THE HORSE GAZETTE
Farrier
nothing to lose
By Walter & Lee Feurmann
You’ve heard all the
a tracheotomy. After much con- idea since Bud actually seemed to
standard cliches: nothing to lose;
sideration and visiting with other be getting worse. On the 4th day,
think outside the box; nothing ven-
horse owners that had down that Bud walked out of his stall with
tured, nothing gained; necessity is
procedure, we decided to bring him almost no lameness and we saw
the mother of invention; etc. Well, a
home and make him as comfortable him run around the pasture for the
year ago we found ourselves in that
as possible until it was “time”. As it first time in almost a year!
situation with our Quarter Horse
turned out, he cleared up wonder- Bud has been shod this
gelding, Bud. Bud had become so
fully over December and January. way for a year and has been sound
lame, that he was not rideable and
Our vet looked at him again and enough to trail ride, he went on
it was decided that he had severe a week long “move up ride” in
spring/summer allergies. Got those March, has been in parades, and no
under control and we had been longer limps around in the pasture!
bobbing along for a bit. Bud then There has been one time that he had
become stiff and showed signs of to go 3 days without his shoes as
lameness again, but by this time Walter did not have the right size
Walter had another horse to ride shoe (misread his inventory) and it
and we just “retired” him. had to be ordered. Within 1 day, he
Bud really seemed to was back being lame and stiff. As
miss being ridden, and Walter soon as Walter got the shoes back
missed riding Bud, so he got to on him, he was good to go again.
contemplating Bud’s issues. He did He is serviceable and comfortable
not run much, was very stiff when being shod this way. Granted he is
100-Acre Estate Property, located 15 minutes from downtown Austin
he came out of his stall each day, not sound enough to be used as a
walked “stilt legged”, and would reining/cutting or jumping horse,
be quite sore after holding his hind but he is certainly useable.
legs up to be trimmed. What Walter So, with nothing to lose,
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Hunter • Jumper • Dressage
noticed was that Bud acted like he thinking outside the box, and be-
ing in a necessary mode, we were
• Pasture Boarding
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able to make Bud serviceable and
comfortable. We can’t guarantee
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that this shoeing style will work on
we decided to try shoeing him in
all hock issues, but in Bud’s case, it
• Turn Out Pens a non-conventional style. After
has made all the difference. Maybe
all, We Had Nothing To Lose!
this case will give you an idea to try
• 250 Acres of Pasture Turn Out Available Bud is a cutting
something different; after all, what
bred, Doc Bar line horse. He is
do you have to lose?
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quite sickle hocked and almost
wants to be coon footed in the
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rear. He has a one up/one down
in the front, which means he has
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a steep hoof and a shallow hoof.
When he was a foal and being halter
needed a lot of support to the back
• Automatic Stall Waterers
broken by a friend of the breeder’s
of leg and a “roller motion” style
he incurred a bad injury to his right
shoe to ease his break-over. Bud
was not serviceable in his cur-
• Six-Horse Walker
hock - friend put a halter and lead
rope on Bud and turned him lose
rent condition, so we felt we had
“nothing to lose”; it wasn’t going
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in a field with a lot of metal and
such; Bud was running through the
to cost us much to try something
unconventional, since Walter is
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pasture when the knot on the lead
rope caught on a solid metal grid
a farrier; and conventional shoe-
ing/trimming certainly wasn’t
• Multiple Wash Areas
that became air borne and wrapped
around the hock, causing a bad hock
working; so what the heck, think
outside the box!
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injury. Luckily he healed up well,
but like many injuries, it resurfaced
Walter decided that he Walter and Lee Fuer-
when Bud got older.
would shoe Bud in the hind end mann own and operate the Farrier
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Cheval Manor
In his younger days,
like he would shoe a navicular Shop in central Texas. They can
Bud was quite a cow pony and
horse. Bud was trimmed, shod be reached at (979) 279-6217 or
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could really get down and after a
with rim shoes on the front feet, email: farriershop@wildblue.net.
at Tollway SH 130
cow. About 9 years ago, Bud was
and Walter put GE Aluminum Na-
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quite off on the right hock so we got
vicular Eggbar shoes on the hind Photos: Top: Shows
it injected. That worked wonders.
feet. The first 3 days of wearing the Bud’s hoof shape sue to hsi con-
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Did it again about a year later;
shoes, Bud would come out of stall formation. Middle: Trimmed and
again, good results. The following
quite stiff and seemed to be quite ready for shoes. Bottom: Finished
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year, Bud developed a bad respira-
uncomfortable. Walter decided that showing, notice the support out
E-mail: etbsales@gmail.com tory issue. It was so severe that
he needed to pull the shoes in the the back..
the vet had actually recommended
next couple of days and scrap the
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