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any obvious things first, for example, if you have sheep wire fencing all around your field and often find shoes hanging on the wire, asolution may be running some electric fence just in front of the wire, so your horse cannot put his foot in the wire.
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Basics aside, there are many reasons why horses can constantly lose shoes:
● Poor conformation such as short backed and long legged, means this horse is by nature more prone to pulling shoes.
● Fatique- Does your horse pull shoes toward the end of a long days hunting?
● Uneven/poor ground- your horse is more likely to stumble and tread on itself?
ADVICE FROM THE FARRIER
MY HORSE KEEPS LOSING SHOES,
WHAT CAN I DO? By James Bendon DIP WCF Registered Farrier
” PHOTOS COURTESY OF IAN GAJCZAK, FARRIER
irstly, establish when and why your horse is pulling shoes. Look for
● Poor handling/riding, letting your horse plod along, whilst dragging it’s feet or being lazy is often a cause of shoe pulling.
● Young horses are often prone because they are not used to having shoes on and haven’t quite figured out where their legs are yet!
● Does your horse have poor feet? This can make your horse more prone to pulling shoes because it’s difficult/unsafe for your farrier to get a string nail hold. Or needs to shoe your horse with extra width/length to support his poor foot.
● Too long between shoeings; if your horse pulls it’s shoes after the 7th week of it’s shoeing cycle, reduce it by a week and hopefully that will help the problem.
If your horse is prone to pulling shoes, you can take a few other measures to help reduce the chance of this happening. Use
correctly fitted over reach boots, Regularly pick your horses
feet out and check the shoes, (grab the heel and see if you can give it a wiggle, check clenches, visually) and if necessary bring the shoeing forward a week or so, especially if you have an event or competition coming up. Try to avoid turning out or
exercising on poor ground. And don’t forget to talk to your farrier! Your farrier will nearly
always know what’s best for the care of your horses hooves, so they will be able to offer advice on what may be the best course of action for you and your horse. Also bear in mind that
horses do inevitably pull shoes, don’t panic! Cover the foot with a good boot or duct tape, where possible find the shoe, and give your a farrier a call.
JAMES BENDON
REGISTERED FARRIER 07910 590 105
JIMBENDONFARRIER@HOTMAIL.COM
Pleasemention CentralHorseNewswhen responding toAdvertisementsSEPTEMBER/OCTOBER2018
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