--- On Wed, 6/4/08, Judy Ryder <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>> Here's a couple of pictures for discussion. I should
> have gotten a picture
> from the under side; will do that tomorrow.
>
Well it is always hard to tell from pictures. However in the second pic it
appears that the heels are pretty underun, which is usually caused by neglect
of no trimming, or from bad trimming, or in some cases shoeing to tightly in
the heel area. Some farriers will shoe tightly because the horse overstrides
and the front shoes will come off. So instead of addressing the real problem,
they shoe really tight so that the front shoe will not come off, however
eventually it will lead to underun heels.
Unfortunatley there is no easy fix for this problem....it takes time and proper
consistant trimming for the heel to get back to where it needs to be for the
horse.
The angles look a little steep for me, however by just only looking at the hoof
and not the whole horse I could not say wheather the angle is too steep or not.
Skye
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