What's Wrong With This Picture
07/17/08
Hello My Name is Roula Lenska LOL Just kidding , This is John "TheFootDoctor" how's it going ?
I just want to jump right in .
What's Wrong With The Shoes In This Picture ? What do you see ? Tell me ?
Well Ok that was a trick question . There's really nothing wrong with those shoes. Those happen to be a pair of Aluminum Natural Balance shoes that came off the front of a horse i shoe. What i want to point out is the wear pattern . Those shoes have been worn down quite a bit , new they have much more metal at the toe area but these have alot of metal worn off , however the wear patterns are straight across the toe where they belong which is the best for the horse. OK ? Now take a look at the photo below.
Now what do you see this time ? Obviously the wear pattern is way too crooked on this shoe and that can be disastrous for several reasons. Bear that in mind while i run off on a tangent.
I don't shoe this horse in the photo above - if i were shoeing it you wouldn't see that problem . The foot is severely out of balance. It has alot of inside flare ( the left side of the photo the foot runs that way - and the other side of the foot has little support - see if you can visualize that - the wear pattern shows you how much foot is on the wrong side .
Sometimes i check other horseshoeing blogs , One in particular the farrier was complaining about those natural balance shoes , the ones you see in the top photo here. The shoes are great ! They reflect forward thinking and understanding what horses need to stay sound, they just need to be used correctly and put on correctly. If you notice on those Natural Balance shoes that the toe or the new shoe is actually squarish and not round , what that does is essentially create two corners on the shoe at the toe rather than a roundish toe - flat across the front of the toe and then a corner on each side ( easy ) . Well the farriers gripe was , he was saying "Look at the Wear Pattern" Look at the Wear pattern , and how this poor horse had to walk on that "Corner" of the shoe until it got all worn down where the horse could finally stop having to walk on that pointed corner. He gets upset like i do (-:
Well look , you see he was on the verge of a breakthrough. He was noticing wear patterns " GREAT " good for him . Wear patterns are important - if you know how to read wear patterns you'll make a big leap in understanding feet or how to become a better farrier. There's a simple fix for what this farrier was complaining about and it's just too bad he missed it ! Went right by him like cotton in the wind . That wear pattern on the shoe is a HUGE clue , but he just missed it.
The point here is for you to notice the wear patterns on your own horse , that wear pattern above is exactly one of the indications that somethings wrong with your horses shoes and can and does lead directly to lameness and it could be permanent lameness. Take this serious , you can easily go look at your horses feet and see if that wear pattern is straight across the foot or if it's crooked - if crooked i need to encourage you to get ahold of me and get it figured out. Easy to do just contact me personally at John@Care4Horses.com - you're getting consultation at "NO COST" - that's what i do. Ok ? Just do it ! go ahead !
One more thing before i go. The hoof pick drawing has only 14 days left for this month . Ewww la la .
All you need to do to get on the list permanently for the drawing is to leave your name and physical mailing address at the same address as above ----------> John@Care4Horses.com if you scroll through this site you'll see photos of the cool Hand Forged Horse Head Hoof Picks made out of half a horseshoe and personalized with your very name hot stamped right into the metal - these Picks are one of a kind no two alike and little works of art, you'll love em. OK ? just sign up once ---> John@Care4Horses.com
Take care be good and as usual happy and safe riding and always remember to www.Care4Horses.com
signing out : John "TheFootDoctor" Silveira
ps. Drawing near finishing with "Inside horseshoeing Secrets of lameness Prevention" ebook - you can see at the following www.Care4Horses.com The Ebook is no cost too - that's what i do (-:
take care. Feed Shark
Hello My Name is Roula Lenska LOL Just kidding , This is John "TheFootDoctor" how's it going ?
I just want to jump right in .
What's Wrong With The Shoes In This Picture ? What do you see ? Tell me ?
Well Ok that was a trick question . There's really nothing wrong with those shoes. Those happen to be a pair of Aluminum Natural Balance shoes that came off the front of a horse i shoe. What i want to point out is the wear pattern . Those shoes have been worn down quite a bit , new they have much more metal at the toe area but these have alot of metal worn off , however the wear patterns are straight across the toe where they belong which is the best for the horse. OK ? Now take a look at the photo below.
Now what do you see this time ? Obviously the wear pattern is way too crooked on this shoe and that can be disastrous for several reasons. Bear that in mind while i run off on a tangent.
I don't shoe this horse in the photo above - if i were shoeing it you wouldn't see that problem . The foot is severely out of balance. It has alot of inside flare ( the left side of the photo the foot runs that way - and the other side of the foot has little support - see if you can visualize that - the wear pattern shows you how much foot is on the wrong side .
Sometimes i check other horseshoeing blogs , One in particular the farrier was complaining about those natural balance shoes , the ones you see in the top photo here. The shoes are great ! They reflect forward thinking and understanding what horses need to stay sound, they just need to be used correctly and put on correctly. If you notice on those Natural Balance shoes that the toe or the new shoe is actually squarish and not round , what that does is essentially create two corners on the shoe at the toe rather than a roundish toe - flat across the front of the toe and then a corner on each side ( easy ) . Well the farriers gripe was , he was saying "Look at the Wear Pattern" Look at the Wear pattern , and how this poor horse had to walk on that "Corner" of the shoe until it got all worn down where the horse could finally stop having to walk on that pointed corner. He gets upset like i do (-:
Well look , you see he was on the verge of a breakthrough. He was noticing wear patterns " GREAT " good for him . Wear patterns are important - if you know how to read wear patterns you'll make a big leap in understanding feet or how to become a better farrier. There's a simple fix for what this farrier was complaining about and it's just too bad he missed it ! Went right by him like cotton in the wind . That wear pattern on the shoe is a HUGE clue , but he just missed it.
The point here is for you to notice the wear patterns on your own horse , that wear pattern above is exactly one of the indications that somethings wrong with your horses shoes and can and does lead directly to lameness and it could be permanent lameness. Take this serious , you can easily go look at your horses feet and see if that wear pattern is straight across the foot or if it's crooked - if crooked i need to encourage you to get ahold of me and get it figured out. Easy to do just contact me personally at John@Care4Horses.com - you're getting consultation at "NO COST" - that's what i do. Ok ? Just do it ! go ahead !
One more thing before i go. The hoof pick drawing has only 14 days left for this month . Ewww la la .
All you need to do to get on the list permanently for the drawing is to leave your name and physical mailing address at the same address as above ----------> John@Care4Horses.com if you scroll through this site you'll see photos of the cool Hand Forged Horse Head Hoof Picks made out of half a horseshoe and personalized with your very name hot stamped right into the metal - these Picks are one of a kind no two alike and little works of art, you'll love em. OK ? just sign up once ---> John@Care4Horses.com
Take care be good and as usual happy and safe riding and always remember to www.Care4Horses.com
signing out : John "TheFootDoctor" Silveira
ps. Drawing near finishing with "Inside horseshoeing Secrets of lameness Prevention" ebook - you can see at the following www.Care4Horses.com The Ebook is no cost too - that's what i do (-:
take care. Feed Shark
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