Re: RC: corrective shoeing

[BMcCrary27@aol.com]

In a message dated 6/24/99 10:32:30 PM Pacific Daylight Time, 
jonnij@earthlink.net writes:

<< Just wanted to say that trying to correct an older horses way of going, 
such
 as to stop interference can cause a whole new set of problems. Many horses
 have traveled one way for so long, that when you mess with the way they
 travel, you can actually come up with lameness'. Use caution, talk to your
 farrier AND vet, and then do any changes very, very slowly. >>

I agree with this.  I've heard it said that any major correction can be done 
only in the first 6 months of a horse's life.  Fortunately for me, our 
daughter is our farrier, and she has correctively trimmed foals for us to 
help direct the hooves (therefore the legs) in a straight travel pattern.  It 
really works.  Of course, if we buy a horse who has already formed his way of 
travelling, it's pretty much too late.  Although, I remember as a child 
having a mare who toed in, and an old-time farrier of my grandfather's era 
took her in hand and gradually, gradually straightened out her feet.  She was 
about 5 years old at the time.  The younger the better.  After the legs have 
formed and hardened, it's basically too late.

Barbara McCrary


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