I had a prepurchase vet exam. The vet felt "he was out a little
on his left front foot." Not lame, but out. He wanted
to do xrays to check
the navicular bone. I deferred on these.
I spoke with the farrier, I am using a natural farrier that does not shoe.
My question is, the horse is very flat footed and does not have much
heel as a result of keeping the toes long. He is walking quite heavily
on a
flat heel. How is it best to change this?
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ANSWER
Long toes are not good. He needs to be trimmed to his natural angles
and watched closely. If he continues to wear off more heel than toe he
will need shoes. Barefoot is nice, IF, the horse can handle it. Not all
horses can.
Bob