I've been thinking about your comment:). You know I had a farrier look at him at the ride. He pointed out to me that at the back on the inside of the foot that does not have the pad you can see a slight gap between the horses hoof and the shoe. Like in a about 2 inch space he carved just a bit to much, it curves up then back down. You can't really tell on the other foot if there is an unlevel place because of the pad.
I'll show that to him next week.
Becky
Hmmmm, that's just the opposite of what I was thinking would happen. Shows you how much I know! I tried a little experiment on my own feet by consciously trying to walk on the inside edges of my feet, and it DOES make you walk with your legs closer together. And when you consciously walk on the outside edges of your feet it makes you walk bowlegged, wider. So maybe that's what's happening, he's low on the inside and it's narrowing his stance and causing him to interfere.
It's very easy to get uneven places when you're using a rasp if you aren't careful. My farrier sometimes uses a side-grinder on my horses feet to get them good and level but the problem with that is that you can take off a whole lot of hoof in a hurry if you aren't careful. I guess the key is the "careful" part.