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Re: Farrier question.....



You should take a look at Luwex hoofpads....they are designed to help
promote heal growth...We've used the rim pads and they work great...their
web site is www.horse10.com  Phone is 888 467-7310.

----- Original Message -----
From: Julie Lindeman <rayna777@uswest.net>
To: ridecamp <ridecamp@endurance.net>
Sent: Monday, June 05, 2000 4:22 PM
Subject: RC: Farrier question.....


> Hi all,
>
> I have a TB gelding who has typical bad TB feet. : (
>
> His back feet are okay, though he has lousey hoof quality.  I am
> supplementing him with biotin, etc, and come late fall, when I have had
him
> for a year I am hoping to see better quality hoof where I need it.
>
> He has poor walls, but worse yet, he's got no sole.  I live where it's
rocky
> and wet, and have been using my "Secret Sauce" on his feet religiously.
> It's ALWAYS worked before, but not on this guy. (It's formaldehyde,
tincture
> of iodine, and venice turpentine) His sole is so bad, if we ride him on
the
> rocks, his feet literally bleed.
>
> So we put pads on all four.
>
> Well, of course, as soon as you spend $40 on pads, a horse who had never
> lost a shoe starts throwing them!  He chucked one a couple weekends ago,
and
> one last Thursday when pawing through the fence at a visiting horse.
> (Naturally, he also cut his foot, but it's superficial, and healing
nicely)
> On top of all this, my farrier pulled a muscle in his back, and had to put
> me off a couple days, but he'll be here tonight.  (Does all this sound
> typical!  Special Murphy's Laws apply to horses, you know?!)
>
> Anyway, Decker's front feet are awful.  Too much toe, No heel.  His heel
> grows, but is literally crushed under, toward the frog.  My farrier is
very
> good about not taking off ANY sole, or heel, and couldn't take off much
toe
> last time he put shoes on because it'd only been three weeks since he was
> shod.  (We HAD to put the pads on)
>
> So, I am thinking...... Put square toes, set back as far as possible to
> break him over.  This should take a lot of pressure off his heel, right?
> And use wide web eventers, for extra support.  Please dont tell me to go
> with aluminum, it's just too rocky here.
>
> I am hoping this will allow him to grow the heel he needs, while
encouraging
> his toe back.  FYI: This horse is 15.1, weighs 1100 lbs and when the
farrier
> trims him, his toes are 4.25 long. I don't remember what the angle
> measurment was last time.
>
> IF his hoof quality gets better after I've had him a year, which will be
in
> October, and I still can't get heel on him, I will go with a wegde shoe.
If
> his hoof quality doesn't improve, he's not a mountain endurance horse, and
> I'll sell him.
>
> So, suggestions anyone?
>
>
> Julie, Rayna the Mountain Monster, Jynxie the Wonder Pony,
> Mark and Decker the Rookie
> Brush Prairie, Washington
>
>
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