Becky
Becky
About Bay’s latest trim, yep, I think he set the shoe back too far. Sometimes more is NOT better. I don’t think it’ll hurt him or anything, but I really don’t think it’s going to help either. From what I remember, there should be about 1/4” between the tip of the frog and the inside rim of the shoe at the toe, unless the horse has REALLY small feet. And I think the heels are too short too. This shoe must be fairly small if he moved the toe back that far and the heels are still too short. :-\ But the 7 week shoeing cycle will probably do him more good than anything. Personally, I go with 6 and sometimes that’s too long. But I think you might be right about his foot being what it is. After all, he’s had what, 26 years, to grow it that way so it’s not likely to change very quickly, if at all. But he’s definitely better off being maintained this way than not and I think his way of going proves that out, even if he never actually achieves the “optimal” foot.