Thankyou Oberon, and the makers of Pro Hoof!

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Many, many people post on here asking for advise, me included, but do we ever sit back and realise we have taken the advise and worked with it but never actually thanked the person who gave it?

Well I would like to say a massive thankyou to Oberon for her amazing help and advice regarding feed, supplements and general hoof issues my mare was having. I listened and took her advice and now my mare is well on the way to having perfectly healthy feet.

So if anyone reads this and has asked questions about feed, diet, barefoot or anything else and Oberon or someone else responds to other forum users please take the advise and listen to them. They are very knowleagable on this issue and will not give you any advice that will be wrong.

Im not saying it works for everyone but it worked for my mare after spending the last 2 yrs trying to sort it out and so in desperation I posted on here and gained some very useful help and advise. Its up to you if you take it and make use of it or not. I made use of the information and Im so glad I did, even my Farrier passed comment the other day on how good her feet are now and how much growth etc she has, he was really surprised at the difference in them in just a couple of months of being on the new diet of Fast Fibre and Pro Hoof Supplement.

A couple of people at my yard have barefoot horses and were also having issues and noticed the difference in my mares feet and asked me what I was doing to them. I just said she was on Fast Fibre and Pro Hoof due to the advice recieved on here and now there horses are on it and they are also pleased with the results they are getting aswell.

So I would just like to say a massive thankyou to Oberon, the other barefoot people who gave me useful advise and also to the makers of Pro Hoof!
 
I'm glad to see someone so pleased! Also that pro hoof is working for you, I'm pleased with the improvement in a month. Might try the fast fibre now too.
 
Aw shucks
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Really kind of you to say, thank you - but it's you and your horse who've done all the hard work:).

Glad she's doing so well
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I'm sulking now :mad:

Lovely of you to post that Finn. Oberon deserves it for the amount of time she spends helping people.

Oberon I hate you :p
 
cptrayes said:
I'm sulking now :mad:

Lovely of you to post that Finn. Oberon deserves it for the amount of time she spends helping people.

Oberon I hate you :p
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:D:D:D

That old website you had with Nic Barker was the very first thing I read about barefoot - when I was looking for an alternative to shoes for the Tank.

I kept going back and reading it over and over......
 
I would also like to add my thanks to the Barefoot Taliban. Tremendous help, such good advice!

My boy is doing very well barefoot/unshod. :)
 
Pro Hoof sounds interesting. May I borrow your thread and ask if is a general or a specific supplement as we are having a few problems.
 
Like others, I too have benefited from the advice on here (albeit secondhand through reading relevant posts). There's a wealth of experience offered freely and with the horse's welfare in mind and for that i am truly grateful. It may not suit everyone to go down the barefoot/unshod route but when you, as the horse owner, get the feeling that the feet are deteriorating with repeated shoeing then it doesn't hurt to try even if just as a short term break from shoes
 
Finn, lovely post but might I be so bold to ask for some advice about going barefoot? I've been lurking around on the barefoot threads and not sure whether to make the jump!
 
Thank you both. One of ours, a 16hh Sec D (yes, 16hh) was shod in front for a few years due to persistent 'footiness'.. he had one full blown attack of lammi around 7 years ago but has never had any signs of it since. But, like I said he was footy if not shod in front. Farrier came 3 weeks ago and said there are some significant changes in his feet.. both size and shape (very odd, but this is the third horse he has come across this year like it) and he suggested leaving his shoes off again. He seems to be coping very well, he isn't currently in work but is sound in the field at all paces most of the time. We were going to put him back on Farriers Formula but it is suddenly impossible to buy it locally and have been thinking about Formula4Feet instead, my concern is that these are both heavily based on alfalfa which brings him out in lumps. So we might be helping one problem but aggravating another.

He won't touch biotin, even heavily disguised, but has always had seaweed to aid circulation and also brewers yeast. However, if Pro Hoof would improve his hoof quality I would prefer to use something correctly balanced instead of making up proportions of seaweed/yeast as I go along. At a guess I would hazhard that the hoof wall is good and strong but he seems to have thin, sensitive soles. Advice please, and thank you both in advance.
 
