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| Posted: Fri Jul 23rd, 2010 12:59 pm |
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jimmy G.O.G Community Member
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Karal wrote: here is a pic of his trimmed feet. wish I could have gotten a better angle. I wish you could have gotten a better farrier. Did you have to pay? It look like he took off the shoes, trimed off the toe and left.
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| Posted: Fri Jul 23rd, 2010 01:03 pm |
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Karal G.O.G Community Member 
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crs that is a funny picture! I can just see your horse looking down going ahhhh what are they?????? boots would have been a good idea. I saw a lot of horses feet this past w/e. All the way from looking like I am use to seeing to some looking like they had peg legs their heels were so high. I know this Amish guy, I will call him Guy, shod a lot of these horses. I still am trying to figure out why they would want the heels so high it makes them peg legged? And why some of them were shod at normal angles?
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| Posted: Fri Jul 23rd, 2010 02:16 pm |
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slipslider G.O.G Community Member 
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just wanted to add a quick note here. Not only are under run heels painful and put alot of strain, ect on the bones and tendons, it can and does cause mechanical founder, also known as Road Founder. I purchased a senior horse two/three years ago and her hooves looked under run and too tall. I have had at least two different farriers, trying to find one I liked to trim her hooves and they were still too tall looking. I felt like she had a lot of false sole. And mentioned that to both farriers, but they both trimmed her the same way. Well she developed founder this spring and since she only gets senior feed and is on dry lot, could not figure out why until vet said it was caused by under run heels, Found another farrier that came and hooves look much better, but she is not a lot better sad to say. Another trimming will be due in a week, hope this will make her more comfortable. So please go with your instincts, if it doesn't look right, it probably isn't. Keep looking for a farrier until you find one you like. LOL, so much for the quick note.
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| Posted: Fri Jul 23rd, 2010 03:20 pm |
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Karal G.O.G Community Member
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here is a picture of the bottom of his foot Attachment: 2010 Rocky 00010.JPG (Downloaded 55 times)
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| Posted: Fri Jul 23rd, 2010 07:41 pm |
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crs trail rider Ranch Hand 
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Ill have to get a pic of Jennys rears- I have been told by two trimmers and one farrier that they are "perfect" as far as feet go w/the relation to the sole, bars and frogs. Somewhere on here I posted a link that had some GREAT pics of feet- both problem feet and "good" feet. Might be worth looking at to compare- I think- and remember my name on here is CRS- lol- he even stated what breed they were in the pics. I do know that they cannot just take off a bunch of excess foot/sole the first time or they will be one sore horse, but they can do it in little bits and pieces to get the foot where it is suppose to be. 3 months with on shoe w/out resetting is abusurd. And I always heard that the Amish (which is just hearsay I admit) have a lot of road founder. Thought it was because they use their cart horses on pavement but maybe there are other reasons. Just because something has always been done that way doesnt mean that it should continue to be done the same way given a better way of doing it.
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| Posted: Sat Jul 24th, 2010 01:04 am |
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McKTX7 G.O.G Community Member
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Karal wrote:here is a picture of the bottom of his foot Well,..... hope you didn't pay for a whole trim. He sure did not do your horse's heels justice. I could do better than that! Perhaps you can go to the natural barefoot trimmers assn and see if you can find one of their farriers in your area and get a proper trim on all four feet. All that heel can go away in one trim with no discomfort to your horse. http://www.aanhcp.net/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=143&Itemid=121 sorry you will have to cut and past the to lines if you highlight them both and then paste they should go together and take you there. website: http://www.aanhcp.net looks like there are 3 in Michigan If you really have your horse's best interests at heart, look 'em up and get those feet taken care of.
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| Posted: Sat Jul 24th, 2010 02:08 am |
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Karal G.O.G Community Member
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thanks everyone for your help. I will talk to our farrier. He has always done justice to our horses. None of ours have high heels like this. I am thinking he didn't take them down because we were going on a ride.? Don't know for sure. I wanted to reset him, but DH said he'll be alright. I also don't know what DH said to our farrier prior to him going into the barn. I wanted to ask his honest opinion w/o and prompting. I do have a farrier 2 hrs away that has already told me how he would fix his feet, and would do it all at once. He was my farrier for 20 yrs before I moved here. sure wished my farrier and vet would have moved with me.
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| Posted: Sat Jul 24th, 2010 02:14 am |
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whattarack Pasture Boss 
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I feel so bad for you. Don't you wish you could trim your horse yourself? I know you do. Bless your heart. You try to do and say everything just right and still the result isn't what you expected. Hugs, Karal. It will get better.
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| Posted: Mon Aug 16th, 2010 12:14 pm |
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Karal G.O.G Community Member
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update. I had pads and front shoes put on. He can finally walk on stony ground w/o stumbling and falling on his face. Best thing is I know he's not hurting when he is walking down the gravel road.
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