Bits, Saddle Fitting and Hoof Balance
Lesson 3 Quiz
Is Your Horse Shod Right?
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True-False Questions 1. Even though your horse lives in a stall, you should leave his foot as it would be if he was a wild horse.
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2. A balanced hoof is one which has both the shape and strength to support the horse while providing for the optimum efficiency in movement.
3. Each time the horse moves the hoof is subjected to concussion and compression.
4. The shoe only protects the hoof from damage.
5. The short pastern is buried within the hoof.
6. Hoof horn tubules at the toe and heel should be parallel.
7. A lack of dorsal/palmer balance is the most frequent hoof imbalance and is almost always the result of poor shoeing.
8. The hoof is dynamic—always moving.
9. If you extend a front shoe beyond the bulb of the heel, the horse may catch it with a hind foot and jerk it off.
10. The first consideration for the navicular horse should be hoof balance restoration.
11. Use the half-bar shoe when the horse is only a little sore from navicular disease.
12. The heart bar shoe prevents laminitis.
13. If a horse has flat feet, the shoer should attempt to narrow the feet and use wide web shoes.
14. Knowing correct hoof balance is the responsibility of the horse shoer.
NARRATIVE REPORT Fill out your hoof-balance chart for your horse; explain what changes you may have to make in his shoeing and explain why. Make a copy of your completed hoof-balance chart and detail your observations of your horse’s foot. Scan or take a picture of it and send it by email to: cathyhansonqh@gmail.com
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