Horse with no heels/contracted heels

cheryl makofka - 2014-01-29 2:19 PM

skye - 2014-01-28 4:58 PM

raganwells - 2014-01-28 2:04 PM My mare is very flat footed with basically no heel. We put wedged shoes on her. They also have wedge pads you can put under regular shoes that help. I buy mine online from EDSS. They made a world of difference in keeping her sound and have also helped her grow her heel back.

My gelding that I have had since a yearling has underslung heels. That is his hoof conformation I had to learn was just part of him. I never put shoes on him tell I had to at 5 years old. He was just foot and back sore all the time especially when using him, working on the barrels. He does grow heel put they are so thin the heel wears away going bare foot. So, he always had a lot of heel pressure. The shoes gave him some relief but the heel just turns under or just gone. He is sound now with 3 degree bar wedges and Eventers Elite with rim. The back feet are underslung too. I found too they were sore. He would abcess in the heels. He is shod with a one degree bar wedge in the rear and no abcesses. He needed a lot of help that bare wasn't going to give him unless I wanted a pasture ornimate.

I would be xraying the feet and trimming to coffin bone. I would also be looking at the navicular

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