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Re: [RC] How to decide if your horse's Toes are too long? - Dyane SmithKaren Chaton wrote: Yes, my husband is my farrier and he hot shoes. He even hot shoed when we were putting the plastic ground controls on. He just used a regular metal shoe to do the hot shoeing, then would apply the plastic. I don't know if it made a difference or not but I did not have any of the problems with those shoes that a lot of other people reported. I think hot shoeing helps ensure that the foot is balanced and a lot of successful endurance horses are hot shoed (and a lot probably aren't, so it might not make any difference <G>). Dave is also pretty meticulous when it comes to measuring the angles and toe length for each horse. He said that their toe length is usually about 3 1/4". Might want to give incredible credit for your horses success to Dave. Dyane (who now trailers over mountains in winter to get three lame horses shod) =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= 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!! =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= 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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