uses of the patten shoe

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    smitty88 Well-Known Member

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    seen that the thread is about a patten bar
    smitty88, Dec 7, 2014
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    chris bunting Well-Known Member

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    how high should the bar be ?
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    smitty88 Well-Known Member

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    You shoul d know the answer to that chris
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    we always follow the instruction of the vet overseeing the shoeing , i tend to weld a piece of steel tube across as the bar and squash it down on each refit to reduce height as asked , in over 35yrs I have never been told by any mentor , instructor or judge on the height of the bar just how to make the shoe , some like it turned from the inside of the heel , others from the outside , some like it wide , some like it no wider than the quarters , but none have pointed out anything about the height , to be honest it is not something I have really thought about as i would never fit one without the vet been present and then follow his/her instruction
    chris bunting, Dec 7, 2014
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    smitty88 Well-Known Member

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    I always work with the vet
    smitty88, Dec 7, 2014
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    david a hall Moderator

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    I've been thinking about this. I can't think of a calculable formular for the height. I have used them for bowed tendons and for severed tendons, iF you have a height of 3 or 4 inches and the shoe is on one leg it makes it tricky for the leg to load and there fore tricky to over load the DDFT, I guess that's as accurate as you need. Lowering it gently will bring the loading on the DDFT gradually.
    david a hall, Dec 7, 2014
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    chris bunting Well-Known Member

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    its easy to calculate how much steel is needed for whatever height the vet requires but I have always wondered how the vet in charge decideds what he needs , whenever I ask why ( in private I must add )i always get the smile , and "because "
    chris bunting, Dec 7, 2014
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    david a hall Moderator

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    That's what I meant Chris, I was referring to the need for height not the metal it takes.
    david a hall, Dec 7, 2014
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    chris bunting Well-Known Member

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    thats why i asked in an earlier post if there could be a problem with the extensors fitting a shoe too high
    chris bunting, Dec 7, 2014
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