How many nails in NB #1 soe?

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Posted by Les Spark on May 10, 2000 at 17:25:29:

One of our horse on which we have been using NB steel shoes since they became available in the UK, and modified keg shoes before that, has developed a problem with which we would like some guidance. However our main problem is that we cannot find a farrier in our area who has the slightest idea on NB shoeing or who seems interested in educating him/herself.

The farrier we are currently using has insisted in putting 4 nails on each side of the shoes and when shoeing today the following events happened:
1) Old left front shoe removed - foot trimmed etc new shoe nailed on with rear nails coming quite close to the heels - when finished the horse would not put its foot down at all! Nail bind?
2) Removed nails near heels some improvement - removed shoe - all nail holes were on the outer side of the white line - not nail bind.
3) Replace shoe same problem
4) Removed shoe and replaced with only one nail each side just forward of the quarters - horse sound!
5) Put remaining nails in and did not clench but checked for soundness - horse sound.
6) Clenched up - horse unsound.
To us it seems as if it was like having our feet forced into tight fitting shoes - we would be very tender footed before we put our foot down!
Can a horse feel like this with the steel shoes if there are too many nails and the clenches are too tight?

If the foot is to expand at the back under normal action surely it must not be nailed to the shoe, if so where should the nails stop, at the quarters? With the #1 shoe there does not appear to be much room to squeeze nails in between the breakover and the quarters - three seems to be a maximum with two being next to each other ie. there are only four available holes. (why have nails holes so far back if they should not be used?)

This shoeing has been quite a downer for my partener as she should have been competeing at the UK's premier endurance event next week - we do not want to go back to conventional shoeing as the horse was getting longer and longer toes and under run heels and showing signs of tendon strain.

Comments please. The horse will now be left without shoes for a month when we will try again but then we want our farrier to get it right!

Les

Follow Ups:

Re: How many nails in NB #1 soe? Patty Stiller 22:31:33 05/10/00 (3)
- Re: Question for Patty Stiller/ hoof expansion Barb Peck 11:16:35 05/11/00 (2)
  - Re: Question for Patty Stiller/ hoof expansion Patty Stiller 22:20:55 05/11/00 (1)
    - Re: Question for Patty Stiller/ hoof expansion Les Spark 04:17:45 06/02/00 (0)

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: One of our horse on which we have been using NB steel shoes since they became available in the UK, and modified keg shoes before that, has developed a problem with which we would like some guidance. However our main problem is that we cannot find a farrier in our area who has the slightest idea on NB shoeing or who seems interested in educating him/herself. : The farrier we are currently using has insisted in putting 4 nails on each side of the shoes and when shoeing today the following events happened: : 1) Old left front shoe removed - foot trimmed etc new shoe nailed on with rear nails coming quite close to the heels - when finished the horse would not put its foot down at all! Nail bind? : 2) Removed nails near heels some improvement - removed shoe - all nail holes were on the outer side of the white line - not nail bind. : 3) Replace shoe same problem : 4) Removed shoe and replaced with only one nail each side just forward of the quarters - horse sound! : 5) Put remaining nails in and did not clench but checked for soundness - horse sound. : 6) Clenched up - horse unsound. : To us it seems as if it was like having our feet forced into tight fitting shoes - we would be very tender footed before we put our foot down! : Can a horse feel like this with the steel shoes if there are too many nails and the clenches are too tight? : If the foot is to expand at the back under normal action surely it must not be nailed to the shoe, if so where should the nails stop, at the quarters? With the #1 shoe there does not appear to be much room to squeeze nails in between the breakover and the quarters - three seems to be a maximum with two being next to each other ie. there are only four available holes. (why have nails holes so far back if they should not be used?) : This shoeing has been quite a downer for my partener as she should have been competeing at the UK's premier endurance event next week - we do not want to go back to conventional shoeing as the horse was getting longer and longer toes and under run heels and showing signs of tendon strain. : Comments please. The horse will now be left without shoes for a month when we will try again but then we want our farrier to get it right! : Les

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