I don’t know a thing about the Z shoe and couldn’t
find anything online either. I have seen some incredible photos showing
horses with some horrendous looking cracks that were taken care of by leaving
the horse barefoot and removing all leverage from the area of the crack. If
the Z shoe doesn’t work, you may want to research that. Is it possible
that there is a fungus making it difficult for the crack to heal?
My favorite mare has a serious vertical quarter crack. She
has a funny little dent in her coronary band. The hoof wall looks okay but it
is very prone to cracking right below the dent. We have treated it with
TLC for some time and had been holding our own until this winter when it
just went all to heck. It is now cracked almost to the hairline. Pretty
frustrating since she has had the winter off and now that spring is coming I
want to ride!!
My farrier is talking about trying a Z shoe on her. Anyone
had any experience with them?
