In a message dated 4/22/2005 3:42:12 P.M. Mountain Daylight Time,
greymare56@xxxxxxxxxxxxx writes:
I am liking more and more how my
farrier shoes my horses. I admit to being clueless at times, but when I
ask questions, he has LOGICAL answers. He only trims off the dead parts,
and keeps the hoof wall trimmed level to sole. He takes the toes back;
but also keeps the heels from getting too high and underrun. He sets the
shoe back as far enough as he can.....although he feels if you put TOO much
branch behind the heel it affects how the foot lands and can send quite a bit
of shock up the leg (in other words the branch can stick out behind a heel a
little, but not much more than where the heel would be if the horse has just a
good trim...), again, this made sense to me....he leaves a bit of shoe at back
sides for expansion, and uses front 3 nail holes. The finished
product looks fairly balanced.
He is a KEEPER!!! Beccy in Ut. who
has learned so much from her shoer.
