Are you packing feet in case the farrier made him sore? Can’t hurt might help
Me too. He wears bell boots so I just didn’t realize that his heel(s) had gotten so high again. I will definitely get X-rays again as soon as possible but obviously we need to get back on fixing this ASAP too.
I haven’t noticed him camping under over all although I do feel like he doesn’t want to stand square right now. When normally he does upfront anyways.
I agree that’s a ton of foot. Maybe he took a ton off everything else I don’t know? It was a 5-week cycle too…
I can’t imagine us making it through a full cycle at this rate. And the fact that he’s tripping I feel like something needs to be addressed ASAP.
I haven’t packed to me yet but it certainly wouldn’t hurt. He doesn’t act overly sore but obviously something isn’t working. He is on equioxx for the weekend per my trainer’s advice but I want to figure this out as soon as possible…
I’d be inclined to wait a few more days to see if it’s the heavier shoes. If he hasn’t adjusted in a few days, it may be time for a second opinion from a reputable farrier. Several years ago my gelding had a slight lameness that we couldn’t figure out for a few months. My farrier suggested a second opinion from a farrier in case she was missing something. The second farrier did make some suggestions and we were back on track. That was over 10 years ago and we haven’t had a problem since. Even the best farrier isn’t perfect.
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I’m wondering that. I still think regardless that we need to do something about these angles but I wonder if the heavier shoes are the cause of the tripping.
It could be the shoes… same thing happened to me a few years ago. The farrier put a heavier/ larger shoe on because we weren’t working at the the time. Then when I started back up he was tripping. When I told the farrier she said, yep could be the shoe. Next time she put on a shoe with a beveled edge and no more tripping.
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I do think the shoes were a part of it but x-rays showed misalignment of the coffin bone compared to last year.
We are going with a different farrier. Change will be gradual but I’m hopeful.
It appears you don’t like having enough heel to align the boney column yet you don’t like having a broken back coffin joint.
Which are you going to go with?
X-rays showed that with too much heel the coffin bone was not aligned. In addition, horse was tripping and not comfortable.
Previous x-rays with a lot less heel showed perfect alignment. Regardless, this is a work in progress, new farrier.
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IS hé sound now?
He was never really what I considered lame, besides the tripping and not landing correctly.
He felt pretty good yesterday. Fingers crossed that it stays that way.
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Oh that IS great, seems only a shoeing problèm then
