Gluing Hooves Yourself
"I must say, the material is really easy to work with and the instructions are great. "
Hallo Zusammen,
my name is Yvonne and my horse Quasiro belongs to me. I have been riding for about 18 years now and Quasiro and I have been a team for 3 years. Quasiro is a 7-year-old gelding and a typical Q-offspring. Quarterback is his grandfather and occasionally you can clearly see his lineage. Quasiro arrived almost unbroken at age 4.5. I've known his breeders for a very long time and knew he had a wonderful foal and yearling time. Together with a dear friend and my trainer at the time, we started his education. Training a young horse involves many successes but also things that force you to rethink.
Three quarters of a year ago we moved to a new barn, as I wanted him to be able to go out on the paddock every day, summer and winter. Unfortunately this was not possible at our old barn and by chance I learned that this possibility existed just one town over. Quasiro now has a great outdoor box and daily paddock time with the herd in winter (our groups have a maximum of 7 horses). In summer all horses go on large summer paddocks and are outside 8-9 hours daily. We have now found our niche in classical dressage and together with my new trainer and a dear friend, we are on the right path with small steps.
With this move a lot changed, much for the better, but unfortunately one thing became an absolute catastrophe. The catastrophe was related to the farrier. My horse had decided that he would no longer be shod. The problem was the nailing, everything else was still somewhat okay. I must say that he had never had a bad experience with the farrier and I couldn't explain it either. Well, what followed were farrier appointments with sedation and a lot of stress, because that was absolutely unsatisfactory too. Then with the turn of the year came a lot of rain, so we had to call the farrier almost every week. But none of that was a solution and I didn't want it anymore. Not for me and not for my horse. There had to be another option. After some searching, including on Instagram, I came across Goodsmith.
Für uns kam nur die Perma-Variante was an option, since he has very good horn quality but walks without shoes as if on eggshells. Said and done, the idea wasn't bad, but which farrier or hoof trimmer offers this? Goodsmith has created a great feature on their website so you can quickly find the right Kontakt herstellen . Unfortunately our problem was not yet solved, as all listed professionals in our area either weren't taking new clients, didn't work with problem horses, or had no time. In consultation with my farrier and Goodsmith, we found a great solution. My farrier trims the hooves regularly and helps me cut the base plate to size, and I do the rest myself. I must say, the material is really easy to work with and the instructions are great. We are now entering our third shoeing period in which we use the Hufe selbst bekleben and are still super enthusiastic. Toward the end of the shoeing periods, it can happen that a tab comes loose. Thanks to the Kleber you can easily re-glue it and the Goodsmith easily holds for 7-8 weeks.
