Comments on: The Truth About Lost Shoes

By: CMN

CMN — Thu, 15 Apr 2021 13:59:16 +0000

The more important question is “Where do they go once lost?” I’ve walked many miles of pasture and the only logical explanation is another dimension.

By: kygal

kygal — Sat, 11 Jul 2015 16:31:33 +0000

Let two go shoeless because not ridden and the other usually holds on to his for 8 weeks and thankfully I have an awesome farrier that makes time for my boy and the others when I need some advice

By: PKL

PKL — Fri, 10 Jul 2015 08:12:29 +0000

I will always remember, when I was small, picking rock in our field, and found a old horseshoe, and my Grandpa told me how he had looked all summer, for his “Old Jake’s” shoe, and 30 yrs later I found it.

By: Krystal

Krystal — Fri, 11 Jul 2014 22:28:03 +0000

We have one horse that is a struggle to keep her back shoes on because the way she’s put together. We finally went to clips on the rear since she was sliding off of them enough to finally step on one with another foot, therefore, pulling it right off. The clips have worked great, keeping the shoes in the correct position.
As far as losing shoes in the mud, my experience has been that if the horse is often standing in mud constantly because we were blessed with lots of rain 🙂 the hoof itself will become softer and with all the sliding around walking in the mud, it don’t take much to pull shoe off soft hoof.

By: Muriel

Muriel — Tue, 08 Jul 2014 23:28:54 +0000

Great article. ShoeSecures were invented to help solve this problem. ShoeSecure prevents horse shoe loss and provides heel protection. Stockist in the USA in Florida

By: Galadriel

Galadriel — Mon, 07 Jul 2014 23:37:18 +0000

I can say that my horse has never “lost” a shoe because I always check his feet before I take him out. If the shoe looks too loose I pull it and remove the nails. I don’t mind riding him for a short while without the shoe and I call the farrier right away to get on his busy schedule.

By: j

Mon, 07 Jul 2014 19:22:30 +0000

cool

By: PKL

PKL — Mon, 07 Jul 2014 17:37:40 +0000

A lot of good information in this article. My horses are barefooted, and do get bioton in their feed to help their hooves stay healthy.

By: kygal

kygal — Mon, 07 Jul 2014 16:32:17 +0000

2 horses barefoot and one with shoes who gets cranky if doesn’t have his shoes on he does enjoy pulling off at least 1 shoe at times just to see the farrier when he thinks he is not getting enough attention

By: Sarah

Sarah — Mon, 07 Jul 2014 06:07:04 +0000

Here is a TRUE horse shoe fact: Horses and ponies do not NEED horse shoes. It doesn’t matter what the circumstances are; equines do not NEED shoes of ANY kind. Read the book, “The Soul of a Horse,” by Joe Camp.