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Post by solomon on Mar 7, 2010 7:22:35 GMT
Here is my latest dilemma, I seem to have roughly one horsy problem a week! This week it's shoes. Our farrier is very nice very quick and efficient always on time but... Pete's feet are not a great shape, which he has tried to help with, long toes. The main problem is we have a road nail in each shoe but after two or three weeks the back one wear away. Yesterday when I was riding, Pete slipped about ten times. I was too scared to trot in the end it is really unnerving. I have been told that cold-shoeing isn't the best anyway, and do know a farrier who has a good reputation who hot-shoes. Should I change? Wil this slipping thing change, Help please. Thanks.
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Post by fleabitten on Mar 7, 2010 10:38:06 GMT
How come you have road nails in anyway? We always just had normal shoes on and they were fine, not one slip that i can remember. Maybe try without road nails to see how it works as it may be the nails that wear away smooth and make him slip. Even though theyre supposed to give more grip lol!
As for the long toes problem, i cant really advise on that one, unless you get the good farrier for one time to get them in the right shape and then your current farrier to maintain the shape. the hot shoeing farrier might be more expensive if you wanted to stick with him it would be good if he was able to fix it. or even a barefoot farrier would maybe be good to fix it as they seem to be trained well in that sort of thing.
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Post by fimacg on Mar 7, 2010 11:26:08 GMT
Sol some types of tarmac are more slippery than others, When I was down south in Huddersfield Fig used to slip really badly on some of the hills, we tried road nails but they didn't make any difference, I ended up having to use road studs which when new stuck out of the bottom of the shoe about 3-4mm and still had a tungsten tip to stop them wearing so quickly.
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jane
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Post by jane on Mar 7, 2010 21:07:28 GMT
If you are not happy with your farrier then change. Why pay for something you are not happy with.
Poor feet will cause problems but a good farrier should be able to sort them out, don't know about long toes, but then this is why we pay the farrier as an expert to sort these things out.
I don't bother with road nails although plenty of people I know do, even though half of them never take their horses out on a road? but like Fi says some surfaces are more slippery than others.
You often find that as a horse gets fitter they will slip less anyway.
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Post by zara on Mar 8, 2010 12:32:17 GMT
AJ has always been hot shod and I feel that it is superior to cold shoeing (a hot shoe is easier to fit and re-model than a cold one). I have 6 road studs - 1 in each front and 2 in the back, without them he slips on our poor road surfaces. There are different types of road studs / nails. I personally would change farrier to 1 that hot shoes and discuss the type of stud that would suit Pete Zx
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Post by scattymare on Mar 8, 2010 20:51:06 GMT
Sol go with your gut instinct. Having just changed my farrier, it was the best thing I've ever done. Without the horrible way he treated Patrick, my old farrier seemed to do the job. He would turn up on time trim and go. But that was all he did, cut the feet to make them shorter. My new farrier has opened my eyes to how poor he was. Can't help with the road nails though I'm afraid.
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Post by racaille on Mar 9, 2010 6:34:18 GMT
P was cold shod for years as he would not tolerate the furnace and I never had any problems at all, despite loads of road work. But I have noticed some tarmac surfaces are more slippery than others.
Might be worth a chat with the new guy ....
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Post by solomon on Mar 10, 2010 20:18:54 GMT
New guy coming will let you know what he says thanks everyone.
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