Rest Day After New Shoes?

[BatCoach]

How many of you give your horse a ‘rest’ day after the farrier comes? My old farrier never recommended a rest day and had no problem with me riding right after my horse got new shoes.

Since relocating to a different part of the state and needing a new farrier, trainer etc. The farrier my trainer uses strongly recommends a rest day even after a routine trim & shoe on all horses, not just mine. I’ll listen to the farrier’s professional opinion and will give my horse the day off (better to be safe than sorry I guess) but I was wondering if this is a common practice. I’ve always come from the school of though that motion is lotion, and for a stalled horse like my guy, the more exercise and movement the better (baring injury of course).

[trubandloki]

No farrier I have ever used has suggested a rest day.

[beowulf]

If I ride after he is shod, I keep it easy. My guy has a history of sensitive feet, and gets hot nails easily. The day after is usually a hack or light school too.

Once, I got acrylic nails and they were so dang uncomfortable I couldn’t do anything for two days. I imagine a nail is worse.

Some I’ve heard recommend, some don’t. I think it depends on your horse - he will tell you if he’s feeling sore after a trim.

[Highflyer]

No, not unless the horse is having hoof issues. Even then I might hop on and go for a walk to see how it felt.

[netg]

I have always done mild work after shoeing. If you’re going 6-8 weeks, it makes enough difference in the hoof at the new shoe point that to me it’s worth allowing their legs to adjust.

With my barefoot horses, I’ll go have a lesson immediately after a trim because they get trims every 2 weeks.

[SugarRush]

I’ll give them a day to recover only if they’ve had a big change (different pads, different shoes, shoes pulled, etc.). Otherwise, they should be ok to work.

[Daisyesq]

We trim and re-shoe them every 5 weeks. No rest day.

[joiedevie99]

I’ve shown the day after shoeing. My horses are done every 4 weeks and sometimes that is the only way the schedule works out. I would be leery of a farrier that recommends rest after shoeing for a horse with no known issues or major changes.

[Lusoluv]

I’ve had farriers tell me there is no reason not to ride, turnout, etc. immediately after shoeing or trimming. If there is ANY soreness, my farrier wants to know while he’s still at the farm working on other horses. I’ve not had any issues with my current farrier, though my the last one made my horse and several others sore. I quit him after a couple rounds of giving him the benefit of the doubt, though he never said give time off. I shouldn’t have given him as many chances as I did, but I’m not good at speaking up quickly. Now I know better!

There is NO reason a horse needs rest after shoeing/trimming and if the farrier who does your horse tells you to do so, run far and fast!

[Simbalism]

I have never heard of this.

[Magicboy]

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My farrier says the day of the trim and reset shoes and the next day should be the two best and most balanced days of the shoeing cycle, so no rest days for us

[myleetlepony]

I’d be shopping for a new farrier.

[SillyHorse]

In the 40+ years I’ve been hanging around shod horses, have never heard of this, either.

[exploding_pony]

I don’t work hard right immediately farrier work, but I certainly do the next day.

[alibi_18]

Did your farrier said why?

[sascha]

No. Work and turnout carry on as normal.

I have heard of it, but do not subscribe to it. I have never had one of my farriers over the years ever recommend it.

[asterix]

All my horses have had good feet, but in 15 years and 4 horses with the same farrier, I have never needed to alter my plan (whether it be a dressage school or a gallop or …) because the horse was getting shod that day.

[see_u_at_x]

I don’t usually give my horses rest days (unless they had a drastic change), but with my last horse, I’d give him a couple of days to adjust before taking him out along the trails that are known for having bigger rocks. His feet could be just a little sensitive, so I tried to be careful.

[atlatl]

Nope but I’m also on a 5 week schedule

[NotAtTheBarn]

I usually do or have a light hack the next day, but I’ve never really known why I do it. No trainers or farriers have recommended it, it’s just always something I’ve done.