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[RC] re: hot nail, ground control shoes - Ridecamp GuestPlease Reply to: Frances gumbootballet@xxxxxxx or ridecamp@xxxxxxxxxxxxx ========================================== Hi Katey. I've used GC shoes since early in the spring and I love them. Exactly the same thing happened when my ex-farrier used them for the first time ever, on my mare. He didn't line the nail channel up with the white line. Instead, he fit the plastic shoe as if it were a steel shoe and pricked her by nailing way inside the white line. You need to have him pull the shoes off and then start soaking her sore feet in epsom salts and water several times a day. Even just pulling the offending nails may be enough to help her out. He should be able to tell which nails are hurting her. When she's sound again (pray she doesn't abscess!) take another shot at Ground Control but make sure your farrier has READ the instructions first! Mine just looked at the brochures and nodded wisely, all the time lining the shoes up wrong. My NEW farrier trims the feet and then marks the white line with a red felt pen. I use the clear shoes so its very easy to see how to line them up. My farrier does all the fitting of the shoes AFTER they are nailed on, not before, leaving them proud all around the foot at first. Again, its a mind set thing that's a bit different for a traditional steel shoe farrier. Expect a big increase in hoof growth with Ground Control, both in length and wall thickness. My shelly walled QH mare grew a wall 5/8ths of an inch THICK, not long, in 2 shoeings! For the first time in 9 years she has strong, thick walled hooves. I'm sold! They are worth the "train your farrier" period that seems to happen in the first few shoeings. =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- Ridecamp is a service of Endurance Net, http://www.endurance.net. Information, Policy, Disclaimer: http://www.endurance.net/Ridecamp Subscribe/Unsubscribe http://www.endurance.net/ridecamp/logon.asp Ride Long and Ride Safe!! =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-
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