[LeftLeadLope]

Well, worse than chipping. I turned him out today and put vetwrap on his feet, and he tore right through the vetwrap, and tore that **** out of his hooves. I have one easyboot.. and would order one but it wouldn't get here til Tuesday, and the farrier is coming Wednesday.
Its a new farrier, and this horse is very very good to shoe, but maybe not if he hasn't been out in a few days...
Anything else that would protect his feet, thats NOT an easyboot?

[3WishesDun]

How due is your horse for the farrier?
Hooves generally will chip when they are too long or imbalanced.
What kind of terrain?

[LeftLeadLope]

He is in a box stall with shavings, an asphalt yard, and deep dirt turn out.
He is due for shoes now, but we pulled his shoes yesterday for x-rays. Farrier is coming to put eggbars on Wednesday (per vet's advice).
RIght now I'm just thinking of leaving him in for 2 days (which I HATE doing for this horse as he stocks up when he doesn't get out) because right now nothing's looking like it will work, and the way he tore his right front today, I'm not even sure that shoes can be put on now. Merry Christmas to me, eh?

[3WishesDun]

Are you sure that what he is chipping away wouldn't just be trimmed off anyway? Does he have brittle/shelly hoof walls?
I don't see how deep dirt turnout would tear his feet up too badly. Or just walking in the asphalt yard. Your farrier could always glue the shoes on if need be along with driving a few well placed nails.

I know dealing with hoof issues is frustrating. Hang in there.
What are the egg bars going to help with? What did the x-rays show?

[LeftLeadLope]

I'm sure some of it is what would be trimmed off, but there's one part that tore halfway up the side of his hoof. My friend has nippers so I trimmed the flaps off so they wouldn't get bigger. He just has crummy feet to begin with. They were looking pretty good until I turned him out, and since he did not get out yesterday, he was a wild thing. When I put him away, his feet were a mess.
The eggbars are to protect his heels. It was though he had a problem with his navicular bhone, but xrays showed nothing. So my vet is reccomending egg bars on the fronts for 1 or 2 shoeings and see if that helps his sensitivity.

[SaddleUp158]

you might try duct tape. or just hand walk him for a while everyday and keep him in his stall.

[JBandRio]

A foot trimmed for shoes will have a flat ground surface, and left barefoot, that flat surface will crack and chip on an asphalt surface. It sounds like there's a lot more than normal going on though, so you might want to investigate whether the feet are just too long. Even if he's due for shoes anyway, the feet shouldn't be "too long" as that means there is too much time between trims.

[LeftLeadLope]

JB- his feet are not "too" long. He is due for shoes this week, but his feet are not any longer than a normal horse due for shoes. He is only on asphalt to walk from his stall to the tie rail (about 15 feet) and tied there, the walked another 10 feet to the turn out. His feet were looking good until I turned him out and he tore around like a nutcase for 20 minutes. It seems that any horse in that arena that doesn't have the best feet ends up with big chunks out of their hooves. My friend's Arab, who we were transitioning from shod to barefoot, did the same thing my horse did when he was turned out and flying around.
Again, I am having a new farrier shoe him Wednesday, one that my vet reccomended. The last 2 months have been all turned around with this horse (very long story) and some things were not in my control, but now I am trying to fix him up. The chunks/tears he did in turn out are on the sides, not the fronts.
I'm just going to leave him in until he is shod. I will try to hand walk him, but that is a whole other ordeal in itself.. He is not very good to hand walk if he has nto been getting out.
My main concern is the new farrier is coming Wednesday, and there is no way I can be there any time of the week during the day. So the farrier is just taking him out and doing him himself. The horse is usually great to shoe (will drop his head and close his eyes) but will be more antsy if he hasn't been allowed to blow off some steam in a couple days.
I might try the duct tape but I'm a little wary of it slipping like the vetwrap did (though I know the tape is stronger) and making things worse.

[Blistering Winds]

Originally Posted by LeftLeadLope

JB- his feet are not "too" long. He is due for shoes this week, but his feet are not any longer than a normal horse due for shoes.

Define "NORMAL" length

Depending on who you talk to in the "horse world", normal long could mean a length some farriers CRINGE to see and wonder how on earth the shoes stayed on

Some look just like they were "trimmed" the week before

etc.


So you need to get a bit more in depth on "how long" is long. Because I have yet to find many horse owners to even agree on what is "too long" when it comes to "shod" horses

they see..OH, 6 weeks, time to reshoe....

Where some of us look at actual growth and go....oh man, it's only been 3 weeks...dang horse....time to get the farrier out.

Horses do not grow at a "constant" growth ....we only wish

So while it is common to say....every 6-8 weeks, call the farrier......people are starting to learn that some months it is 4 weeks, some months it is 6 weeks, while others are 8 weeks.

My horse varies to the time of year. Winter, I can almost push 6 weeks out of him.

He is only on asphalt to walk from his stall to the tie rail (about 15 feet) and tied there, the walked another 10 feet to the turn out. His feet were looking good until I turned him out and he tore around like a nutcase for 20 minutes. It seems that any horse in that arena that doesn't have the best feet ends up with big chunks out of their hooves. My friend's Arab, who we were transitioning from shod to barefoot, did the same thing my horse did when he was turned out and flying around.
Again, I am having a new farrier shoe him Wednesday, one that my vet reccomended. The last 2 months have been all turned around with this horse (very long story) and some things were not in my control, but now I am trying to fix him up. The chunks/tears he did in turn out are on the sides, not the fronts.
I'm just going to leave him in until he is shod. I will try to hand walk him, but that is a whole other ordeal in itself.. He is not very good to hand walk if he has nto been getting out.
My main concern is the new farrier is coming Wednesday, and there is no way I can be there any time of the week during the day. So the farrier is just taking him out and doing him himself. The horse is usually great to shoe (will drop his head and close his eyes) but will be more antsy if he hasn't been allowed to blow off some steam in a couple days.
I might try the duct tape but I'm a little wary of it slipping like the vetwrap did (though I know the tape is stronger) and making things worse.

Just reading this.....I urge you to possibly look to a farrier that does not frequent your yard.

I believe it is not the "HORSE" but the "FARRIER" that may be the cause to your issues.

[idlewild]

When I pulled the shoes on my TB his feet chiped up horribly. Now, after 4 months they are fine.

If you have a rasp, pick up the foot and round off the edges of his feel so that there isn't an "edge" he will catch and chip off. Make sense? That's what I did every other day for the first month or so after I pulled the shoes on my horse. I wasn't shortening his foot any, just rounding the edges and smoothing out any rough spots that might catch and chip.