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| Has anyone had it take awhile for a horse to adjust to hind shoes for the first time? I put them all the way around on my 5 year old for some rocky trail riding but we're having the hardest time staying upright and not tripping/sliding everywhere in the new sugar sand arena. It is a little uneven but not anymore so than the arena I used at home. Think it's the shoes or the sand or...? |
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Location: Texas | I would think it's the shoes.. Never had this problem. |
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I could see this being an issue, especially for a young horse. When I took hind shoes off of my 9 year old mare who had probably worn them since she was ran in futurities as a 3 year old, she had a hard time adjusting to being barefoot. At first she was very unsure of her feet - I imagine because there wasnt as much grip. Your horse if probably feeling the opposite. He probably doesnt understand why he is getting so much traction and is overcompensating because of it. Just give him some time. It took my mare probably a good month to get used to her "new" feet.
Edited by Runninbay 2016-10-27 8:56 PM
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| Runninbay - 2016-10-27 8:47 PM
I could see this being an issue, especially for a young horse. When I took hind shoes off of my 9 year old mare who had probably worn them since she was ran in futurities as a 3 year old, she had a hard time adjusting to being barefoot. At first she was very unsure of her feet - I imagine because there wasnt as much grip. Your horse if probably feeling the opposite. He probably doesnt understand why he is getting so much traction and is overcompensating because of it. Just give him some time. It took my mare probably a good month to get used to her "new" feet.
Thanks for your reply! The more I ride him the better he seems to be getting - not as concerned as I was when I first hopped on him. |
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| My old barrel gelding would super high step in the back end with rear shoes. He would literally feel like he was crop hopping through the run because he would over exaggerate his stride with shoes. Took them off, back to being smooth. He really didn't need them. A mare I bought yesterday is shod all around and I'm taking the rears off tomorrow. We'll see how she does. |
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| I also remembered my farrier asked if he was a free runner or push style to determine what kind of shoe to put on him. Being he's more of a push style, he put a shoe on that has no rims (can't remember what he called it) so he could still use himself in the turns and not get "stuck" so to speak. I'm thinking it was a bit too slick and that's his problem. I'll either pull them this time around or maybe try something with a little bit of a rim next time. He's better than he was but he still loses himself in his hind end sometimes. |
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Location: North Dakota | Truthfully, I have limited experience with shoes as Red is my first and only horse to need shoes. He has lameness issues on front that are addressed with corrective shoeing, but I did add rim shoes in the back when he would have trouble handling the ground in some arenas. With the shoes, he has NO problems with the ground.
He had no adjustment period. Did just fine. As such, I really would not expect a horse to have an adjustment period. "If the shoe fits", it should be natural for them.
I would agree that maybe you need a rim shoe.
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