So... 21 year old Arab. Never been shod.Always a little bit footy over stoney ground but nothing major.I now have him on full loan BUT prior to this he was only trimmed every 15 weeks and had shocking cracked hooves and overgrown spongey frogs. I?ve reduced his trimming time to 6 to 8 weeks and his feet are looking good, nice clean and hard frogs, thrush hasn?t come back, and no splitting. However he is now VERY foot sore on anything other than grass or super flat concrete. Much worse than before. His diet hasn?t changed and he has no strains or injuries. Is this because of the shorter time between trims and will he get used to it? Or is farrier taking too much off and leaving him without protection? He is otherwise in good health. Spring grass hasn?t come through at all yet around here so he?s not eating anything overly rich. advice please. Farrier is okay and trims all the other horses at yard (whodont have this issue afterwards.) thanks In advance!
02-12-2018, 04:14 PM
Barefoot advice
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