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| I've got a horse that has thin soles. It's not a "constant" problem, and I haved asked my farrier to lay off of them with his knife, but the problem does arise occasionally. He gets a little biotin everyday, with his feed. What would you suggest to help tuffen them? |
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 A Somebody to Everybody
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Location: Under The Big Sky Of Texas | Bigfoot - 2014-04-14 10:08 PM I've got a horse that has thin soles. It's not a "constant" problem, and I haved asked my farrier to lay off of them with his knife, but the problem does arise occasionally. He gets a little biotin everyday, with his feed. What would you suggest to help tuffen them?
I have one with thin sole's and my farrier just cleans no taken any off at all. I do keep him shoed to keep his feet up off the ground as much as possible, I know the Farriers formula works pretty good. And I do feed Biotin crumbles. |
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Location: where ever my L/Q trl is parked | A old horse shoer told me this, but I never tried it. He said they use to use it back in the good old days to toughen feet on horses and cows. Get some formaldehyde - paint in very sparingly on the soles, use gloves and don't let it get on anything else as in hair line or you, it's pretty caustic - I would apply it every other day or so for a couple of weeks. |
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Location: Sorrow Not! Defending against workplace bullies | If they are thin you want to thicken them (not just toughen them). The only way to do that is from the inside. Biotin alone won't do anything you also need methionine. For my horse, Horseshoer's Secret made a big difference that my farrier noticed and it showed on xrays. A different supplement I tried for several months did nothing. All horses are different so you may need to try a few different supplements. I also use pads on the front. It takes away my worries of bruising his soles. |
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Location: Pacific Northwest | I have two horses on Horseshoers secret and have seen improvement in both of their feet. I just recently bought Durasole for the one horse, I'll let you know if I see any results. Every now and then she takes an "owie" step on gravel. She's fine in dirt and grass.
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Location: TX | Ricken's Hoof Formula is good stuff to use. Sometimes thin soles is just a genetic issue and can't be corrected unfortunately and we have to do what we can to manage it.
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A Somebody to Everybody
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Location: Under The Big Sky Of Texas | getacheck - 2014-04-14 11:18 PM Ricken's Hoof Formula is good stuff to use. Sometimes thin soles is just a genetic issue and can't be corrected unfortunately and we have to do what we can to manage it.
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| Had a mare with just kept her shod. But i do know that horses that have shelly feet and thin soles paint the nail holes and soles be careful not to,get it on anything but the sole and do not tell your blacksmith he will hate you but it does work framaldihyde (sp) used it on a horse a long time ago that her feet would split where we put the nails in even using small nails. Made her soles har also. |
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| Biotin 100 and I also use the Theraplate to increase to I increase the sole depth. |
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| getacheck - 2014-04-14 11:18 PM Ricken's Hoof Formula is good stuff to use. Sometimes thin soles is just a genetic issue and can't be corrected unfortunately and we have to do what we can to manage it.
Exactly this. I tried Ricken's, Su-Per Sole, iodine crystals and turpentine - my vet told me, "He has thin soles and there isn't anything you can do about it except to keep shoes on him." - That was the end of my barefoot "experiment." |
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Location: SE Louisiana | Sounds like a flat footed horse... Your farrier should be told... Never take sole from those.. |
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| Thanks, I'll definatly switch supplements. I had considered painting pine tar on his soles daily for a while. |
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Location: mi | ninaom - 2014-04-14 11:41 PM If they are thin you want to thicken them (not just toughen them). The only way to do that is from the inside. Biotin alone won't do anything you also need methionine. For my horse, Horseshoer's Secret made a big difference that my farrier noticed and it showed on xrays. A different supplement I tried for several months did nothing. All horses are different so you may need to try a few different supplements. I also use pads on the front. It takes away my worries of bruising his soles.
Along with those to ingredients ^^^^^ my vet said to also look for Zinc.
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| Ditto - I have had my boy on Exceed 6-way since last July and his feet look better than ever - it has both Biotin and Methionine in it. I should take some pictures, you can see a change in the hoof "texture" about halfway down his foot. Prior to the Exceed his hoof was kind of wavy looking and after it's pretty smooth.
His soles are getting better too - I pulled his shoes a few years back at winter time and he was crippled for 2 weeks, we put them back on and he's worn fronts since. The farrier was out last week because he tossed one. He's had pads on for the past 6 weeks dealing with spring footing and I was terrified his soles would be super sensitive like the farrier said they sometimes are after pulling pads. Couldn't find a sensitive spot on him with the testers, and that was after a little sole came off to clean them up. He went and ran at Lincoln all weekend without a lame step. I am super happy and would recommend looking for a supplement with those 2 in them. |
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Location: Bandera, TX | I put Magic Cushion on my mare's feet a couple of days prior to a race or long trailer ride. It seems to help her. |
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Location: Sunny So Cal | my friends horse is thin soled. She fed THE Hoof Growth for a couple months and then Bob from THE formulated something for her to paint on the bottom of the horses feet. It was crazy how fast it worked and the horse had instant relief. Whatever he made works super well and wasn't expensive. |
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| I did not realize my horse had thin soles until we took him to the vet. His feet were sore, he could hardly walk we were thinking hot nail.
Vet put him in wedges for a month (to start the sole to grow before going to wooden shoes), then special wooden shoes for a month (to build the sole), and now he wears PLR shoes. Has something to do with how they break over. He is on horse shoer's secret. |
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Location: Wonderful Wyoming | Cowgirl Kat - 2014-04-15 9:29 AM my friends horse is thin soled. She fed THE Hoof Growth for a couple months and then Bob from THE formulated something for her to paint on the bottom of the horses feet. It was crazy how fast it worked and the horse had instant relief. Whatever he made works super well and wasn't expensive.
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Location: Sperry, OK | Have your farrier put pour in pads on him. Equipads (something like that), comes in a syringe with two sides, you put the shoe on then pour the liquid in, let them stand on a styrofoam boad until dried... you would not believe the added sole depth you will get by taking the pressure off the sole. You can actually take before and after x-rays and see significant growth with one shoeing.
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Location: Texas | I have my mare with thin soles on Horseshoers Secret and it helps. |
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Thin sole?