Posted by Noah Regis on April 17, 2000 at 09:34:41:
Hello:
We don't have a full time shoer in our area to be found and need some assistance for our part-time shoer.
Our TB is 8 years old and a great athlete with sound feet but he just has never had heels on any feet and flat pancake soles. The heels are so bad that the bulbs are almost touching the ground and the shoer has always used a shoe with a straight bar across the back and a wedge pad to pick him up which has always worked as far as soundness. But, the darn heels just seem to stay the way they are and our shoer is out of ideas.
Is there a way to shoe this horse to get better heels or to at least get better angle alignment? Perhaps EDSS or NB types of shoeing?
If someone will share the information we will gladly print it and pass it on to our shoer who says he is willing to try anything.
Thank you.
Mr. Noah Regis