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Location: ND | I have a mare that has poor heels. She doesn't have a lot of growth in them, so she gets sore because of the angle. The rest of her hoof looks good, good growth, no cracking. Is she something I can feed or do to help with this? When I'm riding her hard, she is in front shoes with 3 degree wedges. We just took them off and she is tender, not horrible but enough. Can I turn her out in cloud boots? Any suggestions are welcomed! |
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| I just put mine on Kombat boots-I have heard great reviews from friends using it. |
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Location: The Great Northwest | I have excellent results feeding "Perfect Horse". It is a blue-green algae product that is 97% digestable and has a lot of good vitamins and minerals for horses. I also suggest a farrier that moves the shoe back and takes toe off. |
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| Farriers formula is a wonderful supplement. I have seen it work. I agree with the comment of having a farrier move back the shoe. I had a horse with not so much heel. The wedge shoes did him wonders. |
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Location: Ky | RidinOnFaith35 - 2017-09-29 3:43 PM I have a mare that has poor heels. She doesn't have a lot of growth in them, so she gets sore because of the angle. The rest of her hoof looks good, good growth, no cracking. Is she something I can feed or do to help with this? When I'm riding her hard, she is in front shoes with 3 degree wedges. We just took them off and she is tender, not horrible but enough. Can I turn her out in cloud boots? Any suggestions are welcomed!
For feed the best stuff I ever used came from TLC. I don't remember the name of the product.
To apply to the hoof nothing beats Equine Relevare Hoof Dressing. The problem now is finding that product. |
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Location: Under The Big Sky Of Texas | I love the Biotin 50 I get from Valley Vet.  |
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Location: Tulsa, Ok | I have tried several kinds and the only one I feel gave results was Feet First by Finish Line. It also does great things for the mane and tail and overall hair coat. |
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| Heel and/or Hoof complex by TLC Animal Nutrition. |
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Location: Willows, CA | See "do hoof supplements work" thread below. |
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Location: Ohio girl moved to PA | I've tried so so many, and the only thing i truly saw a difference in was the DAC foundation formula. Even my farrier said he saw a huge improvement in his over all foot health. Very reasonable as well |
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Location: West Texas | I do not believe in hoof supplements. I do believe in great nutrition, which affects hoof growth and condition. Flax and alfalfa are great for hooves and I think a supplement for feet is throwing money away. I do not and will not use them.
That said, what you appear to be describing, I do not think nutrition can solve. It is a hoof form problem. Contracted and slow growing heels are a product of genetics and shoeing. I am not saying your shoer caused it, but rather shoes in general make that type of foot worse. Wedges can correct the angle somewhat, but they also make the underlying problem worse. The only thing that can really help is barefoot trimming and pulling off all the heel and backing up the toe. That will help stimulate the poor heels to grow better.
A common thing for owner and shoers alike is to try to leave the heel and attempt to stand a horse up. This is very wrong and only makes the toes grow longer, and the heels condition and angle to worsen.
Edited by Tdove 2017-10-03 3:36 PM
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Location: IN MY OWN LITTLE WORLD AT LEAST THEY KNOW ME HERE | Only supplement mine get is Equipride.
Good stuff. Shiny coats n healthy hooves.
Read up on it;0)
Edited by Yakima 2017-10-03 4:21 PM
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