Can you put hoof oil under a horses hoof in winter to prevent snow from sticking?
I’ve seen horses that are basically walking on the ice that is in their hooves – like walking on platforms and they slip and hurt themselves. All of the horses at my barn get rubber-ish snow shoes. I found this information that is pretty helpful though: “Anti-Snowballing When mixtures of snow, ice, mud, manure, grass, or bedding accumulate in the sole area, it can pack densely into large rounded ice mounds that are almost impossible to chip out. The jun ction of the inner edge of the shoe with the sole provides a place for the mud and ice to become securely lodged. Snow will melt from the heat of the sole and freeze onto the metal horseshoe and the snow ball will begin. When a horse is forced to stand or move on the snowballs, he has decreased stability in his fetlock joint. His weight is liable to suddenly roll medially, laterally, forward, or backward. It is extremely fatiguing for his muscles, tendons, and joint ligaments as he constantly must make adjustments to maintain his equili
