Sore feet after farrier?

Thanks for the replies (some of which have grown a few arms and legs), I know my horse's feet and his welfare is the most important thing to me, and my gut feeling is to change farriers which is why I have a different one coming out today, as well as my vet. It could be a nail bind, it could be a number of things... I think the vet is definitely being cautious keeping him on box rest and recommending X-rays (which she has said herself are not essential) but since I was concerned about laminitis, box rest and keeping the shoes on was the best thing to do I feel under the circumstances, but I fully expect my new farrier to be honest about the way forward since we have ruled out laminitis and decided that it's a shoeing issue. There is no heat whatsoever in any legs or hooves which is making it harder to know where the problem is coming from but I'm hopeful that today will point us in a better direction as we are now 4 days on and all fingers are crossed that he trots up sound! Thanks again for the replies.
 
This is what happened to my tb, everytime I had him shod he would be lame for a week then " settled into the shoes" x rays showed a nagitive palmer angle, farrier wanted to put heart bars on him but after plenty of research I felt I had to give him the chance to fix his own feet. Shoes came off and that was the end of his lameness :) wasn't easy along the way but it was the right thing to do to build his feet back up.
Def get another farrier to take a look and see what the x rays say.
 
Heelfirst said:
Quote: "I wholeheartedly agree with your last sentence - and believe that it is the responsibility of the owner to learn enough about the horse's foot to be able to recognise good farriery work and to only employ good farriers, rather than those who are cheap or punctual or are prepared to deal with the horse in the owner's absence. "
No, No, No. I could not disagree more, we must not expect the owner to have the knowledge, we must as a profession be competent, that is my point.
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I have only just got back to this.

There is nothing magical about farriery. Any-one with the right education/experience can look at a horse's feet and assess their shape - and should do. I agree that all farriers should be competent but unfortunately they are not. Any owner who employs an incompetent farrier is equally responsible for the harm done to their horse imo. All owners should ensure that they can recognise a correctly shaped foot. I am certainly not suggesting that owners should even begin to trim their horses' feet and wouldn't presume to myself, neither would I employ a 'barefoot trimmer' even though I have unshod horses.
As a teenager, I was lucky enough to employ a farrier who wanted to teach me about my horse's feet and always talked about what he was doing, as did his 'replacement' after the 1st one retired. The current farrier was trained by the 1st one's apprentice and also talks about his work. He knows that the owner's input is vital to the health of the horse. My point was that many people are more bothered about unimportant qualities of their farrier than his farriery skills.
 
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