Re: RC: shoe pads

[jlong@mti.net (Joe Long)]

On Tue, 19 Oct 1999 09:23:50 -0700, "John J Lykes"
<SEEINGSPOTS@prodigy.net> wrote:

>For those of you who pad their horses for a particularily rocky ride, do you
>then have the shoer take them off when you get home, or do you leave them on
>until the next shoeing?  Seems like taking shoes on and off would be hard on
>the hooves, let alone draining the pocketbook.  On the other hand , leaving
>pads on doesn't seem like such a great idea, either.  So, what works for
>you?

If it's going to be a while until the next shoeing, you can cut out
the part of the pad that covers the sole, leaving just a rimpad.  They
can be cut with a hoof knife (carefully!) or a pair of dikes (diagonal
wire cutters).

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