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Post by nrly on Oct 9, 2008 13:45:32 GMT -5
if your horse is not an easy one to soak her foot I learned to cut an inner tube in half insert hoof anf water and salt pull both sides up and duct tape tube around leg be sure not to get horse hair though.. U<tube hoof in one side bring together after fill and tape.
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Post by fantasykiger on Oct 9, 2008 18:47:02 GMT -5
Oh you are telling me it is a money saver if you can learn the skills and transition to barefoot and boots. Still I will take your farrier prices. It is $90 for shoes on a regular horse and $160 for my draft mare. Luckly it is a little cheaper to reset the draft and one set of draft shoes last a riding seaon.
I hope your mare heals up and it is 'just a bruise' on her hoof.
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Post by angelsdream on Oct 31, 2008 10:47:54 GMT -5
Lakota's feet are much better - I actually didnt even need to use the boots as of right now. They have toughened up nicely, she will walk on gravel now, she still takes her time, but she isn't ouchy on it like she was... and it turned out that she had a small cut on her back hind foot, right in the place where there foot bends (not sure what its called) but with her hair being black and the cut being where it was, I didnt notice it til later when I was cleaning her feet out. That's why she was limping a bit - but she is all better now. It was only a surface scratch.
But so far, the barefoot transition is going great. I have seen the change her hooves have made from having shoe's to none. Its awesome how the hoof has expanded and got back to normal and how shoe's put such constriction on them. The frog has gotten wider, soles concaved in... I am very happy so far!
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Post by fantasykiger on Oct 31, 2008 12:29:04 GMT -5
That is wonderful news  |
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Post by nrly on Nov 1, 2008 0:22:43 GMT -5
Monday Stormy got her first shoes, and let me tell you she is so much better out on the trail, Jim took her today out with our friends and their horses and it was a 7 miles round trip,and they commented on how much easier she was and going down hill no problem like the last time when she had ouchy feet...also they all took turns at the lead and when it was stormy's Doreen said she is a natural leader she stepped out and kept to the trail, and was so awesome...but the biggest change in her was her hooves and shoes...
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Post by DianneC on Nov 1, 2008 10:20:43 GMT -5
How wonderful for you and Lakota! One thing my farrier mentioned about bare foot trims was to watch for flares, where one part of the side of the hoof goes out further and to keep those trimmed/filed back. We have lots of wet ground and mud up here in the winter. If the horses get a flare then it pulls the hoof wall out and white line disease can get started. That's where there is a little separation at the white line. Mud and little tiny gravel can get stuck in there and cause pain, or it can be an avenue for an abscess to get started. So we watch for flares and keep the horses well trimmed. If there is any separation we keep it cleaned out and put thrush buster or something similar on it.
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Post by lindad on Nov 1, 2008 22:16:36 GMT -5
My mini donkey was going to be put down because of founder and white line disease so my daughter asked if she could have him. She took him to Michigan State University and got the feet trimmed back and then brought him to me. I kept him trimmed and put some medication on that helped. Last Spring I switched to a farrier that does natural trimming and he told me to use a product used for dry cows called Tommorow (not to be confused with one called Today). Cola has done so well this year, and his feet improved dramactically.
Linda D
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Post by DianneC on Nov 2, 2008 14:12:55 GMT -5
There are donkey's here that the pasture owners have. They had terrible white line disease last year. I think donkeys are even more prone to it. Their farrier said it was because they had used so much hog fuel, which ended up holding water and making deeper mud. One donkey lost most of its hoof wall very rapidly to it but it came back fine with treatment. Thanks for the tip on Tomorow, I'll look for that to keep it handy.
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Post by nrly on Nov 2, 2008 23:38:24 GMT -5
here we have allot of rock and cinders up on our property, and I will keep my horses shos, it is just easier on them here, and Stormy's front shoes are squared in the front, because of her flare. Now I do not understant that but we had kept her shoeless for 2 years and she got so sore trail riding I was not going to risk her feet...
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Post by Leesa on Nov 17, 2008 8:06:05 GMT -5
Angel,
We leave all our horses barefoot except for one mare that I show and we trim every 6 weeks. When she is not showing her shoes are pulled. Our vet and farrier always comment on how wonderful the Kiger's feet are. A word of caution. There has been some controversy on a particular well know farrier that promotes trimming horses as if they were still living in the wild and there can be problems with that. While his philosophy is a sound one it is based on horses that are living in totally different environments. The wild horses have different terrain and conditions as the ones now living the domestic life. Not only in terms of feed and vet care but ones geographic location can even affect how the hoof grows and behaves. Leesa
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Post by fantasykiger on Nov 17, 2008 11:24:40 GMT -5
To assume all domestic breed horses can transform to wild horse form after a few trims is not fair in my mind. I really think going barefoot with your mustang is great and if you can accomplish it with proper conditioning, granted your domestic horse has good breeding and great feet, I think it is wonderful too. Just do your research and weigh the pros and cons.
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Post by desperatehorsewife on Nov 17, 2008 18:16:27 GMT -5
I posted earlier about Jet being a bit tender, and how the farrier left more heel than what my barefoot trimmer had been leaving. Amazingly, more heel turned out to be much better for her and she hasn't had a lick of trouble out there on the rocks.  |
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