First time I've heard about aerodynamically designed shoes. Now I have something else to worry about in my shoe making - damn. Anyone care to venture a guess as to the purpose of this one: How about this one: Regards
Those two, and especially the first one are real head scratchers. How in hell does the hoof and the shoe meet on that one? Perhaps the old tard will enlighten us, since it's so obvious. I'd really like to know.
Years and miles are two different things, but a..... is a ..... reguardless. Bet after a bit of explination it's a little more obvious, eh "sugar"?
I'll take a stab at it. Lets suppose a really long footed hoof waver pitched his package and took most of the dorsal hoof wall when he did. Pad him back up, attach that shoe to whats left of the hoof and then fill the front with a PMMA of your choice. The vertical bars form the matrix around which the PMMA sets. Alternatively, its for a sperm whale and is meant to replace a portion of the sieve in its mouth that is used for straining plankton. View attachment 898 Why sure. Again, a long footed foot waver whose frog has no contact with the ground and for whom a live rubber frog prosthesis doesn't work. Ya' cut the pads such that the frog prosthesis can go up into the bottom of the hoof and make frog contact. Note the adjustable set screw at the tip of the frog plate. 'Course, that looks like a really good way to sore a horse too so maybe it could become part of the BLTWH shoer's arsenal. Then again, those guys don't use toe clips, so I guess its use is for non-TWH foot wavers. View attachment 899 Bein' all shiny and such they sure are purty. Maybe they're just supposed to be paper weights or door stops.
Danny Ward showed a picture of a fancy shoe package he built for jumping horses. It was two shoes with some old Chevy valve springs welded between them. He said they worked great and the horse got over higher fences, but it took forever to quit bouncing after it came off the jump.
This is why Mid-Westerners shouldn't enter into maritime subjects. Blue whales, Grays etc, are the ones with baleen, Sperm wales have teeth. Sheeesh.
Jack,I don't think you know what you are talking about.Earl I get that a lot. I hadn't seen pig $hit ether till I owned a pig. But that didn't stop me figuring out prier to owning a pig it would have a pungent smell & not be very pleasant. Not just you but everybody makes fun of things they have never been exposed to. Well Earl you best keep your pants on or we will be making a liar out of ya with that statement .
Actually, Brian Robertson told me that the first one is for a club footed horse that has lost half his hoof. Looks like someone was smart. The other one is for a multi problematic horse that can't tolerate wedging. That Brian is a wealth of knowledge!!!
Lol I have never understood the logic of measuring an angle of the toe & sole. When it doesn't include the coronet or peddle bone. They are pretty bogus. But some people get mesmerised by them. Those being people that don't understand maths methods or geometry & have a very low IQ. I put them in the category of being as useful as an imaginary skyhook you can use to lift from.
Spot on, Jack. When I realized mine had been hanging on the side of my shoeing box for a few years unused, it got tossed in the junk box be hind the truck seat where it's been for a few years.
More or less they had alot of acreage to cover and crops were more likely what was on the owners mind as that is where the profit was? There were overseers that kept an eye on the help I am pretty sure...
http://news.yahoo.com/major-veterinary-groups-call-ban-action-devices-performance-150008032.html Now people get it. And I am sure some will be surprised to read that the professional Vet associations had not ever made such a strong statement about the TWH action devices. I think mostly cause they feared the non soring folks (trotters) would be swept up in the resulting regulation. But finally folks see this is exactly what it will take - professional condemnation of the stacking and chaining of the TWH to put an end to this. And I still believe it is gonna take more than just the Veterinary groups speaking up. Keep working on breed associations and professional horsemen associations and farrier associations and governing bodies to step into the ring!
