Dang, am I spoiled. My farrier just has the eye.
Also, none of my boys are club footed or have any real issues. When you find a
good one, take care of him/her. Keep them coming back. Mine actually said he
thinks I am going over board with keeping the daughters pony/horse shod as far
as length of time between shoeings. It has been about 6 weeks (gotta write this
stuff down) since the first time this spring and I was obsessing (his words)
about Zeb being too long. Zeb has some arthritis in the left fore due to a right
hind sprained ankle that was not treated right away, stupid me. He needs to
be kept on a good break over. The way his hoof is structured, he will be a
bit toey appearing. When x-rayed last Oct., vet said that Zeb was about as
level as anyone could get him. Very balanced on the x-ray. We ended up
shoeing last year every 4.5 to 5 weeks, due to the way the 4-H shows
hit. I have that schedule in my little blonde head. Yesterday he
was VERY cautious when burning the shoes on the hind (clips), and would
like more leeway/growth next time. Ya Know, try to give your money away
and he just doesn't want to take it. Beccy in Ut; (Not riding
today, New/Used trailer coming this am. Lots of finish work to do but then we
will have a weekender/living quarters of our very own.)
In a message dated 5/28/2005 5:37:24 A.M. Mountain Daylight Time,
luvmares@xxxxxxxxxxx writes:
I perfer my horses to be between 53 and 55 degrees in the
front. It can be hard to get the exact same angle on both front feet if one is
clubed, I will use a wedge pad if needed to get both
front feet close to the same degree.
I think 50 degrees is too low, you may heading for a
injury. That being said, every horse is different so it is important to know
what your horse's angles are. I ask the farrier to check every time they they
work on my horses - I like to see a farrier who checks and rechecks as they
are shoeing my horses. I also ask for them to measure toe lenght all
the way around every time.
