I’ve used casting on the pony… didn’t do anything special to prepare the foot or use studs and they were still quite the headache to get off…
Cloud boots were a God send when I took the old man out of shoes and are great to just have around for abscesses etc. I also like Scoot Boots a lot. It might be a good idea right now to do boots with pads so that you have access to the foot for soaking/treating thrush and frequent trimming. I probably don’t need to say this but don’t let anyone near the bottom of his foot with a knife.
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Agree with the fly boots- they are awesome.
You can also just buy yourself some casting material- like the human type- which is MUCH cheaper. I’ve been casting horses that need it for about 20 years doing this. It is a GREAT options for some horses!
Adorable!
I was at my wit’s end by August 2020, lost shoes every cycle for months. I started him on CA Trace and I put Keratex hoof hardener on his feet like it’s my fricking JOB (at least 5 days a week) and knock on wood, he has not lost a shoe since! I was skeptical re: the supplement and said well I’ll give it a year and take him off if there is no difference. The closest we got so far is that on his “bad” foot (shaped weird) he managed to lose all 4 nails on the inside and twist the shoe a bit but it still stayed on! I have no idea how it did.
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Not necessily. A good farrier can increase "toe spread so the nails are going through the walls as little as possible. My farrier is working on a Western Pleasure - bred QH and his approach to making the front hooves spread out and grow our for better nails in the shoes made all the difference in this horse.
