[jumpthemoon]

My shoer is going to 'kill me'...

He specifically instruced me to duct tape the bottom of Keven's hooves after they pulled his shoes at the Vet clinic for x-rays. Well ,he came home yesterday from the Vet clinic after three days and two nights with perfect feet. Not a chip, not a scratch, not a nick.

So, guess what idiot turns him out in the 'Buffalo' pen (really just a 150" diamenter round pen where 3 buffalo used to live)? He is having a ball and moving better read SOUND then he has in weeks/days! Bucking, leaping around, big toe point trotting, flying changes (you get the idea).

So, my daughter comes out to see how great Keven looks (ie. SOUND) and tells me that Keven has some chips off his feet. Oh, no not just a little chip or something but a couple of inches of wall right where the nails need to go (right near where the abcess was) and another smaller one on his other foot. They make plastic farrier goop to fix that, right?

I am afraid to call our shoer and tell him what I did. I am afraid he's going to kill me or worse yet fire me. Plus, I will also have to ask him to follow the Vets new shoeing protocall on top of that.

I have already asked several friends if they will call him for me but everyone just laughed at me and told me no. What was I thinking? Maybe I should wait and make my trainer call him and then she can tell him how I screwed up? Would baking him some cookies be helpful? Please advise? Thanks!

[WildHorseSpirit]

When a foot is abcessed you don't want shoes on it adds pressure at least it did for my mare it made her lamer so they were removed.

Your farrier should not have a problem with working with your vet although some do. I have a CJF who had me ask for a shoe presciption and my mare got right real quick *she didn't show she had an abcess and had us all going nuts and she concussion foundered on the opposite foot 6 weeks into the ordeal*

My mare is now barefoot per shoers request but she may be getting her rubber shoes to help keep from banging her soles, she bruises easily now.

The problem with duct tape and pads is a horse can get them dusty and the tape doesn't hold *yep I am the duct tape and pad queen LOL* so he could have lost them and still done the same.

I would explain to your farrier how the horse did without them and let him know why you did it and if he gets mad just locate another farrier, we are not perfect no horse owner is. We mess up just as they do.

[Chester]

First, the man is a FARRIER, not a shoer.

I am sure he will cope. Mine do. I often make sure there is a beer or 2 in the fridge though.

Just give him a call. He will be fine. And if he sounds cranky at you, just plug your ears with cotton wool before he arrives. Should lower the decibels a tad.