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Taffieboy1

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Would like any advice on shoes and a prolific over reaching Pony.

So far have tried, all 4 shod, pulls fronts off.
Just fronts shod, pulls em off.
Just fronts shod, over reach boots on 24/7 pulls em off.
Shod all 4 with fronts full bar, pulls fronts off.
Just fronts shod full bar, pulls em off.
Just fronts shod, with backs of them bent up & rounded, pulls em off.
Just fronts shod, and hind toes clipped back & rounded off, pulls em off.
Totally barefoot, gets all footy on stones, gravel, sand, concrete, in fields.

What options have I left :confused::confused::confused::confused::confused:
 
Oberon !!!!!

LOL, could never part with my boy :D:D

Will get some pics on them, his hoofs are amazing, even after all these pulled shoes, not a crack or chip to be seen at all, even I find it hard to believe but its true xx
 
Maybe he wants some Nike trainers?

Photos would be fab, as the problem might be a hoof balance one that is causing a delayed breakover.
 
I would be tempted to try natural balance shoes in front, as it creates an earlier breakover, so they lift their foot slightly quicker.
 
Thats exactly what he had on the fronts were Natural Balance too.

Have decided to remove the shoes & got him a pair of Cavallo Simple boots for the front when hacking out, and try to slowly hack without them.
 
Over reach boots size 2 big & thick material & sausage boot/fetlock ring on legs.
Works a treat for my boy haven't had a shoe pulled in over a year (frantic wood touching!)
 
was going to suggest the giant overreah boot trick, the only thing that helped with my horse when is shoes, made sure they completely covered the heels and back of shoe, a nuisance to find them big and thick enough though.
 
The problem with OR boots is that if the problem is a hoof balance issue (IE long toes delaying the breakover, so the horse catches the heel of the fore hooves with his hind hooves, as he can't pick the fores up as quickly as he should be able to) is that the balance is still wrong. It's treating the symptoms and not the illness.
 
It's an issue I get grouchy over (sorry) as I have personal experience of a farrier not balancing hooves properly and then blaming the horse when it pulls shoes off even with OR boots on.
 
Faracat -no worries, my horse had shoes wide at the heels on veterinary instructions and they were a b****r to keep on! think the horse might of been trying to tell me something though!
 
You need to get the camera lower (practically on the ground) like this -

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plus sole shots

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After thirty years of farriery- I tend to look at the hinds first on recurrent shoe pullers, once catching in wire fences is ruled out !!!!!
Are they being lost in the field or when being ridden/driven?
I tend to find management is often the answer - once this has been adjusted, most shoe pullers have very limited hock action , this is to say they move from the stifle (rather than lifting the limb and placing it forward through the reciplical arrangement using hock action) - they 'swing' the limb thus causing an over extension and thus allowing the toe to flop down on to the heels of the fronts which are staying on the ground for longer to accomodate the hinds shorter weight bearing phase, hope I have explained my theory but basically --- check its hind end movement
 
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