Joella, there are All types of pads. Easy boot has comfort pads, 3 densities. Another company is HoofPads? Can not quite remember. I have had clients use yoga mats, the puzzle mates for long term

Can anyone suggest a hoof boot for a horse with high heels and a steep angle? She has a bit of high low syndrome. I've sent pictures to scoot boot and they told me that their boots won't work for my

HI Joella, I am a big fan of Flex Hoof Boots. I did 8 miles last weekend through mud, creek, off trail, rocks, hills basically the whole gambit. My mare did not take a wrong step and some areas were

Hello! Lavina, thank you for your wonderfully informative comment to my last question! I learned a lot which was my goal ☺️ So thank you! ☺️ Regarding pads, what types of materials would

Hi Bobbie, It sounds like his toes can come back even more than they already are. The squaring-off is due to him wearing them down himself as he breaks over the center of the hoof - a perfectly normal

Computer took a bit to update. Yippie -- Diann Kuzma One Hoof at a Time PHCP Practitioner Joined 2018

Thanks, done, i hope

Lavinia The recent topic of toes makes me wonder about my big geldings fronts. Lately his toes look like someone just literally squared them off. He’s never been lame but he is getting arthritis in

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Good question, Joella. In feet like these, all the necessary support structures in the back half of the foot are lacking in some way, including the digital cushion, lateral cartilage, frog, heels. The

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I had/have a few clients like this. The heels are way to low, like crushed/run forward. I try using glue on; boots 24/7; Hoof Armor, anything to stop heel wear. I do not know enough about wedges to

Good evening all, I have been contemplating a brain teaser topic, at least for me. if a horse has negative angles on rads (hinds) but the external pastern to hoof angle/grain is barely brocken back

Update: the front glue-ons came off again within a couple of days, despite extra care drying both dorsal wall and shell, new tube of glue. Back to the drawing board for sure. The hinds are still on at

Yes!!! Me too!!! I've worked so hard to get Smokey healthy and just am not getting the right trimming. I'm ready to learn.

Thanks all, appreciate the feedback. The learning curve never flattens, it seems! Given the amount of glue left on the hoof wall, I'm pretty confident our prep was okay, but I'll be extra careful

As Cass and Kirsten mentioned, making sure the hoof is clean a d dry are extremely important. Whenever you use a pad, it is likely the glued or casted shoe/boot is likely to come off sooner as the

P.S. No pads, only hoof packing in the collateral groves. -- Cass, Sonoma Co., CA 2012 ECIR Group Moderator Cayuse Case History Cayuse Photos Diamond Case History Diamond

Hi, Maxine. Diamond has been in glue-on shoes for close to two years. I don't do anything but watch. She's very hard on glue on shoes, my trimmer tells me, wearing them more in 4 weeks than any of the

Too bad, Maxine, maybe trying the thinner pad would help... I suspect with pads the length the boots stay on will be shorter than without pads because with every step and compression of the pads, no