Posted 2015-07-30 7:29 AM Subject: Anybody run their navicular horse w/o shoes?
Expert
Posts: 1409 Location: Oklahoma
Not sure which directions I'm gonna go. Have seen articles on navicular horses going sound going barefoot after nothing else worked but nothing bout working them. Maybe it just in pasture just found out mine is a four on a scale of 1-10
Posted 2015-07-30 9:07 AM Subject: RE: Anybody run their navicular horse w/o shoes?
Expert
Posts: 2122 Location: The Great Northwest
Navicular is a broad term for several situations causing heal pain. Going barefoot with a knowledgable trimmer could help if you new what was causing the heal pain or you could be wasting time.
Posted 2015-07-30 3:00 PM Subject: RE: Anybody run their navicular horse w/o shoes?
Veteran
Posts: 133 Location: IN
Ran my gelding for 2 years barefoot. He was severly navicular with a side bone and ring bone. Barefoot was the only way he could be relatively comfortable. I kept him outside as much as possible but he hated being outside, he was a bug sissy! But I have a great farrier and he kept his heals down and just a natural trim.. I only worked him on soft fluffy ground. And only ran him on good ground, sometimes you just have to pick and choose but I loved running him and he loved his job.
Posted 2015-07-31 12:51 AM Subject: RE: Anybody run their navicular horse w/o shoes?
My Heart Be Happy
Posts: 9159 Location: Arkansas
prissychicktoo - 2015-07-30 3:00 PM
Ran my gelding for 2 years barefoot. He was severly navicular with a side bone and ring bone. Barefoot was the only way he could be relatively comfortable. I kept him outside as much as possible but he hated being outside, he was a bug sissy! But I have a great farrier and he kept his heals down and just a natural trim.. I only worked him on soft fluffy ground. And only ran him on good ground, sometimes you just have to pick and choose but I loved running him and he loved his job.
Posted 2015-07-31 12:59 AM Subject: RE: Anybody run their navicular horse w/o shoes?
I AM being nice
Posts: 4396 Location: MD
I had a gelding in the late 90's that I hauled for several years with good success. He was at his most sound when kept barefoot. I sold him on to you a HS girl who ran him barefoot for several more years before retiring him.
Posted 2015-07-31 12:28 PM Subject: RE: Anybody run their navicular horse w/o shoes?
Expert
Posts: 1409 Location: Oklahoma
Thank you all! I feel like shoes is what got him in this mess! I went barefoot 1 1/2 yrs ago on my barrel horse and love it and do my own. I have pulled out pete Ramey tapes I have and watched navicular part. I got to get the navicular horse over heel pain and go from there. ( not my barrel horse) course vet says he needs shoes
Anybody run their navicular horse w/o shoes?
