Gimme all your best fixes for a too-short trim please

[S1969]

@Guilherme

One of the nasty practices of the Big Lick Walker world is “pressure shoeing.” That is where the farrier intentionally trims the horse too short to cause lameness and then a shoe or stack is added. It doesn’t leave chemical traces and is sometimes hard to accurately diagnose.

G.

Well, I believe you; but do you think that is what is happening here?

Honestly I don’t really understand how a horse can be lame on all 4 feet from a trim and not be prepared to fire the farrier. My farrier uses many guide points on a horse’s foot to know how much or he should/can trim at any given time without making the horse sore…“enough but not too much.” Every horse is different and you can’t just trim their feet to look like a picture in a book.

One foot with a problem…ok. But if this horse is sore on all 4 feet something else happened beside the crack in the RF.

[rideon2]

@S1969

Well, I believe you; but do you think that is what is happening here?

Honestly I don’t really understand how a horse can be lame on all 4 feet from a trim and not be prepared to fire the farrier. My farrier uses many guide points on a horse’s foot to know how much or he should/can trim at any given time without making the horse sore…“enough but not too much.” Every horse is different and you can’t just trim their feet to look like a picture in a book.

One foot with a problem…ok. But if this horse is sore on all 4 feet something else happened beside the crack in the RF.

That is absolutely not what is happening here! This is an OTTB who will do the hunters someday, and I have owned horses for 30+ years and have certainly seen a few ouchy after a trim that was a bit too short. That is the case here. Farrier admitted he got a bit aggressive with the toe crack and took a bit more toe off to hopefully prevent it from getting worse.

[Guilherme]

@rideon2

That is absolutely not what is happening here! This is an OTTB who will do the hunters someday, and I have owned horses for 30+ years and have certainly seen a few ouchy after a trim that was a bit too short. That is the case here. Farrier admitted he got a bit aggressive with the toe crack and took a bit more toe off to hopefully prevent it from getting worse.

That’s a fair explanation. Sometimes even the best farrier has a “Monday.” And he had a reason other than ineptitude or cruelty to cut short. Probably not worth “going to the mat” over.

The remedy, however, remains Tincture of Time along with whatever you can do to palliate the pain while the hoof grows out.

G.

[rideon2]

G-totally agree, farrier usually does a great job but this time unfortunately did not and trust me he feels bad! Thankfully he is looking a big better this morning!

[IPEsq]

@Larbear

If you’re using the MC extreme, you could continue to pack the bottom of his foot with this and instead of wrapping with vet wrap etc., just take a handful of shavings (better if it’s small flaked shavings) and cover the bottom of his feet with that. From my experience, that tends to keep the packing in over night and falls out on it’s own later (sometimes as long as 24 hrs). I didn’t find it too messy either.

I don’t find this effective for a barefoot horse. With shoes, packing stays in better if just covered with shavings or paper. Even with good sole concavity, most of it gets smooshed out pretty quickly when the horse is barefoot.

[S1969]

@rideon2

That is absolutely not what is happening here! This is an OTTB who will do the hunters someday, and I have owned horses for 30+ years and have certainly seen a few ouchy after a trim that was a bit too short. That is the case here. Farrier admitted he got a bit aggressive with the toe crack and took a bit more toe off to hopefully prevent it from getting worse.

So the horse is lame only on the foot with the toe crack? If that’s the case, I’d pack with MC and wrap that foot and put a duct tape “boot” on it for a few days.

[Larbear]

@IPEsq

I don’t find this effective for a barefoot horse. With shoes, packing stays in better if just covered with shavings or paper. Even with good sole concavity, most of it gets smooshed out pretty quickly when the horse is barefoot.

I have done this with my barefoot horse and when I checked his feet about 12 hr later the MC was still in his feet. But that is just my experience hence my suggestion.

[tabula_rashah]

Time. All the topicals in the world wouldn’t fix a too short trim. I’d try the boot- properly fitted, the gaiters won’t rub (assuming you mean just using boots for work, gloves aren’t meant for TO)

[luvmyhackney]

@Larbear

I have done this with my barefoot horse and when I checked his feet about 12 hr later the MC was still in his feet. But that is just my experience hence my suggestion.

Mine too, with magic cushion.