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Post by racaille on Jan 1, 2011 16:35:02 GMT
I was selecting 'just the right' grease for P's feet this morning and found myself tittering to myself (oooh missus) about what a fuss I make ... We all know the old adage about feet n horses and I am acutely aware that the awful ground here is hell on horses' hooves. So I have a regime that changes according to the weather/season/state of the ground/his highness's hooves. For instance, in a dry spell in winter I grease all over with Winter Hoof (herbal base), when the ground is a bit soft like now I grease only the sole with black Sapo, and if there is ever a whiff of something a bit pongy, I do the sole only with norwegian tar. In summer the farrier's magic grease comes out and goes on all over AFTER showering his feet, to keep the moisture in. There are other minor tweaks from time to time ... Anyone else as finicky as me? Or am I just obsessed?  |
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Post by haffyfan on Jan 1, 2011 16:53:53 GMT
Your obsessed! I've never been [taught to be] a great believer in hoof oils etc apart from using cornucrescine if they need it round the coronet band or rubbed onto cracks etc. A bit of baby oil when showing was about as far as it went.
This summer my farrier recommended I use Kevin Bacon original as their feet were very dry but whether or not it did any good? I will probably use it again this time though if I'm honest as it certainly didn't do any harm and my farrier is not one for recommending things unless he actually thinks it would be of benefit!
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Post by racaille on Jan 1, 2011 17:23:40 GMT
I expect you're right Haff!
But everyone has always gone on about white hooves being fragile etc that I took it perhaps too much to heart! Mind you, people here do grease feet a lot because of the stony ground and extreme dryness.
In my defense, P has always had wonderful feet - maybe he just has. But I like to think that my care regime plays a small part ;D
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Post by fleabitten on Jan 1, 2011 17:25:08 GMT
Dunno but i think you are right to be fussy about them. I wish I knew proper hoof care - my hoof care consisted of regular picking out, sometimes hosing them off in winter if muddy and getting the farrier out to do shoes. And we did get a lot of cracked hooves - whether that was due to not having farrier often enough or something else, i dont know.
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Post by jane on Jan 1, 2011 21:49:58 GMT
My farrier, only yesterday, said that petroleum jelly is as good as anything when hooves are dry.
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Post by racaille on Jan 2, 2011 20:16:20 GMT
Well, that makes some sense Jane. But I'm not changing my routine now, just in case I am doing something right! ;D I know I'm being silly really, although I cannot overestimate how harsh this terrain is for hooves.
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Post by scattymare on Jan 3, 2011 21:53:06 GMT
I was very fussy with Sancy's feet - not that it seemed to make too much difference! But she had Cornucrescine (sp?) and Keratex hoof hardner applied daily. Plus Farriers formula in her feed. Cost me a flamin fortune!
Now Eddie just has Kevin Bacon applied every few days to the sole only - she had a touch of thrush when she was on box rest in summer and farrier reccomended this as a preventative which touch wood seems to be working. It is good for stopping snow balls too. Though it does go solid in the cold weather.
Flossy has the KB and a spray of iodine every other day to help keep out infection as her white line is still stretched.
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Post by fimacg on Jan 4, 2011 10:05:19 GMT
my hoof care is limited to picking out, good farriery and a spray with pine tar if they get smelly (which I haven't had to use for about a year so must me doing something right.
Chomps and Dexter have 4 white feet, (Although some had a black stripe) Brave has 1 white, 1 black, 1 black with white stripe and 1 white with black stripe, and all horses on all feet are the same i.e. no difference between black and white.
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Post by bonnyben on Jan 4, 2011 10:16:39 GMT
No foot - no horse, so true!!! Ben has good feet, they are huge as everyone keeps on telling me  but they are in excellent condition and shape. Like you Fi I tend to leave it at picking out and regular farriery but I do use a "dressing" supplied by the farrier at considerable cost which allows moisture to get into the hooves. They poo pooed the use of oil so I use this stuff which to be honest looks very like oil!!!  When I had Pebbles my wee mare I was all the time fiddling, painting on cornucrescence (sp?) to the soles, stockholm tar smeared all over her hooves, farriers formula shoved into her, none of it made a scrap of difference. Her feet were sh*t start to finish!!! |
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Post by maximum on Jan 11, 2011 19:59:56 GMT
This summer my farrier recommended I use Kevin Bacon original as their feet were very dry! well you live and learn - I mean I like him in The Shawshank redemption and footloose but didn't realise he was the savior of horses feet |
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Post by scattymare on Jan 13, 2011 17:37:50 GMT
Ooh that would spice the yard up a bit.....
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but they are in excellent condition and shape.
