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  I  would like to ask what is a currently available book on shoeing , hoof 
balance etc. I'd thought oneof our horses had contracted feet and then the 
new owner had work done making him sounder and increasing his foot size with 
a sport horse farrier.
 I thought my farriers work looked fine,except this  one horse had 
problems. My farrier has a good reputation, and compared to what I'd seen of 
the other farriers and their work around here , he was very good.
Buuuut I am wondering if  I need to take a more  proactive  stance.They look 
even on my two arabs from the center, both seem to have good feet. but am 
wondering ........
Also one has like a u shape foot and one has more like a circle. So if  the 
shoe curves  int owards the heel , where should it stop and how much of a 
curve? They both wear 00 are 14.2 and change.
  I also have my 3 yr old who paddles like his Ma.His legs are straight 
looking from the side , but from the front he turns out . He has only been 
trimmed once. I ask my farrier ,but he says the rocks around the barn and in 
the field are keeping him trimmed and he isn't growing alot of hoof ( but 
his feet look proportioned in size to his body, he is still growing).I 
notice what i believe is maybe a flare to the outside. He has round feet, 
but one side of the foot does look wider that the other  when I pick his 
feet up (the fronts). My guess is this is because he paddles some and that 
is where he is loading.  He is of course barefoot and I am doing ground work 
with him now.
  I'd like more tools to educate myself. I don't know that I need to change 
farriers,  or if I could even get a better one .  thanks Laurie 
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The whole ride experience can be very hard, and at times you question why
you put yourself through such abuse. But then you remember all those
moments when you pop up over a hill and are suddenly surrounded by the most
stunning views.  It's just you and your horse and for a moment time stops
and you can hear the angels sing.  Therein lies the addiction, at least for
me. 
~  Leslie Beyers

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