Thursday, June 28, 2018

#horses - #Can a bad shoeing cause pain in the middle of the sole?


Can a bad shoeing cause pain in the middle of the sole?

My farrier is on vacation so I had another one fill in. My horse hasn't been lame in 5+ years but after having him shoed yesterday he came up lame this morning. Farrier came out and used a hoof tester which showed a small area I marked below as sore. Farrier claims it's a bruise but this horse has never come up lame like this before. Our pasture doesn't have many rocks and he wasn't out on the pasture for more than a couple hours after being shoed last night. This morning he was obviously lame.

Pics of his feet. Sorry, these are right after I pulled him out of the pasture: https://imgur.com/a/Rz08PB0

After telling him the way he was shoed previously worked fine he proceeded to bad mouth the previous farrier and proceeded to put a different and smaller shoe ("natural balance") on.

Can a bad shoe job cause pain here?

Sole marked where sore



Submitted June 28, 2018 at 10:38PM by apehanger
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