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Annie Bannaie RR Governer (6676) | thanks lolie 
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| Reg 4/4/2010 | | Posted 2:16pm, Monday 13th September | |
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Lollie RR Vice President (26088) |
Yackety Yack wrote:
Where abouts are you based? |
New Plymouth/Taranaki
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| Reg 5/1/2008 | | Posted 5:29pm, Sunday 12th September | |
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Yackety Yack RR Addict (4730) | Where abouts are you based?
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| Reg 18/2/2009 | | Posted 4:05pm, Sunday 12th September | |
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Annie Bannaie RR Governer (6676) |
Yackety Yack wrote:
Oh wow no wonder he is having trouble walking on the road, to me it does look like he has taken off way to much toe, and having flat heels means that his frog will be having alot of contact on the ground... I would change farrier, having feet this flat too he will be having trouble with grip in wet conditions? |
yea thats what i had thought! aww poor pony  damit!
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| Reg 4/4/2010 | | Posted 9:33pm, Saturday 11th September | |
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Yackety Yack RR Addict (4730) | Oh wow no wonder he is having trouble walking on the road, to me it does look like he has taken off way to much toe, and having flat heels means that his frog will be having alot of contact on the ground... I would change farrier, having feet this flat too he will be having trouble with grip in wet conditions?
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| Reg 18/2/2009 | | Posted 5:48pm, Saturday 11th September | |
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Annie Bannaie RR Governer (6676) | hope this pics sorts show:
sorry was sorta hard to take the pics
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| Reg 4/4/2010 | | Posted 1:16pm, Saturday 11th September | |
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Annie Bannaie RR Governer (6676) |
Dressage Star wrote:
rogue had the same issue in his front feet, very flat heels, put bar shoes on him and woo the difference. as much as you may want to stay barefoot, if you are more worried about him being comfortable then look into getting bar shoes put on |
its actually more my pocket im worried about 
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| Reg 4/4/2010 | | Posted 1:09pm, Saturday 11th September | |
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Dressage Star RR Governer (7773) | rogue had the same issue in his front feet, very flat heels, put bar shoes on him and woo the difference. as much as you may want to stay barefoot, if you are more worried about him being comfortable then look into getting bar shoes put on
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| Reg 1/10/2006 | | Posted 10:31am, Saturday 11th September | |
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Fudge Lova RR Vice President (21952) | pics would be great, try to take them at ground level so they dont look distorted, and side on views aswell
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| Reg 22/3/2006 | | Posted 10:33pm, Friday 10th September | |
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Annie Bannaie RR Governer (6676) | may ned to start savign then the farrier did a natrual horsemanship trim so he rounded the toe though ive had the same style trim by a different farrier on my old horse and it wasnt so short wiol get some pics tonight i duno if im just worrying etc for no reason but he almost felt lame just riding him in the paddock trotted him out and he wasnt but hes deffinetly not comfprtable. his paddocks are wet at the moment due to the good old rain but hopefully theyll start drying out asap!
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| Reg 4/4/2010 | | Posted 10:06am, Friday 10th September | |
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crystal=] RR Vice President (26340) | if you can - i would invest in some old mac boots
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| Reg 14/12/2007 | | Posted 7:52am, Friday 10th September | |
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Yackety Yack RR Addict (4730) | What type of trim does your farrier do?
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| Reg 18/2/2009 | | Posted 12:16am, Friday 10th September | |
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Atlas RR Citizen (859) | Yes that has happened to my boy, The farrier has been cutting way to short, he now have bruised frog and he had no wall of hoof as was to short and the solde has started to create a wall it self, so the frog was not protected at all that why it is now bruised. So now my boy is being barefoot, way better I personally think. And you can get old mac boots for when riding, cost second hand approx $200 max for both pairs, so way way cheaper than getting shod ever 6-7 weeks.
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| Reg 18/11/2009 | | Posted 9:33pm, Thursday 9th September | |
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Atlas RR Citizen (859) | Yes that has happened to my boy, The farrier has been cutting way to short, he now have bruised frog and he had no wall of hoof as was to short and the solde has started to create a wall it self, so the frog was not protected at all that why it is now bruised. So now my boy is being barefoot, way better I personally think. And you can get old mac boots for when riding, cost second hand approx $200 max for both pairs, so way way cheaper than getting shod ever 6-7 weeks.
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| Reg 18/11/2009 | | Posted 9:33pm, Thursday 9th September | |
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| How long has he been barefoot?
How long ago was he trimmed last?
Sometimes if you let their feet get a bit long and then they are trimmed back, they do take a bit of adjusting. But in saying that, if you cut them too far back, you can make the horse sore as well. Do you have photos at all? It would be good to see what you mean by saying he has no toe. Could it be he has rounded the toe?
If you are in a wet area then they often feel their feet a bit more too when trimmed.
If his walls are level with his soles, then he will be weight bearing quite a bit on the sole that is touching the ground too, this can be sore for some horses. Just like us if we take our shoes off after winter and walk barefoot, takes a while for our feet to get use to it as well. It is a way of trimming horses though, you let the sole tell you how much to trim. Some use it and others like to leave a bit more hoof wall to take the load off the sole.
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Annie Bannaie RR Governer (6676) | had the farrier out friday and have noticed rits feet are flat he has no toe and the soles at the same level as the toe hes also finding it really hard to walk on the road has the farrier cut it to short? they were quite long before hand would it still be him adjusting?
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| Reg 4/4/2010 | | Posted 5:54pm, Thursday 9th September | |
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