Hello everyone!
Asking here because i know there’s someone who knows more than me.
Has anybody tried suspensory or egg bar shoes on their horse who had a suspensory injury and did it help?
My horse has an old injury. Vet said he’s fine enough for what I wanted to do with him.
If the vet says he is fine to do the work you want him to do, why are trying to change his shoeing?
(Sincere question, trying to understand the plan here.)
I ask because sometimes when we change something that is not broken, we cause other problems.
When my horse was in the rehab stage of his suspensory injury recovery (after 5 months of stall rest), my vet had him shod with bar shoes behind (it was a rear suspensory) for probably about 6 months. Then he went back to regular shoes. We were lucky in that he made a complete recovery and I don’t know how much the shoes were part of this, but my vet worked hand-in-hand with my farrier throughout the rehab process.
No that’s fair! He said he’s always going to be off in that one leg. I just want him as comfortable as possible.
Not sure what is not fair, but thank you for the additional information.
So the horse is not actually sound now and you are looking to help that.
What is it you want to do with him? Cause that can change the answer if it’s just comfortable in turnout vs something more
Sorry, lol. I meant your question. My fault I worded it wrong.
And yes.
My goal was jumpers for the 1.20’s. Vet recommended to stay in the low level jumpers to keep him comfortable. And that’s fine… if we only jump 2ft that’s fine with me, I just want to keep him happy as possible.
I’d say then to connect your farrier and vet (if they aren’t already) to discuss and come up with a game plan specific to your horse’s circumstances. It can’t hurt to do a trial run and see since he’s already not sound. If he was sound and in work I’d say don’t mess with it. Suspensory issues are rough. I know a horse that the owners just keep pushing to make something happen and it’s really sad, best of luck you can find a solution to bring yours back!
My horse had a recurring medial suspensory branch injury. Right hind. He would heal, and then he’d re-do the injury. Even with careful rehab. Finally we put bar shoes on behind. We had tried wide web, and there just wasn’t enough support there. The bar shoes made a huge difference. We weren’t showing or anything but he was a big guy and doing some low level dressage work. It just gave him the support he needed.
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