biggingerpony
Well-Known Member
Here's my story:
Rosie (20yr old TB) had winter off and shoes were taken off in September last year. But out in field 24/7 with no hard ground and was not being fed barefoot diet. In Jan she started being brought back into light work, and decided I wanted to see how she'd fair with no shoes. Generally we hack out with the occasional schooling session, she has boots in front with very thin gel pads and bare behind and is coping really well.
Currently she is being strip grazed 24/7 and slowly building up a track system grazing is average, on the north downs so chalky soil with a variety of plants. She gets hay when she needs it and she comes in for a couple of hours each day. She is trimmed every 8 weeks by a farrier. I have been dealing with thrush in her front two hooves for a while they are improving slowly, I scrub them every day and spray with a tea tree oil solution and get all muck out with a cotton bud. I do not want to use anything stronger incase it damages the surrounding hoof. She can still be sore on gravel on her fronts without her boots I put that down to grass mainly and also the thrush. She has very mild cushings and is having half a tablet of prascend a day along with:
Fastfibre
Linseed
Salt
Devils claw
Magox
Multi vitamin
I have gone from a yard where pretty much everyone apart from a couple were barefoot to a livery on a fairly traditional yard where I am the only one! I swear they must think I'm mad, but they were very impressed on my hack today to see my mare striding out in front as they came slipping and sliding down the road!
I basically would just like some comments on how you think shes getting on, and any improvements that could be made!
fronts:
Hind:
Rosie (20yr old TB) had winter off and shoes were taken off in September last year. But out in field 24/7 with no hard ground and was not being fed barefoot diet. In Jan she started being brought back into light work, and decided I wanted to see how she'd fair with no shoes. Generally we hack out with the occasional schooling session, she has boots in front with very thin gel pads and bare behind and is coping really well.
Currently she is being strip grazed 24/7 and slowly building up a track system grazing is average, on the north downs so chalky soil with a variety of plants. She gets hay when she needs it and she comes in for a couple of hours each day. She is trimmed every 8 weeks by a farrier. I have been dealing with thrush in her front two hooves for a while they are improving slowly, I scrub them every day and spray with a tea tree oil solution and get all muck out with a cotton bud. I do not want to use anything stronger incase it damages the surrounding hoof. She can still be sore on gravel on her fronts without her boots I put that down to grass mainly and also the thrush. She has very mild cushings and is having half a tablet of prascend a day along with:
Fastfibre
Linseed
Salt
Devils claw
Magox
Multi vitamin
I have gone from a yard where pretty much everyone apart from a couple were barefoot to a livery on a fairly traditional yard where I am the only one! I swear they must think I'm mad, but they were very impressed on my hack today to see my mare striding out in front as they came slipping and sliding down the road!
I basically would just like some comments on how you think shes getting on, and any improvements that could be made!
fronts:
Hind:
Same with my old boy.
He lands laterally.
. I think you may be unlikely to see huge improvements until she is landing correctly, so getting rid of the thrush 100% will also be key.