Re: RC: eggbar shoes

[Linda Flemmer <bluwolf@earthlink.net>]

When I used egg bars on Rockets feet, he stepped on them, mangled them,
and pulled them off pretty regularly.  When he was shod normally (with a
little shoe coming off the back) he remained sound & never yanked them
off.  In our case, it changed his foot fall just enough to be a
problem.  It never looked like he traveled that close from front to
back, but evidently he did.

He also protested cantering in them.  I'm not sure if the shoe made his
rear feet land & stick differently, but he really protested cantering
under saddle and at liberty.

When we pulled them, whe was back to normal.

Linda

tina hicks wrote:
> 
> Do any of you use eggbars for the added heel protection they offer? Is
> that a good idea or no? Tony's heels are a bit low and I wondered if
> using eggbars would be enough coverage to keep the rocks from stinging him.
> 
> Any reason not to use eggbars for non-theraputic reasons?
> 
> Tina
> Tony
> 
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