Growing out a crack in a hoof - Barefoot

Growing out a crack in a hoof using barefoot - natural hoofcare technique.

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Pets & Animals

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• barefoot
• crack
• hooves
• hoof
• horse
• natural hoofcare
• barefoot trimming
• trimming
• barefoot4horses

[barefoot4horses]

This horse when wearing shoes had cracks for some time it has only been with trimming little and often that it is knitting together and the crack it almost gone. This has been achieved through trimming, diet and exercise.

[gemtwist49]

i know lots of unskilled farrier and lots of unskilled trimmers. Ask for thier qualifications. its takes more then a few weeks to learn how to trim. and trim alone. shoeing takes even longer to learn .

[GoodRedBlackRatio]

I very recently adopted a horse with some substantial cracks that were due to severe neglect by past owners - a month ago his hooves were giant, flat, cracked pancakes.

He just had his second barefoot/mustang roll trim (first trim beginning of july, second end of july), and I should really be recording the progress like you have done! The trimmer tells me it will take a full year to grow the cracks out, which are all the way up to the coronet band.

[logriffy]

well done I had the same issue only a front center crack was there for 3 full years on a 7yr old horse shod since 4. long toe high heel.... the same old thing. We started our barefoot journey because of this horse. farrier said hooves are too dry put pine tar on. used three jars of pine tar just kept cracking..started with Petes book and a rasp and started to bring back the toe and lower the heel. in 8 months totally removed the crack it never came back the horse was never shod again til sold

[prettyponybaby2007]

the horse i lease goes barefoot and at one point she did have a crack that we feared would turn into a quarter crack... our farrier said it would be fine... she was also having some sensitivity to the footing in our outdoor arena, so i got mustad's tuff stuff as i had heard good things about it... well, the crack has gotten better and the last time i rode her in that arena she was ok :)

[LaRanaTJ]

Fabulous. Great to see this. Would be good to give a little more information. I see people are asking the time frame etc Any and every piece of information possible to get more people down the barefoot road, I say. I am an equine podologist and compete in Endurance. Horses I have transitioned (including one who suffered quarter cracks for 2 years before he came to me) compete in jumping and dressage - BAREFOOT

[gemtwist49]

I am a conventianal Farrier who proforms physiologically corrective trims as more often then not shoes are not an option. if a horseowner commits to a hoof maintenance schedule for growing out a crack or even founder with skilled hand alot is possible. Skills come from practise and informed research.

[semtech30]

Bravo!

Barefoot's ok but as you say, must trim little and often to maintain the angle and shape. Do not allow any flaring.

Address any heal contraction which accompanies these cracks.

Laminitis lurks behind every crack.

[ztr003]

May I ask how long this took to grow out?

[nadjakarin]

All horses can go barefoot if the owner does a little bit of work... Use hoof boot in a period of time or when needed... I have a Norwegian Dale horse... In Norway we have a lot of rain and soft and muddy terrain in autum and spring. Raw ice in winter and hard dry terrain in summer... And my horse had 8 years in bad shoe before he got barefoot...

[mlaroche2k8]

you fcuking retard how the fucks it abuse my anglo arab mare does show jumping all over the country barefoot is better .. mongface