holeymoley
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I’m not baling, I’m not baling *repeats*
Week 14 of shod to barefoot. I don’t know if the toes are becoming too long and the heels are running forward.
He’s fine on grass, fine on smooth tarmac(maybe not as fast as on grass though) but we’ve recently had part of the route to the field covered in very small stones to fill in potholes. It’s actually very nice to drive a car on but not so great for barefoot horse. The youngster stomps through it as he knows nothing else but my other guy is really almost reluctant to walk on it. There is a grass verge he walks on but needs to cross a bit of stoney part to get to it. You would honestly think he’s actively laminitic the way he crosses it. Which in turn raises all sorts of questions and I feel awful. Then he strides out and I don’t know what to think anymore. He’ll also walk and trot out with hoof boots on tarmac, will trot and canter in the field.
I think visually there’s improvement since the shoes came off. He now has more of a shape and white line on the inside. It’s still not as tight as it could be though but I think this is the result of his rotation 5 years ago(which was fixed to 0• and 1•) . He has managed to make the heels touch the ground. Heel hairline is horizontal as opposed to being curved when he had shoes on. He is medial laterally challenged, doesn’t seem to grow as much on the inside which then results in flare in the outside. Conformation-wise his front end has changed, he was always very narrow in front, he has now widened quite substantially, there’s at least 1 hand’s width between his front legs at his chest as opposed to 1 or 2 fingers width before.
Should I go down the RH stronghorn route? I suppose we’ve also gone from wildly wet sodden pond like fields to now drying up firmer ground too.
What do corns present like? i’ve had a google but they seem to be quite clearly coloured like a bruise. My guy has a raised part of the sole just at the bar and heels.
Sorry, I suppose just a bit of a get off my chest post. Any advice greatly received x
Week 14 of shod to barefoot. I don’t know if the toes are becoming too long and the heels are running forward.
He’s fine on grass, fine on smooth tarmac(maybe not as fast as on grass though) but we’ve recently had part of the route to the field covered in very small stones to fill in potholes. It’s actually very nice to drive a car on but not so great for barefoot horse. The youngster stomps through it as he knows nothing else but my other guy is really almost reluctant to walk on it. There is a grass verge he walks on but needs to cross a bit of stoney part to get to it. You would honestly think he’s actively laminitic the way he crosses it. Which in turn raises all sorts of questions and I feel awful. Then he strides out and I don’t know what to think anymore. He’ll also walk and trot out with hoof boots on tarmac, will trot and canter in the field.
I think visually there’s improvement since the shoes came off. He now has more of a shape and white line on the inside. It’s still not as tight as it could be though but I think this is the result of his rotation 5 years ago(which was fixed to 0• and 1•) . He has managed to make the heels touch the ground. Heel hairline is horizontal as opposed to being curved when he had shoes on. He is medial laterally challenged, doesn’t seem to grow as much on the inside which then results in flare in the outside. Conformation-wise his front end has changed, he was always very narrow in front, he has now widened quite substantially, there’s at least 1 hand’s width between his front legs at his chest as opposed to 1 or 2 fingers width before.
Should I go down the RH stronghorn route? I suppose we’ve also gone from wildly wet sodden pond like fields to now drying up firmer ground too.
What do corns present like? i’ve had a google but they seem to be quite clearly coloured like a bruise. My guy has a raised part of the sole just at the bar and heels.
Sorry, I suppose just a bit of a get off my chest post. Any advice greatly received x
It took ages for my horse to develop the foot for walking over wee stones and not looking awful. I got so much shight from my yard owner but stubbornly stuck with it. What really kept me going through all the BS was how much better she felt when we did dressage. She was so much more powerful behind. So much more forward and impulsive. That gave me the strength to say *f-- you, this is the right thing" to my (then) yard owner and farrier.
