I didn't mean to imply that she said forging was a "desirable" trait, just that correcting it isn't necessary, hitting shoe to shoe, which is what he does doesn't hurt him in anyway, but correcting it as we did with him, can cause worse problems. No I will not put overstrike boots on him. I can't. They are illegal at rides. He has never scraped his heels and he has only pulled a shoe off one time. I believe there are ways to keep that from happening if he starts doing it other then cutting his toes shorter changing the break over.
His striking himself in the back has nothing to do with the forging but was caused by being trimmed uneven. Even Chris admitted that.
Becky
Yeah - I understood that distinction. Will you be able to continue with the same shoer or might there be a conflict in opinion?
OK - I remember now about the bad trim causing the striking in the back... I couldn't remember what brought that on.