Everything Horses and Livestock® Magazine May 2017 Vol 2 Issue 2

Everything Horses and Livestock Magazine ®

through your cycle. The pictures in this article are a progressive set of pictures of a horse I usually do on a regular basis. However, he was away from home with a trainer during his due date and ended up about 3-4 weeks overdue. I fit shoes pretty full so it took some time before the hoof wall expanded past the edge of the shoe. The same thing happens when too small of a shoe is used only sooner. Pic #1 shows how the hoof wall has expanded past the edge of the shoe

black. Just 3-4 weeks overdue was enough to begin to tear and stretch the sensitive tissues of this hoof. Pic #4 shows the hoof trimmed and ready for a shoe. It’s been trimmed back to more healthy and solid foot. The white line is still slightly stretched. If done on time on the next cycle, it should tighten back up just fine.

Pic #2 shows the shoe removed and if you look you can see how the hoof wall that remained on the shoe is now crushed and distorted. Fortunately this horse has relatively good feet and won’t be effected

Pic #5 shows the shoe fit full and ready to go for the next 6 weeks or 3,000 miles, whichever comes first.

long term. If this was a horse with low or under run heels the effects could’ve been much worse Pic#3 shows the foot with the sole paired out and ready to trim. Notice how the white line (thin yellow line around the edge of hoof wall) is stretched and

Visit our Next Issue of Everything Horses and Livestock for more Shoing Information... Joshua Rushing

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