pour -in pads

["Roberta Harms" <equiphile@hotmail.com>]

Kathy,
  I don't routinely use pads, but felt I needed them for the Tevis.  I 
didn't want to change anything by putting a pad between the shoe and the 
hoof, so I opted for the pour-in style.  I have read that they don't stay 
in.  In fact, in fact I was told by the vet secretary at check in at the 
Tevis that they would fall out. My farrier has been using them for the last 
year and he knows how to make them stay in.  The trick is to use a mesh like 
is used in gutters and cut it to the shape of the hoof.  Nail it between the 
hoof and the shoe and then pour in the pad material.  It lasted until my 
next shoeing job in 6 weeks and had almost no damage from the rocks at the 
Tevis.  My farrier says he has never had them fall out.
Roberta Harms
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