Ladyinred said:
Thank you both. One of ours, a 16hh Sec D (yes, 16hh) was shod in front for a few years due to persistent 'footiness'.. he had one full blown attack of lammi around 7 years ago but has never had any signs of it since. But, like I said he was footy if not shod in front. Farrier came 3 weeks ago and said there are some significant changes in his feet.. both size and shape (very odd, but this is the third horse he has come across this year like it) and he suggested leaving his shoes off again. He seems to be coping very well, he isn't currently in work but is sound in the field at all paces most of the time. We were going to put him back on Farriers Formula but it is suddenly impossible to buy it locally and have been thinking about Formula4Feet instead, my concern is that these are both heavily based on alfalfa which brings him out in lumps. So we might be helping one problem but aggravating another.

He won't touch biotin, even heavily disguised, but has always had seaweed to aid circulation and also brewers yeast. However, if Pro Hoof would improve his hoof quality I would prefer to use something correctly balanced instead of making up proportions of seaweed/yeast as I go along. At a guess I would hazhard that the hoof wall is good and strong but he seems to have thin, sensitive soles. Advice please, and thank you both in advance.
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First please don't supplement seaweed unless you know that you are low in both iron and iodine. An excess of either can cause issues and seaweed is high in both.

Pro hoof would probably be a better supplement than Formula for Feet because it is specifically blended not to have the iron and manganese levels that cause problems to so many barefoot horses. Both prevent the absorption of copper and are also high in many people's grazing, which can cause insulin regulation problems which result in thin soles.

Have a look at the animals in the fields near you. Are there cows or horses which look like they should be black but are turning reddy-brown? That's a symptom of copper deficiency and you might need to supplement copper, like I do. Be cautious though, copper is poisonous in excess, but 400mg a day is safe.
 
We are low in iodine, used to be a dairy farm so the grazing was well analysed.

Copper, is interesting. Boyo is meant to be black but is the reddy-brown you describe, I always thought it was fading due to sunlight ( Embarrassed now) I feel you might have hit the proverbial nail on the head and think Pro Feet might be the way to go.

Thank you so much for your time and input.. I will let you know how we get on.
 
Ladyinred said:
Thank you both. One of ours, a 16hh Sec D (yes, 16hh) was shod in front for a few years due to persistent 'footiness'.. he had one full blown attack of lammi around 7 years ago but has never had any signs of it since. But, like I said he was footy if not shod in front. Farrier came 3 weeks ago and said there are some significant changes in his feet.. both size and shape (very odd, but this is the third horse he has come across this year like it) and he suggested leaving his shoes off again. He seems to be coping very well, he isn't currently in work but is sound in the field at all paces most of the time. We were going to put him back on Farriers Formula but it is suddenly impossible to buy it locally and have been thinking about Formula4Feet instead, my concern is that these are both heavily based on alfalfa which brings him out in lumps. So we might be helping one problem but aggravating another.

He won't touch biotin, even heavily disguised, but has always had seaweed to aid circulation and also brewers yeast. However, if Pro Hoof would improve his hoof quality I would prefer to use something correctly balanced instead of making up proportions of seaweed/yeast as I go along. At a guess I would hazhard that the hoof wall is good and strong but he seems to have thin, sensitive soles. Advice please, and thank you both in advance.
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The Pro Hoof is likely to help. There is a cheaper version called Pro Balance + which has the same vitamins and minerals but without the gut aids and yeast.....but I think your horse would benefit from the yeasts and gut
aids - so Pro Hoof sounds your best option of the two.

I would be interested if your boy has a metabolic issue causing his symptoms.
Has he been tested for Insulin Resistance or Cushings?
 
Just be aware LadyinRed that they can throw a colour change when you give them balanced minerals as well - so watch for that!

My piebald pony threw Auburn in his mane, but his fur turned silky soft and shiny!

CPT and Oberon - you're a treasure. :)
 
Oberon said:
The Pro Hoof is likely to help. There is a cheaper version called Pro Balance + which has the same vitamins and minerals but without the gut aids and yeast.....but I think your horse would benefit from the yeasts and gut
aids - so Pro Hoof sounds your best option of the two.

I would be interested if your boy has a metabolic issue causing his symptoms.
Has he been tested for Insulin Resistance or Cushings?
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No metabolic issues as yet, but he is now 14 and it would never surprise me. I think we limit the likelihood in that he has NO added sugar/molasses.. even HiFi Lite will tip him over the edge into the realms of insanity... and his grazing is limited, with well-soaked hay when needed in winter.
 
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