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Re: [RC] hoof angle issues - Karen Sullivan----- Original Message ----- From: "Eric J Nelson" <fourxblessed@xxxxxxxx> I have a horse with lower hoof angles than I would like, but I can't seem to get a good angle without running into other problems. *I will take a stab at this as I also have a mare with under-run heels and tendency toward long toes. She is a year barefoot. Over the year, her feet have changed somewhat for the better, as her heels get more comfortable and she uses them more. I also keep her toes as short as I can; by this I mean rounding them to the white line (when it was all eaten away and fungusy, I rolled into the white line since it wasn't strong anyway.....in any case, it helped and worked as she now has a even, strong white line as good hoof grew out without levereging away. I never, never trim any sole!! I never even touch toe callus with rasp. The problem is that if his toes are trimmed enough to bring the angle up, he acts sore like his sole has been trimmed too thin in the toe area. *Are you trimming away any sole at all? I would not worry too much about "angles", as every horse is different also. I would concentrate more on how your horse is moving, how they are landing; are they tripping, etc. I don't believe my one mare will even have "standard" hoof angles, but she is moving better than she ever did in shoes, her heels have uncontracted after 7 years of shoes, her heels are stronger, frogs bigger and wider,and the intermittnet tripping has stopped!! She is also, after a year, going very comfortable barefoot, even over rocks. For extremely rocky rides, or long ones, or multi-day camping trips..I do have boots for the front feet. His angle runs about 47 in front. His toe is about 3" or a little less. I roll the toe when he is barefoot. I have trimmed other horses and they have angles of 52-56, so what is up with this one horse? I am not a farrier, but don't have many options in my area, so please don't flame me. *Of course not! Best thing is to educate yourself and perhaps modify your own trimming; you know your horses best also. Also, if anyone has a suggestion on a good school to take a basic shoeing course, I would greatly appreciate this, as I want to learn much more. *Well, can't help there, but if you are interested in making the barefoot thing work, I reccomend starting with www.healthyhoof.com Linda Cowles has an excellent website with lots of helpful case studies....and her links page has everything!! Check out Pete Ramey website www.hoofrehab.com Paige Poss and Marjorie Smith (they are also on Linda's link pages).... Karen Thanks - Shelly =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= 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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