Posted by Gary on October 27, 2003 at 17:22:25:
In Reply to: How to keep my horses shoes on?! posted by Suzanna Temple-Scotton on October 27, 2003 at 14:50:18:
: I have a houdini horse who I am sure sits behind his field shelter with a crowbar trying to ease his shoes off everytime he is shod! He is a six year old Irish Draught/Throughbred and has started wearing front shoes for the past 7 months, being shod every 6-7 weeks. Every front set he has results in the front left shoe coming off after 1-2 weeks. My regular farrier is excellent and we've even tried another farrier who was also unsuccessful. What can I do to keep his shoes on? He is currently cold shod. Would hot-shoeing be better? I've heard they use glue on some shoes too? HELP, he's driving me crazy!!!!
Kinda need to figure out exactly how he's getting them off. Check his fence line for a low wire? Does he paw alot? Does he overreach when he walks? Are the shoes applied properly with the correct breakover? Hot shoeing is always best,but either way have your shoer rasp the foot surface of the heels of the shoes so if he is catching them on something or grabbing them from behind it will help prevent from pulling and still leave some heel for expansion. He may be interfering with his fronts,stepping on them and himself when he turns in a tight turn. Lots of reasons plus his feet just might not be balanced? Good Luck! Gary