Posted by Tanja on June 01, 2003 at 17:42:30:
My filly is now two and when she was 12 mo old due to some improper trimming early on she was trying to develop a clubfoot on her LF. The new farrier we switched to then charged us $250 for a procdedure he did to correct the problem. He manmade 2 devices and put them on her front feet, they had to stay on for 6 weeks. After a month they came off and she was fine, her feet had adjusted along w/her groth and the early signs of clubbing in her LF were gone. Since then he came out and trimmed her every 4 weeks. Now that she's turned 2, he wants to put shoes on her. She is not being rdden at all, I do ground training, light lounging/saddling/bridling w/her only. He says she NEEDS to have shoes in order to make sure she doesnt club again. In fact, I looked at her feet today, he keeps so much heel off of her in the front it almost looks like she is getting contracted heels now. (!) I didn't plan on shoing her until she was ridden at age 3, I would appreciate ANY advice as to shoe or or to wait till she's older. Thanks.