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My tb who I tried to go bare foot with is now pottery in trot, will keep it short. I brought him from racing and he's had a 7 month hol and within this time I took all his shoes off, he was very sore and I put fronts back on him but when he was bare he strided out nicely until he went sore, now he's got fronts back on he is very pottery in trot and has short choppy strides in walk. He's having backs put back on next week but I'm a bit worried about his walking as I worry about navicular. i don't know why I'm posting this really as unless you see him it's hard to comment but wondered if anybody has had the same?
Could it be because the shoes don't suit him? But than I couldn't manage him bare foot.
Could there be more to it like navicular?
Could it be because he's sore behind and because off that he's moving wrong all round to cope?
He has no heat no swelling and seems happy as normal but choppy strides.
I had wondered about walking him out when he's shod next in front just to see what he's like before his shoes go back on.
 
Could it be because the shoes don't suit him? Yeah
Could there be more to it like navicular? Yeah
Could it be because he's sore behind and because off that he's moving wrong all round to cope? Yeah

But it could be a whole bunch of other things.

If he's not comfortable with shoes and not comfortable without shoes you have two options AFAICT, lameness investigations or pts.
 
Vast majority of TB have weak, poorly developed feet due to their feeding, young age of initial shoeing and genetic disposition. Did you do any conditioning work or use boots when starting to work him barefoot? He's quite poss just done far too much, too soon, wearing his wall off and forcing him to walk on him (quite probably) undeveloped soles and. frogs. They'll quickly become bruised and sore. Many horses can have their shoes whipped off and never even notice but plenty have worn shoes for so long that they need a lot of conditioning work to build them up. And some are tricky buggers than need a complete holistic approach to feed and management to make barefoot work (and often aren't worth the hassle)

Even tho he's now got shoes on, it'll take a wee while for them to recover. I'd give him a week off, on non-frozen rutted ground) and then see how he is.
 
thatsmygirl said:
My tb who I tried to go bare foot with is now pottery in trot, will keep it short. I brought him from racing and he's had a 7 month hol and within this time I took all his shoes off, he was very sore and I put fronts back on him but when he was bare he strided out nicely until he went sore, now he's got fronts back on he is very pottery in trot and has short choppy strides in walk. He's having backs put back on next week but I'm a bit worried about his walking as I worry about navicular. i don't know why I'm posting this really as unless you see him it's hard to comment but wondered if anybody has had the same?
Could it be because the shoes don't suit him? But than I couldn't manage him bare foot.
Could there be more to it like navicular?
Could it be because he's sore behind and because off that he's moving wrong all round to cope?
He has no heat no swelling and seems happy as normal but choppy strides.
I had wondered about walking him out when he's shod next in front just to see what he's like before his shoes go back on.
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Is he choppy when he is loose in the field, or just ridden??
An ill fitting saddle that is to low or pinches at the wither will alter a horses stride, and will make them go short or choppy!!
 
If his feet got worn to the point he was sore barefoot it's going to take him a while to recover, even with shoes now on. Sounds like it would be worth asking some professional advice from a person assessing him in the flesh.
 
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