What are the worst TB feet you have ever got barefoot?

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As above - now my little lad has had stress lami caused by shoeing - i really want to get some evidance for both the vet and farrier that either glue on or barefoot is the way forward.

My farrier - said his hooves will not make it barefoot - and my vet is currently in agreement - now my farrier is not adverse to unshod horses - it is his recomendation with my other 2 and with one other he is shod in front but not behind.
 
I think you should go with your gut feeling.

We have a quarter horse at our yard, he had terrible feet and had previously suffered from stress laminitis. Farrier and vet didn't think barefoot was the way to go but he's doing really good, more sound already than when he was in shoes.

My tb had pretty terrible feet. Her shoes came off a few weeks ago and she's doing well. Sound in the field and on roads and booted for longer rides. But her movement has improved significantly.

I would put all the necessary precautions in place. Barefoot diet, prepare to need boots and pads etc.. But I would try barefoot if it is your gut feeling and you are prepared to put the work in. At the end of the day if you just can't make it work then there are others shoeing options.

Also if barefoot is something you want to do then I would look at getting a highly recommended barefoot trimmer on board as the trim is so important!
 
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You sound to me to be in the same position as I was with my little TB , I was also advised not to go barefoot by my vet and farrier and I did try glue ons as a compromise, but they would not stay on!
So I bit the bullet and had them off, it took quite a while to get him comfy, had to be turned out in boots and pads for quite some time, but he has grown some quite decent feet and although he isn,t rock crunching material, we get along fine with our boots!
I do think if I had carried on trying to shoe him, that I might not of still had him today!
 
Paddy's!!!!!

Newly shod just after going lame last November

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2 weeks ago - barefoot for 14 weeks - 6 weeks mooching in the field, then 8 weeks at Rockley, with 4 weeks to go.

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Look at the new angle of growth, when its grown completely = better breakover, greater strength and support in the caudal area of the foot & he's managing a heel first landing.
 
these were my girls before I took the fronts off, and I had both vet and farrier say she couldn't do it

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we are now 2 years on and the hooves have improved 100%.
 
My TB has typical bad TB feet when I bought him he had cracking and missing bits of foot caused by nail damage .he had long toes and collapsed heels almost no frogs and the most biarzze hind feet long with wierd shaped toes.
He was on a Bf diet from when I bought him but he started to be feely the day after shoeing so I gave up my plans and removed his shoes.
The vet said he would not cope I did not bother asking the farrier ( I use another now ) and got the trimmer I use for my horses when they are BF to care for him he was very footsore at first and had pain relief at first and showed huge changes in the angle of the feet and horizontal stress cracks formed on the outside quarters and all the wall dropped off below them they where a terrible mess at this stage but in time his feet started improving the turning point for him was putting him on farriers formula in time we got him hacking on Tarmac working on grass and in the school including jumping and dressage clinics after a year I shod him as he's going to go competing it's been a marvellous thing for him his feet are transformed I will get him at least three months a year without shoes .
For him it's been a transformation it's probally added years to his life .
I never got him 100% on really difficult stoney tracks perhaps it would have come in time , I gave him one year without shoes .
But it is worth it I see it as an investment in his future.
 
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