Posted by Shane on September 18, 2002 at 19:00:14:
In Reply to: Re: No Heel, nees shoes posted by Danvers Child on August 11, 1999 at 02:21:43:
Hi Lida,
I had a simular problem With a client of mine, Heel does not grow like people thanks it does, you have to look at the conformation of the horse does the horse have a laid back conformation due to a sloping shoulder? Or does the horse have a straight angle (club) due to a steep shoulder angle? This are things to look at and consider because if you try to start changing angles from the way she was made you could wind up in trouble! People tend to look only at the foot, when you need to look at the whole leg! I could not make my horse owner understand that, I agree with the other guys on this 55 degrees sounds good however I also have not seen the horse, but be carefull on raising heels because you can shift the weight from the deep flexor tendon, superficial flexor tendon, and the suspensory ligament, too only one or two of these resulting in a strain or worse, My horse owner tried that with another farrier because I did not want to change the angle so she found someone who would and raised the heel to far to fast and wound up in alot of trouble.
Shane