[Preppy_Ponies]

Hello all
I just switched to a new farrier and want to know what you all think of the job he did. He did Romeo's hooves on Monday. I tried to get every a pic for every angle but let me know if you want a different one.

I switched farriers because I always felt like romeo's toes were on the long side even right after they had just been done. Romeo seemed to be tripping more often and he started clipping himself. He is a klutz and at first I thought it was him just being him but he kept reopening one of the scabs. I talked to the farrier and they "took care of it" but he kept clipping. So all that and the fact that my mom kept bugging about the cost ($185 for shoes all around) is why I changed. The new guy does a few of my friends horses and previously apprenticed for 2 of the top farriers in the area.

During this last week since Romeo was shod I've noticed that Romeo hasn't tripped much at all. And he isn't kicking up as much dirt. So thus far I think I like the new guy but we'll see.

Okay so after all that rambling let me know what you think. Here are the pics:

Front shot


left fore:


Right fore:


hind shot:



Left hind:


Right hind:


Fore heels:


Hind heels:
left


right




And then 2 just for the heck of it



I'm going to start stifting through the older pics I have to see if there are any where you can see the old farriers work.

Thanks for reading through all this

[RickB.]

Fronts: The heels appear to be too tall, the frog is somewhat unhealthy and has no contact with the ground, there looks to be quite a bit of retained sole, there is more hoof mass in front of the widest part of the frog than behind that point, the breakover looks to be too far forward.

Hinds: pretty much the same problems as the fronts though the hoof mass ratio appears better.

[JBandRio]

Rick, you're a little short on words these days! LOL

It's obvious the previous farrier wasn't doing the feet any good at all. What I would add to Rick's assessment is that it doesn't appear that this farrier is doing anything to fix any of those things. On the LF, the toe of the shoe is forward of where the breakover of the foot needs to be, and the heels of the shoe are forward of where the heels need to be. The trim doesn't appear to be working on getting the toes back and the heels down.


On the RF, it's hard to tell in the lateral view if the toes are too long, but it's clear that the heels are too high. The trim doesn't appear to be working on lowering the heels.

But, this is all caveated a little bit by the fact that we don't know what the feet looked like right after the last farrier's trim, or right before the new farrier's trim. Things may be much better now, but they still look like they aren't working very well in the right direction.

[Preppy_Ponies]

Thanks guys.

I thought I added some older shots last night but I must of forgotten. I don't have any closeups of his hooves but I tried to find some where you can see what they looked like before.

These 2 are from 5/14:


These are from 8/25. He had been shod 8/15:


These are from 9/22. I was trying get shots of where he got cut so part of the hoof is cut off:
Left fore (that scab is from him clipping himself):


left hind (this scab started out as him clipping but then he got stuck in his blanket and made it worse):



Sorry I know none of those are great hoof shots but I hope they help. I was I had taken some of the frogs and soles because they were not looking good. I do know that the new farrier wanted to take any changes extra slow in part due to his old injury.

[PNHPlatinum]

Hmm.. Those scabs acutally look like gressy heal to me! lol Thats what I though When I seen the pictures up ahead!

[Preppy_Ponies]

Yeah I didn't want to go into that on here but they front one is and was a scab. But the back one started as a scab and has since started looking like greasy heal to me as well. But I've been treating it and it's looking a lot better.

It think you can kind of see it in the pics on the first post, those are from thrusday so they are the most recent. Thanks for the comment and concern though.

[Fudge Lova]

they appear to be very upright,and the angle from up to the heel is very vertical causing his feet to be a boxy shape,needs the heels down more
has he had problems with over reaching? ask ur farrier about rolling the toes as this will increase the break over point and better his overall stance,keep the toes short and rolled,and work on getting the heel angle better

the pics shown of the underside of his foot shows that his feet are long and length from his heel to the ground is upright causing his heels to contract slightly wea they need to spread out alot more

[RickB.]

Originally Posted by JBandRio

Rick, you're a little short on words these days! LOL

I was in Colorado for a Level 3 NB certification and didn't have the time or energy for my usual verboseness.

Besides, I though I'd give reticence and succinctness a try.

Whatcha' think?

[JBandRio]

Originally Posted by RickB.

Besides, I though I'd give reticence and succinctness a try.

Whatcha' think?

It skeered me!