On 9/20/07, Skye and Sally ~Fire Island <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > From experience I know that longggggg toes can cause winging....we > just rimmed a MFT the other day, it had been 4 months since her last > trim (the owner could not catch her 8 weeks ago when we were > there)..so Sally watched her move before the trim....and she was > winging, something this mare never had done before.....after the trim > she moved perfect again..... > > Skye >
thats interesting... i am gonna look for that next time I see a walker winging around here. because a common thing around here to cure pace is to have a farrier do long toes. A farrier gave my jaspar long toes once without telling me. He asked how was jaspars gait and I just shrugged and said oh well, pacey as heck and without asking or telling me he assumed i meant I wanted his toes long. about three weeks later we were dogwalking down a plain flat sandy trail and the last thing I saw before I hit the ground was jaspars face hit the ground and I flipped over his shoulder and broke three ribs. I was two hours from anywhere and it was a longgggg ride back. When my regular farrier came he was shocked by it. He said jaspar had to be in pain walking on toes that long. Janice-- yipie tie yie yo
