Izzy has real shoes on again!

A big day for Izzy; she finally gets to wear normal horse shoes again rather than the half shoes she had been wearing.

The half shoes had been on her to encourage her oversized frog to shrink, and to allow her heels to grow downward. Her former owners had been shoeing her with thick shoes and wedge pads cut to be flush to the shoe. This combination led not only to having under run heels, but also left her frog that had expanded enough to reach the ground, so when the shoes came off, it was just her frog and her tip toe touching the ground by a large margin!

Changes in hooves take a while, as they get conditioned to grow and wear a certain way, so have to be retrained to regain a healthy and functional growth.

The nice thing about the 1/2 shoes was that there was no worry about her stepping on them and pulling them off.

Here is the changes to her hooves since she was first put in the 1/2 shoe in April; you can see more heel, an more upright heel, and a slightly higher angle to her toe. (on the left is the recent shoe job, on the right is the first cycle with a half shoe.