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<blockquote data-quote="GoingNorth" data-source="post: 310417" data-attributes="member: 1963"><p>I like to use a bar shoe on a lot of cases of "sore feeties" like abcesses and good ol' quarter cracks.</p><p></p><p>Shari, is your horse a thoroughbred or tB cross? Both TBs and modern quarter horses (the ones with the bulky bodies and teensy feet)</p><p></p><p>Basically both breeds just have lousy feet, the QHs are really prone to navicular disease (arthritis of a bone in the hoof that acts like a pulley for the tendons) and TBs are very prone to having very shelly feet and very thin hoof walls.</p><p></p><p>I can use my Arab mare that I had for many years. She did FIFTY mile competive rides routinely barefoot.</p><p></p><p>She just had really sturdy feet (and big feet in proportion to her body size). My vet loved it. My farrier hated it as it took so long and so much effort to just do a routine foot trimming.</p><p></p><p>on the other hand, my niece has a TB mare retired off the racetrack sound (just a bad case of the 'slows') and I swear this mare has the worse feet I've ever seen. Thin walls, flat soles, ad nauseum. She gets abcesses all the time. It's definitely a breed thing.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="GoingNorth, post: 310417, member: 1963"] I like to use a bar shoe on a lot of cases of "sore feeties" like abcesses and good ol' quarter cracks. Shari, is your horse a thoroughbred or tB cross? Both TBs and modern quarter horses (the ones with the bulky bodies and teensy feet) Basically both breeds just have lousy feet, the QHs are really prone to navicular disease (arthritis of a bone in the hoof that acts like a pulley for the tendons) and TBs are very prone to having very shelly feet and very thin hoof walls. I can use my Arab mare that I had for many years. She did FIFTY mile competive rides routinely barefoot. She just had really sturdy feet (and big feet in proportion to her body size). My vet loved it. My farrier hated it as it took so long and so much effort to just do a routine foot trimming. on the other hand, my niece has a TB mare retired off the racetrack sound (just a bad case of the 'slows') and I swear this mare has the worse feet I've ever seen. Thin walls, flat soles, ad nauseum. She gets abcesses all the time. It's definitely a breed thing. [/QUOTE]
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