paddi22
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I've four happily barefoot, but I finally made the jump to take the shoes off my flat footed older gelding who has always been a disaster physically (kissing spine, hock arthritis, copd, navicular). His vet history is that he was recommended to get wedges, but they destroyed his hooves after a while. I was working with a farrier to bring his heel back under him with shoes, but with all the lockdown stuff I decided to spend the rest of the year trying to improve his hooves.
The shoes came off last week and a hoof boot fitter came today and fitted him. She gave diet and exercise advice as well. The hoof stuff is really fascinating, I am fairly clueless about it but looking forward to learning about it.
Here's a shot of his awful plate feet front feet.
The shoes came off last week and a hoof boot fitter came today and fitted him. She gave diet and exercise advice as well. The hoof stuff is really fascinating, I am fairly clueless about it but looking forward to learning about it.
Here's a shot of his awful plate feet front feet.