight hours and the rest of her exercise is in the school. She is mildly arthritic.
My other horse is barefoot and has been for some time. She is on pro-hoof and micronized linseed. She had very poor feet, which are better but I was starting from crap with her, whereas feel I'm starting with decent feet on the old mare. So I'm wondering whether I would be ok to stick with pro-balance as her supplement or whether I should change them both onto pro-hoof. The old mare is a very good doer and also 'hot' so don't want her on shed loads of feed, but any thoughts re her diet would be welcome. TIA.
My other horse is barefoot and has been for some time. She is on pro-hoof and micronized linseed. She had very poor feet, which are better but I was starting from crap with her, whereas feel I'm starting with decent feet on the old mare. So I'm wondering whether I would be ok to stick with pro-balance as her supplement or whether I should change them both onto pro-hoof. The old mare is a very good doer and also 'hot' so don't want her on shed loads of feed, but any thoughts re her diet would be welcome. TIA.