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| underslung heel | 9/29/2008 |
Q: I had a question about problems with underslung heels. My l4 year old Arabian geldings left front ...
A: yes, sending me a picture of ALL 4 of his feet, from the front, back and side, and if possible from ...
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| mustang roll | 9/27/2008 |
Q: My 4 quarter horses have been barefoot for 2.5 years. All are trail riding and doing well. My EX ...
A: I must admit that this is a strange comment from your EX trimmer since there is nothing "magic" ...
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| Barefoot? | 9/3/2008 |
Q: I have a 15.2 Thoroughbred Gelding, who is very annoying to shoe. He had shoes before, and I have ...
A: unfortunatley, switching from shoes to barefoot is not the answer to a horse who does not like to ...
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| flat footed hoves? | 6/15/2008 |
Q: I have never really seen a barefoot horse. Looking at my new horse his feet are bare foot. I am ...
A: Its not how the hoof looks that is important but whether your horse is comfortable without shoes and ...
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| New pony | 4/7/2008 |
Q: We just bought a 10H pony. She is very gentle. She seems no be annoyed when I try to clean her ...
A: my sincere apologies for the late reply. I was travelling and did not have access to E-mail. It is ...
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| Barefoot Rehab | 3/11/2008 |
Q: My 13-year-old Appendix Quarter Horse named Bugsy was diagnosed with navicular syndrome last year ...
A: yes I do! My view of large herds on small acreage is that there are always herd dynamics going on ...
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| Barefoot Rehab | 3/10/2008 |
Q: My 13-year-old Appendix Quarter Horse named Bugsy was diagnosed with navicular syndrome last year ...
A: yes, fully agree with him! What was striking to me is not so much the hoof wall thickness but how ...
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| Barefoot Rehab | 3/10/2008 |
Q: My 13-year-old Appendix Quarter Horse named Bugsy was diagnosed with navicular syndrome last year ...
A: yes the more pics the better! What others have done to get pictures to me that you can see one at a ...
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| Barefoot Rehab | 3/10/2008 |
Q: My 13-year-old Appendix Quarter Horse named Bugsy was diagnosed with navicular syndrome last year ...
A: ugh..I just realized that another loooong response I wrote to you never got sent...let me see ...
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| Barefoot Rehab | 3/10/2008 |
Q: My 13-year-old Appendix Quarter Horse named Bugsy was diagnosed with navicular syndrome last year ...
A: There are a few things that may be going on with Bugsy....thanks for the pics! Can you please send ...
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| Little Ponies Feet | 2/9/2008 |
Q: My Little Pony Cromwell Who I Keep As A Companion Is 32 Years Old And A Welsh pony (Welsh Section A) ...
A: Where are the cracks in his feet where the black liquid is coming out of? Is it on the bottom or the ...
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| Training to hold up feet | 1/23/2008 |
Q: I have a 3.5 year old Morgan/Arabian gelding who is barefoot and untrained to pick up his feet. I ...
A: Congratulations on your gelding...and on being willing to teach him how to lift his feet! I posted ...
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| Bare Foot trim | 11/28/2007 |
Q: I have two horses and I do their own feet and keep them bare foot. Neither have ever been shod, one ...
A: Let me try to answer them in order: 1) Angles of front and back feet: There are "guidelines" out ...
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| bell boots | 11/13/2007 |
Q: I learned a couple months ago that bell boots help to keep your horses shoes on.Well,my friend and I ...
A: The purpose of bell boots is to protect the coronet band on the hoof (the line were the hoof horn ...
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| shoeing for parades? | 10/30/2007 |
Q: I was wondering if you needed to shoe horses for parades? It would be mainly walking and some ...
A: my apologies for the late reply but I was travelling abroad and did not have E-mail access. In case ...
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| flat feet | 9/25/2007 |
Q: Christine, I have several horses one has flaring toes, one has underslung heels and one has flat ...
A: I would love to see pictures of your horse's hooves since I disagree with your farrier on 2 of your ...
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| crested neck | 5/4/2007 |
Q: my farrier pointed this out to me yesterday. we live in central fla. where there has been no rain, ...
A: can you describe to me what your horse looks like in general? When your farrier pointed out a ...
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