wedged shoes or not?

So this morning i went to see a horse that according to the owner was lame , and had gotten worse hooves over the past few shooing periods. So she wanted to try a new farrier , and I was the lucky one...
The horse, a Hanoveraner gelding, that was 1.80 m high (14 years). He uses a kerckhaert size 5.
I could see the problem , but i got the owner to run with him for me, and I had to stop her cause i was afraid the horse was gonna hurt himsself, by kicking himself with the right front foot.
Really wish I would have filmed that, cause it was strange to see.
It was 5 weeks since the last farrier was there the owner said, by looking at him it looked like he had gone atleast twice that.
The horse was toed in on both fronts, underrun heels and long toed(and flared) on the right,and high heels and quite small hoof on the left compared to the other one.
I trimmed him , altered his shoes to fit him better and put them back on.
The change was immediate, I cannot understand what this other farrier had done to mess this simple prosess up.

After the shoeing the horse went from noticeable lame to almost normal.
But now the owner wish to put on a wedged shoe, or a wedge sole (one the one with underrun heels).
I dont really know if he needs this at this point, does it help with getting the heels up?
Or is it more a terapeutic tool to release some of the tension on the rest of the foot?
But I want to but on a eggbar shoe to support the hoof.

did you take any pics of the feet

No.... didnt even have my phone with me..:/
but will do so next time i see him, in about 6 weeks.
Or maybe the owner will let me take some when i go back to shoe some other horses there next week.

if it is working; leave it alone until things changes.

Is the smaller hoof a club?

It seems a bit odd that the owner was unable to judge the obviously poor work of the previous farrier yet remains so arrogant as to think she knows what kind of shoes the horse needs.

The smaller hoof is a very mild form for club, owner showed me pictures from when they bought him, his hooves looked very good, and almost the same.
So my belief is that with correct shoeing, and a terapeutic shoe, combined with correct training of the horse and alittle help from a kiropractor this horse should bounce back quite well.
The previous farrier is known in the area for being a good one, but he is abit old school. The older farriers here is not very good at reading up on new things. I cant really find an excuse for him
for the work he has done with this horse, but i guess he has taken on to many clients and dosent take the time to do it right everytime. (also a big problem over here!)

that's in every country.........where are you from?

Norway, just north of Oslo =)

ok, I answered you in new thread on off topic.
I am from the USA and shoeing for 23 years.
I hope to travel to Europe this year and continue for many years to come.

ps Norway is on the list

Norway is a great country to start, too many horses not enough farriers to go around =)
but get used to the cold weather
- 25C this morning

Yikes........it must be around -35*F, but good to know, come there in the summer; and shoe some.

not all that much work from june till august, most horses are out on grass in that period, ecxept competition horses=)

what's the weather today; any snow, wind, bitter cold or is it a dry cold? I don't like cold weather

Wow, cross Norway off my list. lol I'm too cold natured.

-25C is only -13F..... just about the start of sweatshirt weather here in Maine............

Dave

just the start? its been sweathshirt weather for a month here already

No not really...haha... but spring is in the air, snow is melting during the day , mostly cold at nights now
So no reason not to come here and work!!.... most horses has a stable we can work in

good to know i was only 20*F off and on the warmer side