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        Una Smith
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• From: Karen Nesbitt <spanishequines@yahoo.com>
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• Subject: Re: [MSAR] Under-hoof dangers
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Date: Mon, 12 Feb 2007 10:40:39 -0800 (PST)
From: ALLEN SNYDER <allendana1@sbcglobal.net>
Subject: Re: [MSAR] Under-hoof dangers
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I have not seen the hoof punctured, but certainly think it possible
esp. if shallow-footed or a sharp piece at just the right angle.  The frog
would be also at risk, so I have always avoided glass if I see it.  A
hard lesson  learned was I did not carefully check/pick feet after a
ride, and had a locust thorn near the frog.  We were fortunate not to lose
the horse, but it required vet care, soaks, temporary lameness etc.
  
  I like to use heavy duty or ballistic bell boots to keep on special
egg bars on my older TB's front feet.  These protect the coronary band
and heels and could be used on all 4 feet if needed.  It is not a bad
idea to use lower leg protection like splint boots or SMB-type neoprene
on trail rides to protect from cuts, thorns and the like.  Prevention is
almost always less expensive!  Dana
  
  PS  If your horse has not worn boots or leg wraps before, be prepared
for some adjustment time.  They may not like them at first and think
they feel funny.

Una Smith <una.smith@att.net> wrote:
  Interesting.

Two mentions of lower leg cuts due to glass, both in water. Is
this a rule?

Has anyone seen a hoof puncture due to glass?

Una Smith
New Mexico
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Based on prior experiences and shear logic, depending on the condition of the hoof, and given the weight of the animal at impact I would have to say that YES it is very possible for glass to penatrate the frog or sole and be a cause for a punture wound.  As for easyboots or pads, some breeds, particularly gaited breeds will not function well wearing easyboots and can actually cause gaiting problems along with stresses in the upper legs and hips and shoulders.  Some breeds are better of bare.  I thoroughly beleive it is a matter of no matter what you shoe with or if you go bare, bottomline, BE CAREFUL WHAT YOU WALK ON. .  For that matter, a bee sting is a puncture wound of sorts and it is amazing how that little hole can fess up and cause aggrivation.  A puncture wound to the hoof does not have to be very visible to be a problem and the depth of the wound is a great factor.  Perhaps bring in a vetrinarian into this discussion would give some more professional advise to thie topic. 

 

More food for thought and when someone mentions those "easyboots"... we have neighbors who have had glass go through the tires of their tractors...so for what is worth, I have to consider the thickness of those type of tires and the weight of the tractor on the beer bottles...so with that, HELL YES, glass can harm a horses foot but here too, condition is everything and boot or not.

 

While we are on the subject of hooves, most of us are in the middle of winter...I ride Paso Finos and spanishgaited horses and with these breeds,  I, for one find going barefoot in the winter is far better on the horse than to have shoes with caulks for traction.  Besides that, a good gaited horse can wear out a set of boriums in less than five weeks and having been there, done that,  find the concussion of the gripping of the caulks to be brutal on these horses legs, so will prefer not shoe in the winter and infact will rarely shoe at all.   I find the feet, providing the horse is getting adequate nutrition, will develope a hard as rock foot.  Seems to me, there are also some horses out there that the more you mess with things like pads and shoes the more you mess the horse up....I find the same with horses on concrete and will pass on shoeing there as well.  And likewise for my gaming gaiters, parade horses and trail steeds!  A shoer will tell you to shoe especially if you are paying him....it's his bread and butter....I personally have learned through years of experience and through the many many horses gaited or not that we have owned, natural hooves are much better.

 

Part of the reason too, why a horse might not like these things on their legs is that it is also simply not made for every horse, breed or situation.

 

I have  however used leg wraps with quilts and splint boots with no problems on the gaited breeds.  You however need to be very careful in how you wrap with wraps and quilts so as not to cause circulation problems.  There is a proper way to do this.  There is always a good reason for your horse not being to happy be it the tinyest of puncture wounds to abuse in handling.  Learn to read your horse too. 

 

As said, NO HOOF, NO HORSE. 

 

Karen Nesbitt

Iroquios County

Illinois - Unaffiliated

 

"Dependence on any one thing can be a terrible situation, unless of course you depend on Faith or good friends."  Author unknown

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