Posted by Lisa on October 02, 2001 at 10:18:12:
this might get loner than I plan, but I hope not.
I have 32 month old filly App/TB she is rather large in size, for this reason she has only been backed a few times for a walk. Anyway, she has a couple of issues with her front end *I dropped the ball and over protiened her* So she now toes out from her ankles down. Im lucky the damage was not worse and this is all I have to deal with!
Ok, this is what Im dealing with now. because she toes out her hoof growth is odd, grows more on the outside then the inside and of course she wings a bit. Not a big deal and something that we can live with. BUT, for some reason I canNOT get through to my farrier that straightening her leg is not what she needs, she needs level balanced feet. *honestly I may need a new farrier* She travels clean barefoot, but because of her leg angles she needs shoes to prevent poor wearing and breakover. I had him put the lightest steel possible on her, she will eventually wear aluminums