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I'm not a Karen at all.  But I am currently playing with theses shoes as well on one of my horses and I am a farrier.  I usually don't jump onto anything other than steel or aluminum, but I had purchased some of these to try on one of the horses that was having a soundness problem.  Didn't work.  But, I had ordered two sets of the shoes, and why not play with them.  I put them on Joni's little gelding on the BACK feet.  I won't play with the fronts.  I did this because he is 1/2 TWH and really reaches up under himself, therefore, on mud or pavement, he slides all over.  It did stop that sliding.  I also noticed that he didn't interfere on the rear with them.  He does interfere some with steel shoes.  I will have to disagree with the statement that they would make the interferring worse.  Weight is responsible for action of anykind, like direction of hoof path, etc.  I have seen horses that will not interfere when barefoot on the rear, but put a shoe on, and Whamo....they start hitting.  Of course, you need to start with a level, balance hoof and THAT does have a big play in it.  But, I don't believe that all of interference can be stopped on ALL horses.  Some horses are just put together wrong, and if you go doing TOO much to them, they will have bigger problems.  I decided that the result of the GC on Cash's hind feet and him not intereferring was from the weight difference.  He is in some right now on the rear.  Again, I am NOT sold on the shoes, but would like to see how they hold up in a real ride.  We plan to use them on him at Big South Fork.  But ONLY on the back feet. (I think you guys can tell, I don't want them on the front).  I haven't had any problems with splaying out of the feet, or getting loose.  But, I also re-shoe the horses about every 3-4 weeks.  So, not a good test on that part.  The biggest concern I have with them, is of them sliding back on the hoof after time and wear.  So far, so good.  I was a little doubtful over the holes in the bottom of them and little rocks getting in.  But that doesn't seem to be an issue either.  So, if they wear well, and stay where I put them, I may use them at the NC on Cash only.  Rear Only.  :)))

 

Jody

Karen Standefer <kstandefer@xxxxxxxx> wrote:

I?m not the right Karen, I know??.but I have quite a bit of experience with the ground controls.  I assume you mean that your horse is interfering?  If so, the farrier needs to get the hooves balanced correctly so that he doesn?t interfere.  The GC?s won?t help that and are likely to exacerbate the condition because they?re so much thicker than a shoe and do add some extra bulk as compared to steel shoes. 

 

My personal experience with the GC?s is that the hoof really needs something firmer with which to interact.  The hooves tend to splay, flare and the nails work themselves loose (you can manage this, but it?s a pain).  Also, with some surfaces (nothing is ALWAYS true when you?re dealing with horses) and with some horses, the shoes ?stick? and don?t slide enough.  My vet was worried about torque on the hock in particular with my gelding. 

 

Another Karen J

 

 

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From: ridecamp-owner@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:ridecamp-owner@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Dyane Smith
Sent: Thursday, August 24, 2006 8:24 AM
To: ridecamp@xxxxxxxxxxxxx; Dream Weaver
Subject: [RC] Ground Control

 

Karen, do you still use Ground Control shoes on Chief?  (he was the one, right?)  My youngest is just starting and he is beating his front fetlocks into bloody pulp.  We haven't been able to see him do it and I think I feel it only or mostly at a walk (how weird is that?).  Anyway, I tried the GC's on my older geldings and they didn't seem to work, but I was thinking maybe this would be a fix for the youngest.

 

On the other hand, if anyone has ideas about his in terms of shoeing or training, let me know. 

 

Dyane

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