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strawfly special Reg. Mar 2010	Posted 2015-01-27 11:39 AM Subject: Club foot ?
Extreme Veteran Posts: 596	So we had a mare shod this morning and shoer said she is about club footed on right front. Said she should be ok to run. Can a shoer make one have a club foot? She didn't look that way when we bought her 2 months ago. But she had a fresh set of shoes on when we bought her. And she looked balanced to me. So I guess the question is can a shoer shoe a horse wrong and make them devolope a club foot ?
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komet. Reg. Jun 2012	Posted 2015-01-27 11:59 AM Subject: RE: Club foot ?
Expert Posts: 4121 Location: SE Louisiana	No... You cannot manufacture a club foot.... You can make one LOOK like a club foot.... But a farrier can't Make it a true club foot..
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strawfly special Reg. Mar 2010	Posted 2015-01-27 12:14 PM Subject: RE: Club foot ?
Extreme Veteran Posts: 596	Ok so with proper shoeing a horse can still perform with a little bit of a club foot ?
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astreakinchic Reg. Sep 2011	Posted 2015-01-27 12:15 PM Subject: RE: Club foot ?
Expert Posts: 1611	strawfly special - 2015-01-27 1:14 PM Ok so with proper shoeing a horse can still perform with a little bit of a club foot ? Yes. You will need to manage it but later on it will progress into other issues as she ages.
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komet. Reg. Jun 2012	Posted 2015-01-27 12:17 PM Subject: RE: Club foot ?
Expert Posts: 4121 Location: SE Louisiana	strawfly special - 2015-01-27 12:14 PM Ok so with proper shoeing a horse can still perform with a little bit of a club foot ? Oh sure... You go out on any TB track and you will see lots of club feet...
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strawfly special Reg. Mar 2010	Posted 2015-01-27 12:23 PM Subject: RE: Club foot ?
Extreme Veteran Posts: 596	I had ankles and joints x-rayed before I bought her and vet said they looked really clean. So do I need to check every couple yrs ?
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bennie1 Reg. Oct 2003	Posted 2015-01-27 12:25 PM Subject: RE: Club foot ?
Queen Boobie 2 Posts: 7521	strawfly special - 2015-01-27 11:39 AM So we had a mare shod this morning and shoer said she is about club footed on right front. Said she should be ok to run. Can a shoer make one have a club foot? She didn't look that way when we bought her 2 months ago. But she had a fresh set of shoes on when we bought her. And she looked balanced to me. So I guess the question is can a shoer shoe a horse wrong and make them devolope a club foot ? A shoer cannot manufacture a club foot. If she is just starting to look steep, I would kind of wonder about my current shoe job. If it was me (an admitted horse hypochondriac) I would take her to a good performance horse vet for x-Ray to look at her Palmar angle and satisfy my curiosity/concerns about what is going on in there.
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astreakinchic Reg. Sep 2011	Posted 2015-01-27 12:26 PM Subject: RE: Club foot ?
Expert Posts: 1611	strawfly special - 2015-01-27 1:23 PM I had ankles and joints x-rayed before I bought her and vet said they looked really clean. So do I need to check every couple yrs ? I would not worry about it until the start noticing problems. Good shoeing is your best friend.
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ampratt Reg. Dec 2012	Posted 2015-01-27 12:32 PM Subject: RE: Club foot ?
Elite Veteran Posts: 669 Location: Central Texas	We had a gelding that had a slight club foot. Had it xrayed just to make sure nothing was going on inside. It wasn't. We kept him trimmed regularly to maintain balance and we never had an issue even later in life. One important thing is do not let your farrier trim to much heel off or it can only make it worse. Just keep it balanced. Never had issues with him running or preforming either.
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strawfly special Reg. Mar 2010	Posted 2015-01-27 12:38 PM Subject: RE: Club foot ?
Extreme Veteran Posts: 596	Thanks everyone. Never had to deal with a club foot. If you look at her feet from front and sides. She looks perfectly balanced. If you look at front standing at her hip. Right heal looks longer than left. Do I had my shoer out this morning and he told me she was a little club footed
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FlyingJT Reg. Jan 2014	Posted 2015-01-27 12:42 PM Subject: RE: Club foot ?
Expert Posts: 1857	We've had lots of club footed, pigeon toed, toed out, and the key to it all is shoeing and trimming for balance not to correct the issue. You can do some correcting before maturity but once they are fully developed you can NOT fix it. Everything from the horses shoulder down will develop in order to compensate for the deformity. Balance the foot the way it grows.
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Herbie Reg. Oct 2003	Posted 2015-01-27 12:42 PM Subject: RE: Club foot ?
Whack and Roll Posts: 6342 Location: NE Texas	Best horse I have ever ridden had the worst club foot i've ever seen. He qualified me for the CNFR three of the four years I was in college and continued to be a top of the 1D horse way up into his 20's. We shod him as he stood, never did anything to try to improve his club foot and he never had any trouble at all with soundness or anything else. I rode him until he was 17 and he'd never been injected or anything else at that point. Great horse for me and many others.
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astreakinchic Reg. Sep 2011	Posted 2015-01-27 12:56 PM Subject: RE: Club foot ?
Expert Posts: 1611	Herbie - 2015-01-27 1:42 PM Best horse I have ever ridden had the worst club foot i've ever seen. He qualified me for the CNFR three of the four years I was in college and continued to be a top of the 1D horse way up into his 20's. We shod him as he stood, never did anything to try to improve his club foot and he never had any trouble at all with soundness or anything else. I rode him until he was 17 and he'd never been injected or anything else at that point. Great horse for me and many others. Exactly if shod right you won't see problems until late twenties early 30s! I should've been more specific with the time frame.
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Stubsgirl Reg. Aug 2007	Posted 2015-01-27 1:29 PM Subject: RE: Club foot ?
Veteran Posts: 275	You mentioned you took XRays before you bought her. If the club foot didn't show up on those, it is likely a farrier issue. My horse has a very mild club foot but it is amazing how apparent it is on his XRays. Your vet should have noticed that or have someone else take a look at them to make sure it isn't the trim.
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SpinMeOne Reg. Oct 2006	Posted 2015-01-27 5:51 PM Subject: RE: Club foot ?
A Bit of a Grammar Nut Posts: 1788 Location: floating down a river	My husband's good head horse has a club. He has shod him since he was 4( now 17) and as others have said you will be fine with proper shoeing.
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daisycake123 Reg. Dec 2006	Posted 2015-01-28 6:09 AM Subject: RE: Club foot ?
Sock Snob Posts: 3021	Long as you have a decent shoer, no problem. I cant count how many i have had. My mare is i think either 19 or 20 still sound in front. Has a bad stifle, most people would not even comsider her lame in back either. Would buy another in a heartbeat.
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