Firehorse
Well-Known Member
i bought my horse 5 weeks ago. cob type. farrier took him shoes off two weeks ago after me asking about going barefoot. i had thought of jst taking hinds off first for a while and then fronts at a later date, but he said jst do it and see how he goes. so he whipped them all off.
horse is fine pottering round field, yard etc and fine on roads but he's not happy on the Downs. even tho the ground is soft, its very stoney. been up there twice so far and today he really didnt like it. picked his feet out when we got home and he had a stone lodged in a front.
shall i wait and give him longer to adjust and if so, how long? or shud i hve his fronts put back on? he's used for hacking. only a couple of times a week at the moment, but that will increase with better weather/longer days.
thx
horse is fine pottering round field, yard etc and fine on roads but he's not happy on the Downs. even tho the ground is soft, its very stoney. been up there twice so far and today he really didnt like it. picked his feet out when we got home and he had a stone lodged in a front.
shall i wait and give him longer to adjust and if so, how long? or shud i hve his fronts put back on? he's used for hacking. only a couple of times a week at the moment, but that will increase with better weather/longer days.
thx