Re: New Shoes - Need Help
Truman Prevatt (truman.prevatt@netsrq.com)
Tue, 26 Nov 1996 08:45:13 -0400
>I am going to have to come down on a slightly different side on the "how
>to shoe your horse" issue. My horse used to forge at the trot (click) so
>my shoer squared off the toes of his hind shoes...and it stopped.
>
>The next time he came out to shoe, I asked him why he did this and he
>explained that it was to make the horse break over faster behind...in
>essence by tricking him into thinking that his feet were somewhere other
>than where they really were (i.e. tripping him on every stride).
>
>I told him not to do that anymore, that I would find some other way of
>keeping my horse from forging.
>
Many horses will naturally square off their back feet when unshod. When
you shoe them and with rounded toes on the back then you change their
breakover in the back which can cause them to "click". This happened to my
horse. A new farrier noticed this and shaped to shoes to the hoof - i.e.
the squared off the toes. The problem went away.
Truman
Truman Prevatt
Sarasota, FL