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Itchy Boobs
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| I have a little horse who cant keep shoes on for nothing. I have used 3 different farriers and she throws them withing a couple weeks!  |
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Location: Blissfully happy Giants fan!!! | Is it the same foot? Or different feet? And what type of shoe are you using?
I have a mare that loves to paw with one foot and no matter what you try, she will hang that shoe. Except for when we put bell boots on her. So while she has shoes, she has bell boots. The rubber ones. Haven't had an issue since.
Also, certain shoes have came off of one of my horses. Same everything just the type of shoe. Went to a different one and whala, no more shoes coming off. |
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  Shipwrecked and Flat Out Zapped
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Location: DUMPING CATS AND PIGS IN TEXAS :) | I'd leave them off. |
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| I would tie a double knot! 
If the fronts over hang off the back of the foot we sometimes have them knock off the excess shoe or curl the ends so they won't get caught by a hind. |
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Location: Texas | I have one who throws shoes bad. She just has thin walls and not the best feet. I only have front shoes on her and would love to have her barefoot but I just don't know if she could handle it at this point. I pulled shoes off my Reckless Dash mare when I bred her, gave her the entire year to adjust, and I have not put shoes back on her since riding her again. I honestly do not intend to ever shoe her again. She was really ouchy after a trim for the first several months but now it doesn't bother her. |
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 Cute Little Imp
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Location: N Texas | Does she share a fence with other horses? I had a horse that would paw the fence between him and the other horses and get his shoes caught in the fence and pull them off. He also didn't have the best feet, so his rear shoes would sometimes come loose too. It may not be a farrier issue. |
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Itchy Boobs
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| She has tiny feet and its both shoes she pulls. Never noticed her pawing shes out in a big field with other horses shes very tender footed.
Edited by rodeochick123 2014-12-15 12:13 PM
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Location: SE Oklahoma | Is she reaching up and clipping herself with her back foot? I've had this problem with my gelding for a year. My old farrier started taking the back of the shoe off, but that ended up causing a whole lot of problems with his heels and ankles. I had forgotten about him pulling front shoes off, and new farrier came out, next day he ripped a shoe off. I saved the shoe, he came right out and knew what the problem was. Because of the way my horse was reaching, he would repeated clip that front foot. He did some adjustments to him, and he's not had a problem since. When I call him tonight I can ask him what exactly he did to correct it if you'd like. |
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Dr. Ruth
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Location: Blissfully happy Giants fan!!! | Have you tried racing plates? Had a horse that had that issue and he had tiny feet and was thin soled. Racing plates worked. Not only did he keep them on but it kept him from being ouchy and gave him enough support to get stronger feet... |
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Expert
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| I would put her on Farriers' Formula to strengthen her hooves. It isn't a quick fix but should help solve your problem. |
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Location: Lost in the corn of Iowa. | I have a mare that is tough to keep shoes on. I had a couple farriers and this was always the case. I couldn't go 2 weeks let alone 2 days sometimes without missing shoes. Switch farriers and he measured her angles and she was way off. Plus she was clipping her feet on the side during a run and it would rip the shoe right off. We started on exercises that kept her quick on her feet and she eventually figured out where to put her feet to keep them out of each other's way. My old farrier also had too much heel support and she would catch them as well. |
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| LRQHS - 2014-12-15 11:52 AM
I'd leave them off.
 I agree..horses don't need shoes |
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Nut Case Expert
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Location: Tulsa, Ok | banjomia - 2014-12-15 3:43 PM LRQHS - 2014-12-15 11:52 AM I'd leave them off. I agree..horses don't need shoes
That is a fairly blanket statement and not necessarily true for all horses and all situations. |
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| If she has tender feet I would keep the shoes on!! My gelding is a bad shoe puller so we got him some cheap rubber bell boots and left them on at all times. He hasn't lost a shoe since, and the rubber is soft and comfortable. I haven't had any problems with them coming off or rubbing even when it's muddy. Here is the website where I bought them. http://www.doversaddlery.com/easy-stretch-bell-boots/p/X1-0410/?ids...
They are $12 and last for a long time. Get Black or Brown, the white ones are hard and a different material. Hope you find a solution soon!!  |
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Location: 31 lengths farms | Has she always had this problem or is it recent? I ask because my little mare always had great feet then a year and a half ago we started having trouble keeping her shoes on, it was always a different foot, Farrier and I were both puzzled. Then last January we started dealing with her coming up a little tender after being shod also, had to keep the nails out of her heel, and by March he had to put the pour in pads in....Then she was diagnosed with the kidney and bladder stones and her blood panel and hair analysis showed her immune and lymph systems were compromised. That was in May, started her on herbs and the farrier was excited to see some new good hoof growth at the early July shoeing and the last 2 shoeings she hasn't needed the pads and hasn't lost a shoe either. |
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The Advice Guru
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| SC Wrangler - 2014-12-15 4:03 PM
banjomia - 2014-12-15 3:43 PM LRQHS - 2014-12-15 11:52 AM I'd leave them off. I agree..horses don't need shoes
If someone really wants to go barefoot, any horse can make the transition. It does cost money, and knowledge, as well as the proper equipment. |
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The Advice Guru
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| I would say the horse is unbalanced.
A balanced horse won't pull shoes, bell boots are masking the problem.
If you can't find a farrier who can balance the foot, and you just want to have the shoes stay on, have the farrier leave the clinches on, and have the farrier put trailers on the hind feet. This will cause the hind leg to travel on the outside of the track. Will cause more strain on hocks, stifles, hips, and si but it will prevent the back feet from pulling the front shoes |
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Location: Online | We have a mare with great feet. Actually she doesn't need shoes but we put them on because she needs traction to run barrels. Tried barefoot, didn't work. She pulls them off every time we turn her out in the pasture. They stay on when she's in a pen. My advice? Don't turn her out in a pasture where she can run and overreach and pull them off. |
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