Ridecamp: Re: [RC] natural balance shoe

Michelle writes:
> Hi...
> I have been kind of unfamiliar with the natural balance shoeing. But, i
have
> not found that it makes the horses sore!!!!  I mean... I know at least
five
> horses that have that shoeing and it did not make them sore at all..
> Including my two horses.

I apparently missed the original post, but wanted to say I have two mares
with Natural Balances Shoes.

Mare one had a problem of just growing too much toe, too fast, and woud end
up forging after several weeks.  What the Natural Balance shoe allows the
farrier to do (according to him), is to take back more toe, and set the shoe
further back....what makes it different from a standard shoe is that way the
nail holes are set allows him to do this. It has made a difference with this
mare.

Mare two is currently sound, but with some issues in her left front fetlock
(old sesamoid bone injury), so the farrier was looking at ways to help her
with her breakover in the front.  We tried these for the first time, and the
difference was
amazing; this mare has always had a really fast walk, but with these shoes,
she was just flying downhills, sound as a dollar; and even moving into some
sort of gait (she is Arab/walker)

Other farriers have said that they could modify a standard shoe to work the
same way, but why have them spend the time when the shoe exists and works
well.  It cost me $5 more per shoeing.

Karen


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