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How the horse wears his feet barefoot is how he should have been shod. 
If he naturally squares off his toes in the back the back shoe should at 
least be moved back or even squared off a bit. If you don't do this he 
will probably forge. If the front toes are nubbed off when he is 
bearfoot then the front shoe should be at laest set back and maybe 
nubbed off to match his foot.

We had a horese that when we put shoes on to start to ride a lot would 
pull a shoe at two weeks. We pulled the shoes and rode him - we stayed 
off the hard pack and rode in the sand - for three months. I kept his 
feet from chipping. He didn't really need trimmed since the sand does a 
pretty good job keeping the feet down.

After about 3 months we told the farrier to look at the feet and shoe 
him like he is. It turns out that NBS shoes fit this front feet 
perfectly and we squared off and set the hing shoes back. He hasn't 
pulled a shoe since.

So I suspect you dramatically (not to you but to the horse) changed his 
feet and you might need to pull them and start over in the process - 
this time paying very close attention what his feet are telling you 
before you shape the shoes.

Truman

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