Deceided to pull shoes for winter

My Yogi also has heels that run under. I keep his shoes on all year due to his heels but I also ride him out on the road and across the gravel drive.

Good luck and keep up posted on his progress~

 

I'm not sure where you are seeing underrun heels?

What problems are you having?

 

Yeah, he looks a tad long...it would be better to post pics right after the farrier visit.

Can I ask where these opinions are coming from?

 

I usually pull my gelding's shoes for winter too, but this year I am going to use snow pads. If I ride frequently he gets too chipped up w/o shoes. Have you considered pads?

 

Are those shoes with clamps I see in the pics? Why does he need clamps?

His feet look long but ok to me~
Has he been trimmed yet? how is he

 

I'm no shoer but he is leaving to much toe on him. Then he is rolling the toe to make him break sooner. If the toe is properly pulled back it will bring the the widest part of you horses foot back in the center. This too will pull the heels back where they belong. So you put his base of support back where it belongs. Right now the widest point of his foot in in front of the center. IMO he is over due for shoeing right now. Hard to tell balance from the pic angles but the LF looks long on the outside and is bulging on the inside, the RF looks long on the outside also. He may just grow that way. Does he land evenly when you walk him down the ailse or is he hitting on the outside just before the inside hits. Watch him walk away and towards you.
I would also like to see the shoe extend a little past the heels for support after he has properly pulled the toes/heels back.

 

Yep.

 

heypony has hit the nail square on the head.

Additionally, the right hind looks as though it may have a negative plane coffin bone, and the lateral quarter crack would be of some interest/concern for me.

I too do not see underrun heels. Out of curiosity, what qualifies either the BO or the other boarder to make such pronouncements?

You were treated like a mushroom. Probably because the person supplying the answer didn't really know what the answer should be.

 

Clamps???? you mean 'CLIPS' don't you??

Regardless, to answer your questions, yes, those shoes are clipped. In this instance, they are side clips rather than toe clips.

Clips are useful addendums/modifications/additions to horseshoes for many reasons including, but not necessarily limited to:

Stabilizing the shoe on the hoof

Reducing torque forces which in turn allows a smaller nail to be used

Keeping the shoe from sliding back, especially when there are plastic pads involved.

Allowing fewer nails to be used.

Allowing lighter nails to be used.

 

Will you be using the same farrier as the one who most recently treated him?

 

Then someone is missing something.

Why are the flares not being properly addressed? Again, someone is missing something....

Why?

Welcome to the club. I've been at it for more than 40 years and I am still learning every day. First rule to learn and apply is "It Depends".

Not that I am not in favor of correctly 'winterizing' the horse with shoes, pads, and traction devices(and I am not a big fan of borium headed nails), but why do you feel that barefoot is the wrong option for the horse?

 

hey horsemommy.......... I say go barefoot........ get the cracks gone and the hooves in shape and then go to shoes, if ya want to. JMO I am no shoer.