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Shoeing Quiz

True-False Questions

1. TRUE FALSE Even though your horse lives in a stall, you should leave his foot as it would be if he was a wild horse.

2. TRUE FALSE 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. TRUE FALSE Each time the horse moves the hoof is subjected to concussion and compression.

4. TRUE FALSE The shoe only protects the hoof from damage.

5. TRUE FALSE The short pastern is buried within the hoof.

6. TRUE FALSE Hoof horn tubules at the toe and heel should be parallel.

7. TRUE FALSE A lack of dorsal/palmer balance is the most frequent hoof imbalance and is almost always the result of poor shoeing.

8. TRUE FALSE The hoof is dynamic—always moving.

9. TRUE FALSE 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. TRUE FALSE The first consideration for the navicular horse should be hoof balance restoration.

11. TRUE FALSE Use the half-bar shoe when the horse is only a little sore from navicular disease.

12. TRUE FALSE The heart bar shoe prevents laminitis.

13. TRUE FALSE If a horse has flat feet, the shoer should attempt to narrow the feet and use wide web shoes.

14. TRUE FALSE 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.

Mail the chart and your comments to: HorseCoursesOnline, Attn. Don Blazer, 1622 Park Dr., Boerne, TX 78006
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