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We always pull shoes during "off" times, and I've never had one go lame or be tender, in 30+ years. 

 

I would suspect bad shoeing and/or environmental issues.

 

Heidi

> Would like to know if anyone
> pulls thier shoes during time off?  Do your
> horses get sore
> after pulling shoes. I have friends who's horses have gone
> severly
> lame/founder after shoes are pulled or lost . Had one friend
> who
> thought of going barefoot and pulled her shoes and the horse
> instantly went
> lame on both fronts, he stood in his stall in the
> middle of a pile of
> shavings and wouldn't move,  when the
> farrier put the shoes back on the next
> day he was instantly fine.
> (WIERD)!! The other horse lost a shoe while out
> trail riding, had to
> walk about 1/2 mile down some gravel and foundered on
> that foot the
> next day. Can anyone explain what causes this? Bad shoeing
> over a
> long period of time?  Please keep this friendly. Just very
> curious?
> Kisha


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