Shod, how often?

[horsegirl]

just wondering?

 

[horsegirl]

Assuming no problems that is

 

[princesskelly]

i get poppy shod every 6 weeks. can be 4 weeks in summer because i do alot longer hacks.

 

[tuscanyD]

Varies - sometimes every four weeks in the summmer - over winter she can go up to 8 weeks.

The drier weather seems to make her hoofs more crumbly.

The wet weather on the other hand gives her a touch of mud fever. You can't win can you

 

[princesskelly]

same problem as me! i use hoof moisture in summer to stop hoofs drying out. her feet dont grow very fast so for poppy it's just a case of how quick she wears down the shoes. at the most it's 8 weeks but that only happens in the winter.

 

[K9Wendy]

Actually we go 7 weeks but clicked on 6 as we'd never go over 7 but have been known to do 6. Our farrier is brilliant and started her on 8 (as last farrier recommended that) but reduced her to 7 and is currently happy with that..

 

[miamibear]

I put 6 weeks but mine is shod at the moment every 5 weeks with the intention of getting him on 6 week cycles but he needs keeping an eye on until they are back to normal!

 

[SPARK]

Every 6-8 weeks depending on what her feet are like.

 

[KatB]

There wasnt one for me!! 5wks

 

[samp]

Mine just lasts 5 weeks - it is far too expnsive. What do people pay for shoeing?

 

[Tempi]

There wasnt one for me - Bloss is done every 5 wks in the winter and 4 in the summer..........costs me a fortune, Archie will be done the same amount of weeks as Bloss.

 

[Tierra]

Mine is done every 6 weeks to the day. One useful thing about being on full livery is that thats all organised ! And im paying £65.00 per set at the moment.

 

[4whitesocks]

every 6 weeks - paying €60 a set....

 

[K9Wendy]

£40 hot shod without stud holes, £45 with stud holes, every 7 weeks..

 

[equibabe20]

Mine goes every 6 weeks but sometimes 7 in winter. i pay £49 and get road nails put in for free!

 

[moon_drop]

every 8 weeks all four of my lot are trimmed. Or when the farrier turns up

. he was due ten days ago and didn't turn up he phone last night

and he said he would be on the 30th of this month. there was no sorry for not turning up or no reason way he wasn't there

. He never done this before so i didn't say anything to him on the phone last night. he is our sixth farrier in three years ( nothing to do with my horses or me). so I have to put up wtih this one he not that really!!!!

Farrier's are a very rare thing up here in the north east of scotland.

 

[Tempi]

oh and mine are £75 a set, if she has the same ones refitted its around £60 a set!!

 

[vicm2509]

Mine was 5 weeks when I bought him as his feet were quite bad and he kept loosing shoes. Now I add biotin and use keratex and my farrier cant believe the improvement and does him every 6-8 weeks, the last ones lasted 8. I dont do much road work though.

 

[samp]

I pay £74 for 4 road nails and stud holes

 

[TheresaW]

Dolly averages about 4 weeks. Mac goes 5 or 6!

 

[Super_Kat]

Mine were done every 6 weeks but my farrier wants to try and make the shoes go 7 weeks now.

 

[AmyMay]

Loan horse is an every 4 weeks type of gal. Amymay was every 5 weeks - now she is unshod she is trimmed when she needs it.

 

[sally2008]

Every six weeks on the dot so his feet can be trimmed and rebalanced whether the shoes could go longer or not.

 

[Rambo]

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I pay £74 for 4 road nails and stud holes

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Jeez....what does he charge for the shoes

 

[ExRacers]

Both mine shod every 5 weeks @ £50 each which includes rolled toes and road nails for one of them. Also we book up all the shoeing dates for the year in January so guaranteed to get a day you want!

 

[KatB]

Mine cost £56 including 6 stud holes. £50 over the winter with none!

 

[threeponies]

My mare is only shod in front, has never cast a shoe or even had a loose shoe. She is shod every 8 weeks, the shetlands get a trim then, tooo. It costs £26 for half set and back feet trimmed, £25 for removes. (That's hot shoeing, btw.)

 

[kateknights]

Every 8 wks for my girl, am waiting for the farrier now, supposed to be here at 12.30, ha ha ha...
Kate x

 

[Theresa_F]

Boys get trimmed every 8 weeks - like to keep their feet nice and neat as Chancer is only young and Cairo can go lame if his toes get too long.

 

[kerrylou123]

mine go 7 weeks!