Odd Closed Horse Shoe?
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Steve77
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It is called a Heart Bar Horeshoe, I believe. I found one several years ago. According to my research they were used to treat certain problems with hooves.
Longhair
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It is a straight bar shoe, not a heart bar.
It is one of the most common therapeutic shoes that we use. (I've applied hundreds of them over the years)
It is one of the most common therapeutic shoes that we use. (I've applied hundreds of them over the years)
Dsm_mechva
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^ he's the one to ask ..that's what he does.
Steve77
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Longhair
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That's just another handmade straight bar shoe. The extra material in the center between the heels is where it's forge welded, and the material there can be used to widen it across the heels if necessary.
A heart bar shoe has a much longer tongue that is shaped to coincide with the shape of the frog, as it is intended to support the boney column by applying a critically small amount of frog pressure, taking load weight off the hoof wall.
A heart bar shoe has a much longer tongue that is shaped to coincide with the shape of the frog, as it is intended to support the boney column by applying a critically small amount of frog pressure, taking load weight off the hoof wall.
Steve77
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Thanks for the info!That's just another handmade straight bar shoe. The extra material in the center between the heels is where it's forge welded, and the material there can be used to widen it across the heels if necessary.
A heart bar shoe has a much longer tongue that is shaped to coincide with the shape of the frog, as it is intended to support the boney column by applying a critically small amount of frog pressure, taking load weight off the hoof wall.
Digger-Dave
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Cool!
A corrective shoe.
A corrective shoe.
Longhair
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Everything that we do is corrective. To be technical, that shoe is what we call "therapeutic".
Digger-Dave
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Longhair
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We use "swelled heel" shoes in some cases of limb length disparity. That's a different type of therapeutic application.Even if one of the horse shoes are noticeably thicker than the other?
