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I have a horse that I got late last fall. He had
very low heels(I mean LOW) and he ended up with a bad infection in the bulbs of
his heels that took two months to get rid of. We live in the forsaken NE with
slop and mud :) So, we also had a mysterious hole compounding the problem near
his frog. After we got a handle on that and used up about a 150.00 of wrap we
put pads on his feet. (front only) That worked pretty well and then I switched
blacksmiths to the one I use on my other horses. She wouldn't put anything under
the pad on the reset and he got thrush under the pad. I pulled the pads off
since the hole is gone. She also put shoes on the back feet with a lift on the
heel. He has regular plates on the front. The first blacksmith did a great job
in correcting his heel angle, however he did it in one trim!!!!! My poor boy
couldn't even get up. This is driving me nuts since this guy has done great work
on an aged schoolmaster and another horse who interferred with herself. I mean
he is REALLY good. So to the present I had him reset last week and he was
footsore right before a ride. He stayed footsore and now his back is sore. I
always tell whoever is doing him not to take off too much that he is really
sensitive. Should I just keep pads on this horse??I am ready to learn to do him
myself. He went to the ride with no lameness on the first two checks and then
grade three at the end. Guess what I found in his hoof? A huge piece of gravel.
I also found another one yesterday stuck between the shoe and his frog crevice
with was very hard to remove. Could I have jogged him out again for the vet at
the ride? I was picking his feet out when she was ready to start and was only on
the first hoof. He also has been interferring and hitting himself and that's why
I had him reset in five weeks instead of waiting longer. He never did this
before. ( I owned this horse before for three years.) So, I think it has
something to do with the shoeing......Thanks, Colleen
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