Hi all,I'm wanting some opinions from those experienced in Barefoot whether I can make it work for my horse. He's a 17 year old TB and always been shod. His back feet in particular struggle to hold shoes in summer. I took his backs off 5 weeks ago as he's had a bit of a break with sore back/SI and he's sound in the field and on smooth tarmac. He's doing really well and I'd like to keep them off if possible to see if it helps his hock arthritis and back.Here's the bit I'm worried about. He is fed grass chop, linseed and a few oats BUT is on Top Spec balancer. I know this has molasses etc in and is not ideal, but I tried switching to Equimins previously and he ate it for a while then refused to touch it. I think he would be the same with other, similar powder supplements due to smell and strong taste, (is picky about joint supplement and won't eat anything from vet etc). I figured giving the TopSpec he at least gets biotin and a reasonable level of other stuff daily, where as refusing to eat the powders means nothing on many days. If you put even the slightest bit in he knows and doesn't eat.So is it possible to make it work without the best vits/mins? Would you try or is it just not for us given his diet?For now i'm only thinking of hinds off if that makes a difference.
03-06-2018, 10:02 AM
Barefoot on hinds - feed issue
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