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Re: [RC] [RC] Forced to go without shoes - Ridecamp GuestPlease Reply to: Nicole z_arabs@xxxxxxxxx or ridecamp@xxxxxxxxxxxxx ========================================== Re: [RC] Forced to go without shoes - Barbara McCrary We are having a problem with a gelding that is a shoe-snatcher....over-reaches and grabs the heel of the front shoe and yanks it right off. Our farrier is going to try one more trick, shoeing tight with no extra shoe sticking out anywhere. In the meanwhile, we are using Easyboots and the horse is going fine. We tried Boa Boots and he was sensitive. Barbara, Have you tried Ground Controls (or any of the other plastic shoes) for this horse? I have a chronic overreaching gelding, too (although he doesn't actually pull his shoes off). He's currently in NB shoes in front and squared toes in back. It helps a lot. But, the Ground Controls ares supposed to eliminate shoe pulling for those that have that problem -- because the shoe flexes. My farrier can confirm that the GCs are very hard to pull off, they have to have one nail at a time pulled rather than yanking the shoe off. I love the GCs on another one of my horses & do plan to try them with the overreacher; the only reason I haven't gone to them yet is the cost since I'm already buying them for one horse. :) ~Nicole ============================================================ REAL endurance is taking your non-horsey family to a ridecamp with you! ~ Heidi Sowards ridecamp.net information: http://www.endurance.net/ridecamp/ ============================================================
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