Maybe square off the back toes to force a faster breakover hence shorten
the stride from behind to keep the front feet away from the back. Misty
went through a lot of shoe pulling when I was getting her in shape at
first. Once she got into condition the shoe pulling problem has pretty
much disappeared,
Good luck
Truman
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>I plan to keep her confined for another two weeks to keep the easy
>boot that she has on now in place, and allow that hoofwall to grow
>out a bit. Then we are going to really roll the front and back toes
>and fit the shoes close to her hoof for the next shoeing or two. I
>prefer to leave room to let the foot expand, but I obviously can't
>have everything. And hopefully we can stay out of the mud, which slows
>her breakover just enough to let her snag her shoes. And keep her
>in bell boots, and use Tuff Stuff... and....cross my fingers! ;^)
>
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The race is not always to the swift, but to those that keep running.
Truman and Mystic "The Horse from HELL" Storm
prevatt@lds.loral.com
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