Just a quick update on Spices hooves...so far Spice hasn't displayed ANY symptoms whatsoever of being footsore and in fact we went on our first ride a couple of days ago less than 4 weeks after removing her shoes and she seemed perfectly comfortable. I have avoided taking her over rough terrain, such as gravel and loose stones but she seems quite comfortable when walking on grass (even when it is frozen solid) and smooth tarmac.
She has a couple of cracks from where the nails were placed on her hind leg hooves but this really is minimal and can only be noticed when you pick her hooves out. She has slight flaring on all four hooves where the white line has obviously been damaged due to being shod but this isn't too exaggerated and should begin to decrease once she has had her first trim. Spice is still on a low sugar diet which seems to be aiding her transition and is only being lightly worked at present.
Only 3 weeks left till she has her first barefoot trim so we will see what the podiatrist thinks then....
Sunday 14 February 2010
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