The pix are of a foot I did today. I don't have a pic of the trim, but The heels are what I'm most concerned with and I only hit with the fine side of the rasp. What would you do with this one and what do you see? These are the rt. hind.
Those heels look plenty strong to me and they appear to have plenty of horn to trim down to the level of the frog. What are you concerned about?
Yeah, what Tom said. The wall is a little ratty, but as long as you don't let the heels get too long these type aren't too hard to manage. This shoe is shaped a little more like a left hind than a right an a little tight in the toe. I'd probably go up a size shoe, widen the toe a bit and possibly move it back a bit and burn it on to help maintain some integrity.
I see what you're saying about the shape. Thanks. (Is it because of the roundness on that side?) I was afraid to go up a whole size, now I don't know why. I burned it, but maybe didn't move it back far enough. If I left more shoe-heel supporting doesn't that put more pressure on the heel of the foot? What do you think about a bar? This pic is a lateral of where I put the shoe. You can see the right side isn't even reaching the shoe.
I posted a pic of a horse I shod this morning with an almost identical foot in the "Everyday Shoeing" thread. Personally, I think if a horse is gonna crush a heel it's gonna do it no matter how it's shod. (unless maybe in a heartbar or frog support pad) In any case, at minimum I like the ground surface of the shoe to come back to the widest part of the frog where it meets the buttress. I generally aim for the back of the frog where the sulcus terminates, but you'll see I'm not scared to fit a "little full". LOL Both horses are technically between sizes. A "0" was this close but ultimately too short, broadening out the toe will take up 1/4" of steel easy, in my case I also packed about 3/8" of an inch into the lateral heel (horse is a little base narrow and hock-y) and still should have trimmed the medial side a tad.
There is a little bulge (3/4") running almost vertical near the hairline, on the medial side (can't really see it in the pic). How would you fit the shoe?
The coronary band is jammed upwards in the visible sides of the foot and will tend to jam more on the medial, eventually causing a nice quarter crack. Set the shoe where it should be, and float the quarters, the effected bulge a bit more. I float every quarter on every foot about a 1/6" to prevent jamming, on new horses with severe jams, flairs or cracks, I'll float up to a 1/4".
