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| My horse is very flat footed! Any suggestions on how to fix this?
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Elite Veteran
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Location: Southern Indiana | Regular trim/reset and taking the toe back. His feet are too long. I'm sure they grow fast. Stick to a 4-5 week schedule. You really can't fix flat feet you just have to maintain them the best you can. You go to changing things to much you'll do more harm than good. Wedges may be beneficial until the heel gets in better shape. |
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| I have had two with flat feet and they looked like a dish pan turned upside down. This isn't really flat footed but certainly not much of a shoeing job. The heels are very run under and toe is way too long. |
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 A Somebody to Everybody
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Location: Under The Big Sky Of Texas | I have one thats also very flatfooted, he looks like hes got pan cakes for feet, lol. I keep him bare footed and toe pulled back and get him trimmed every 5 weeks so they dont get to ugly and toes to long..  |
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| Thank you for the replies! He is getting new shoes on tomorrow and trimmed! Will see how that goes!! |
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| Toes need pulled back which will help correct the heels in time. Look at the profile of the hoof - you can see where the first 1/2” or so grows out and then there’s almost an immediate angle out in the wall (if I’m seeing correctly, it’s tough with the other hoof behind it). The angle should be the same all the way down, but the long toes put pressure on the wall. If the farrier will consistently pull the toe back you’ll start to see that line from the angle change grow out and move down the hoof until it’s gone.
Have you talked with your shoer about flat feet concerns? If I had one with truly flat feet I’d be getting xrays to make sure all internal structure was correct. |
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| We have tried different horse shoers, and we have had different vets look at him. We have had x-rays they say everything looks good! We even gave him 6 months off before and took his shoes off and just trimmed him! He started looking better and they put shoes back on and this is what it has resulted too...:( I will tell the shoer what you are telling me though! Thank you so much for your response and help!! He is getting new shoes today! |
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Location: South Georgia | Lpriola - 2018-03-01 9:45 AM We have tried different horse shoers, and we have had different vets look at him. We have had x-rays they say everything looks good! We even gave him 6 months off before and took his shoes off and just trimmed him! He started looking better and they put shoes back on and this is what it has resulted too...:( I will tell the shoer what you are telling me though! Thank you so much for your response and help!! He is getting new shoes today!
A shoe applied properly would not make the hoof resort to this conformation. The angle doesn't even match and the toe is a mile long. I'd try a different farrier, for sure. |
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| I agree with everyone on pulling the toe back. I have one we're trying to fix, had xrays taken and reviewed with farrier to see just how much toe could be pulled back. Look at the angles of hoof vs pastern. Unfortunately long toes lead to a myriad of problems. |
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Location: Roping pen | IMO, you need to show the pastern in the pic. IF he has a real long pastern and it is naturally flatter, you might be better off to live with this.
Looks to me the toe has been set back a little (toes show a little rounding) and appears to be fairly freshly rasped off. Some horses are just are this way. IMO and IM experience, if you start changing things that are working fine, you might cause problems.
Does he overreach? A lot of long toe problems lead to overreaching as break over is delayed. This could be prevented possibly by taking the toe back a little.
Does he land on just the toe? Is the old shoes worn out on the toe and not much wear on the heal?
How thick of sole does he have? A lot of the more race bred horses, soles can be very thin and you might make him sore if you take off much toe.
IF you have xrays, it should be easy to tell if pastern is parallel with the toe as it should. The vet that took the xrays, should tell you what to do.......
All this needs be to be answered before I would start hacking away on the toe............IMO...
Good luck.
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A Somebody to Everybody
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Location: Under The Big Sky Of Texas | How offten do you get this horses feet reset? |
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| Every 6 weeks! This shoe job hasn’t even been a month yet... |
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Location: At the race track with Ah Dee Ohs | Lpriola - 2018-03-01 1:40 PM This is today
Can you get a pic of the leg from the knee down? He still looks long in the toe to me. |
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Elite Veteran
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Location: Southern Indiana | Did they really only put 2 nails in? And how about that gap between the toe and the shoe? He needs a smaller shoe fitted back on or slightly behind the toe. The trim looks better. Your not gonna fix it in one shoeing, but they need to learn how to properly put on a shoe. If you keep up with a schedule you should see some more improvement. |
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