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It takes a fair amount of time for some horses to get their hooves toughed 
up, often months-- and if she has flat soles they are often ouchier than 
those with cupped soles--I had two Tb who had flat soles always ouchey on 
gravel--one would drift to the shoulder of any road that was gravel to walk.
 You lmight want to try boots when riding for a while, at least ont he 
front....

> From: Ridecamp Guest <guest-owner@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> To: <ridecamp@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Subject: [RC]   more on hoof problems
> Date: Sat, 18 Dec 2004 05:22:17 GMT
>
> Please Reply to: Sheryl WA_trailrider@xxxxxxxxx or ridecamp@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
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> I have had my Appy mare about 8 months.  She has had good hooves in that 
> time - farrier always said so anyway.  Well, sometimes after a shoeing she 
> would be a little "ouchy" for a day or two on the front but that was it.  
> About a month or so ago she got a suspected abcess on her hind left.  I say 
> suspected because I never saw where it erupted, but after soaking and a 
> little time the swelling went away and she seemed to recover fine.  
> Experienced horse people at the barn, including the trainer, was pretty 
> sure it was an abcess.  Anyway, I waited a week after she looked totally 
> sound to start working her slowly.  She seemed okay for a couple of weeks 
> but then tonight I noticed that she seems "sore" on the front.  Other 
> people that were in the arena tonight thought I was crazy since they don't 
> see it, but I know my horse and she is just a little off and acts 
> uncomfortable on her feet.  She was just trimmed (no shoes) 4 days ago and 
> I thought maybe she was ouchy from that, but it sure seems a long time.
>
> Anyway, my question is this - should I have shoes put back on?  Life was 
> good until I decided to let her go barefoot.  She did great the first 4-5 
> weeks of being barefoot, the problems have been since then.  Right now she 
> is ridden in an arena only (winter) but they do walk a soft gravel path on 
> the runway to the turn out.  I don't mind shoeing her over the winter, just 
> seemed unnecessary since we only ride 1-2X a week on pretty soft ground.
>
> So here is another fact - may be totally unrelated - her nature   has been 
> a little on the "worried" and "fast" side (nothing crazy, but certainly not 
> lazy) but has been much mellower and downright bombproof the last month or 
> two.  I like the personality change, the more relaxed headset etc. (or 
> maybe all that work I have done is starting to finally sink in) but am 
> worried about the hoof situation right now.  Any ideas?
>
> thanks!
>
>
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