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Re: [RC] abcesses that take a long time to heal. - Chris PausThat is definitely a case of bad shoeing... shoes too short to fit the horse... a case of feet being jammed into the shoes rather than the shoes fitting the horse... bad results just as if you or I were to tromp around in shoes two sizes too small. I've got a gelding named Zab who had the most unusual gait when I got him. My farrier screamed when he saw this horse. He said, they put hind shoes on this horse's front feet! The poor horse was walking around with four back feet. We gave him a year without shoes to regrow his feet and now they are great again. My horse Star has worn shoes for most of his life. They are removed in the winter so he doesn't slip and slide in the snow and then put back on in the spring. His farrier is very careful and we've never had underslung, underrun heels. It's all in the way it's done! My farrier takes a long time to do a shoeing job.. he'll never squeeze a dozen customers in one day.. he works too slowly. But he makes sure it's right and right for the horse. People stop me at rides to talk about my horse's feet, they look so good! part of it is genetic, this horse has great feet. Part of it is his farrier who is conscientious and fits the shoes to the horse, not the other way around. I'm continually amazed at the people who don't pay attention to feet when breeding horses. My 4YO mare who will be starting her career this spring in CTR, has awesome feet. The farrier said it would be a shame to put shoes on her, so I'm going to see if we can ride without them. But if it doesn't work, I know he'll be careful and her feet will be just fine and not damaged by shoes. You'd think with all the problems people have with hooves in this sport, they'd pay more attention to feet when they are buying or considering a horse for endurance. chris --- LTYearwood@xxxxxxx wrote: That seems to be where Sunny, given his past history of bad shoeing, is at. Wen his shoes were removed 4 months ago his heels were so underslung that the heelpoints reached the midpoint of his frogs. Lori Lori ===== "A good horse makes short miles," George Eliot Chris and Star BayRab Acres http://pages.prodigy.net/paus =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= Ridecamp is a service of Endurance Net, http://www.endurance.net. Information, Policy, Disclaimer: http://www.endurance.net/Ridecamp Subscribe/Unsubscribe http://www.endurance.net/ridecamp/logon.asp Ride Long and Ride Safe!! =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=
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