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Everything Horses and Livestock Magazine ®
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May 2017
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Everything Horses and Livestock®
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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
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
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
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 #5
shows the shoe fit full and ready to go for the
next 6 weeks or 3,000 miles, whichever comes first.
Visit our Next Issue of Everything Horses and
Livestock for more Shoing Information...
Joshua Rushing