Can shoes be worn on the hind feet or just on the front?
HAPPY HOOFWEAR™ SHOES currently are offered as a front patterned shoe and seem to fit most horses’ hooves for the front foot. (*We are working on hind pattern shoes and hope to offer them by August 2011. So check back in with us.) However, because hind feet are a different shape, our shoes are not likely to work well on most hind feet. Our shoes will not likely work well with horses that have front feet shaped like hind feet either. Although some farriers have reported they have used our shoes on the hind feet of the horses they shoe, this is the exception we have found. One of our Farrier consultants has reported that he has found when you put the front pattern onto the hind foot shape, whether it actually is a hind foot or is a front foot that is just narrow and long, you could dress up the quarters to fit the shoe. However, when you cut back the shoe, you are actually cutting all of the way into the crease. This would weaken the shoe enough that it begins to distort and does not giv
