Thin soles what causes them and how can they be "cured" thoughts please.

[mightymammoth]

Hi,

as title really just wondering if anyone had any ideas?

Thanks

 

[Oberon]

http://www.horseandhound.co.uk/forums/showthread.php?t=518133&highlight=thin+soles

You can have mechanically thin soles - where the hoof care professional is removing too much tissue during trimming - which is improved with adapting the trim to a more barefoot friendly one.

You can have thin soles where the horse is transitioning from the thinner soles that shod hooves have - which is improved with time and stimulation.

You can have pancake flat soles where the hoof capsule is too high around p3 and therefore p3 is too close to the floor with not enough tissue underneath - this is sorted out through diet and stimulation.

You can have thin soles where not enough tissue is created - this can be from an inappropriate diet and/or from a loss of circulation from p3 remodelling over time (which is permanent).

For whatever reason for the thin soles - time, correct diet, stimulation and sympathetic trimming will usually fix them.

You will get a few answers to just paint Keratex Hardener on the soles - not sure which issue this is addressing though

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[Nocturnal]

^ That's the long and the short of it . If you are asking about how to improve soles in shod feet, well that's a bit more difficult. The diet will help, but getting sufficient stimulation will be hard. Work on conforming surfaces is the only thing I can really think of.

 

[mightymammoth]

http://www.horseandhound.co.uk/forums/showthread.php?t=518133&highlight=thin+soles

You can have mechanically thin soles - where the hoof care professional is removing too much tissue during trimming - which is improved with adapting the trim to a more barefoot friendly one.

You can have thin soles where the horse is transitioning from the thinner soles that shod hooves have - which is improved with time and stimulation.

You can have pancake flat soles where the hoof capsule is too high around p3 and therefore p3 is too close to the floor with not enough tissue underneath - this is sorted out through diet and stimulation.

You can have thin soles where not enough tissue is created - this can be from an inappropriate diet and/or from a loss of circulation from p3 remodelling over time (which is permanent).

For whatever reason for the thin soles - time, correct diet, stimulation and sympathetic trimming will usually fix them.

You will get a few answers to just paint Keratex Hardener on the soles - not sure which issue this is addressing though

.

thank you, I was hoping you would be online

 

[fidleyspromise]

I asked my new farrier this, as my shod horse has thin soles. The answer I was given is that doing a lot of road work can have this effect?

Diet has helped my horse with regards the crumbling of her feet, but not sure of my next step for thin soles.

 

[Oberon]

I asked my new farrier this, as my shod horse has thin soles. The answer I was given is that doing a lot of road work can have this effect?

Diet has helped my horse with regards the crumbling of her feet, but not sure of my next step for thin soles.

If the shod horse is weight bearing on the walls and the soles are 1cm off the ground due to the shoe - how can roadwork affect them?

 

[Pale Rider]

I asked my new farrier this, as my shod horse has thin soles. The answer I was given is that doing a lot of road work can have this effect?

This is wrong.

 

[Oberon]

I asked my new farrier this, as my shod horse has thin soles. The answer I was given is that doing a lot of road work can have this effect?

This is wrong.

I'd be interested in learning his reasoning - he may know something we don't