Nice looking job, justin. Can you tell me why the horse needs a package like that and what's going on here?
I pulled this shoe off a horse today and either I was having a really bad day when I fitted it, or it had stepped on its heel... the interesting thing was, although the clenches were lifted slightly, the shoe was still on tight and the horse's heels were tight to the heels of the shoe. After I removed the shoe, I put the horse's foot down and removed the shoe from the other front foot, then when I went back and picked up the first foot, his heels were back in alignment. Just shows how flexible the hoof capsule is. Ps. sorry about the dog's arse...
I've seen shoes that I know were flat when nailed on be buckled 6 weeks later. Sent from my DROID RAZR using Tapatalk 2
It makes them trot funny enhanced animation of his gaits. The circled area is just where the hoof buffer didn't touch because of expansion area of the shoe pad combo. Here's a video of one of the big shows in Arizona. View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ttdtDdqq-TA
So you use an E7 in a shoe that would normally take an E4 and open out the nail hole a bit to allow for the extra width? Also, that looks like and alloy shoe and I assume that is the mass of the package that affects the gait, so wouldn't a steel shoe be more effective?
Correct except some guys leave the head stick out some rasp off. Kinda depends on what the foot measures(how close it is to illegal). By the time you get thru the pads it's like an e4 shank in the foot. It's steel 3/8 x 1 1/8 is maximum allowed. I have to make him a pair for the next go will post a pic.
Most amazing thing I have seen. This foot is enormous. The lady asked what we should do, the injury happened six months ago or more. This horse literally runs in the wild. Crack goes through the hairline. She couldn't tell me if the crack came from lack of trimming or injury? I guess lack of trimming, split occurs then massive infection? I scratched my head because he is pretty sound, and said, I wouldn't change a thing.
I'm just curious. If you fit to the distortion/s.... how do you intend to correct it/them? I would bet money that by the end of the shoeing cycle, these hind heel quarters are blown out over the shoe...... again. Rinse and repeat..... until the reason for the distortion is addressed.
no there's not; I shoe to mostly a perimeter fit [A fit] and horse is shod every 4-5 weeks before this could occur.
Sorry for any misunderstanding, my question wasn't addressed to you. I was asking in regards to Josh's hinds he posted.
Yeah.....because I was speechless!!! there for a minute personally I would like to see that foot a little better; but that's as good as that foot has ever looked like. I'll take it.
this could be his first shoeing of this horse; and it can up to 4 shoeing to get the distortion under control remember the bones, joints are set; so you only change things slowly or will jam up the horse or cripple him. sometimes we can only do so much at one time.
