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My Spanish Mustang has small feet.  The shoer I'm using now, whom I 
mostly like, tried for months to get his feet bigger.  It sure didn't 
look right to me; Dave Nicholson, at one of his rides asked me what was 
going on with Dino's feet; and even Joe admitted that it wasn't working 
the way he thought it would.  Dino was at the vet's for his annual 
dentistry so while he was sedated, I asked to have his feet xray to find 
out what they looked like inside.  Sure enough, he has small bones and 
should therefore have small hooves.  I showed the xrays to Joe, the 
farrier; he trimmed away all the "extra" hoof and everything has been 
fine ever since.  I read a description of South American Criollos 
somewhere recently that said they tend to have small feet which work 
well in the rocky mountains they live and work in.
Laney
and Dino, happily wearing 00 size shoes

rides2far@xxxxxxxx wrote:
> What are  ya'll's thoughts on providing a farrier with x-rays. I've seen
> articles where they used x-rays to determine where a horse's toe & angles
> *should* be, etc.  Josie & I are both starting new horses. I'd really
> prefer not to ruin them with miles & miles of improperly shod feet. We're
> also having to choose a new farrier since the last one I was happy with
> left the country (hopefully not to avoid me).
>
> We're getting ready to try our third possible replacement farrier. #1 had
> to move to take care of his parents. # 2 got very irate when I asked for
> "enough room to roll a nickle around the shoe on around the outside of
> the heel", then left them tight anyway. Then the Josie's horse tripped a
> lot with his.  #3 looks like  a guy I can work with but he shoes a lot of
> Saddlebreds. I'd like to actually be able to relate to him *how* I'd like
> them done. His truck is a LOT nicer so I'm guessing he'll be more
> expensive. :-P
>
> I do have one friend who got x-rays and then the put shoes on her horse.
> She's a vet, and the vet who did the x-rays supervised the shoeing. They
> really screwed him up. :-P  I want to do this right. Farriers...do they
> help you any?
>
> Angie
>
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