Re: [IceHorses] Conformation and Winging
On Thu, Sep 20, 2007 at 11:47:06AM -0700, Skye and Sally ~Fire Island wrote: > >From experience I know that longg toes can cause wingingwe > just rimmed a MFT the other day, it had been 4 months since her last > trim (the owner could not catch her 8 weeks ago when we were > there)..so Sally watched her move before the trimand she was > winging, something this mare never had done before.after the trim > she moved perfect again. interesting! stjarni has been barefoot for seven weeks now (and it's mostly sucked, and i hate my farrier, and i'm seriously hoping he can get trimmed and re-shod in front asap) and i've noticed that his right forefoot winging has just about disappeared. (the ONLY good thing to come of the barefootedness, aside from his not throwing shoes or cracking under nails, anyway...) --vicka (who's been avoiding whining about this at length)
Re: [IceHorses] Conformation and Winging
On 9/20/07, Skye and Sally ~Fire Island <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > From experience I know that longg toes can cause wingingwe > just rimmed a MFT the other day, it had been 4 months since her last > trim (the owner could not catch her 8 weeks ago when we were > there)..so Sally watched her move before the trimand she was > winging, something this mare never had done before.after the trim > she moved perfect again. > > Skye > thats interesting... i am gonna look for that next time I see a walker winging around here. because a common thing around here to cure pace is to have a farrier do long toes. A farrier gave my jaspar long toes once without telling me. He asked how was jaspars gait and I just shrugged and said oh well, pacey as heck and without asking or telling me he assumed i meant I wanted his toes long. about three weeks later we were dogwalking down a plain flat sandy trail and the last thing I saw before I hit the ground was jaspars face hit the ground and I flipped over his shoulder and broke three ribs. I was two hours from anywhere and it was a long ride back. When my regular farrier came he was shocked by it. He said jaspar had to be in pain walking on toes that long. Janice-- yipie tie yie yo
