u/Ok-Coast-1816

Hello!

I am a full-time farrier of about 4 years, hoping to get some advice on a reining horse I have been shoeing for about six months now.

Horse is very big for a reiner and wears size 13 kerkhaert plates + Mustad 4.5 slider nails... The owner says everything is great, horse moves well, slides well, no complaints but my confidence is getting the better of me here...

The problem is by the 4 week mark, consistently, the plates are falling off. All the nails are still in the feet, clinches still tight. I trim this horse SHORT - there is truly nothing left to take - and he will still have 1/2" to come off when I see him next.

I do feel if he's going to grow that much 4 weeks is appropriate to keep the feet looking good, but I'd prefer if my plates would stay on...

Just hoping someone more experienced might have something to add. Thank you in advance!

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Basically the title... Sometimes I'll get stuck in a flashback or memory of something bad happening, and then it seamlessly transitions into a flashback or memory of the same person who did those bad things offering comfort and consoling me, holding me.

I'm struggling to make peace with it. When I'm really stuck in it, whenever it's over I catch myself anticipating that comfort and care after... I know it's coming and I might even want it... I just wish that I didn't want it. Especially not from him. It makes me feel completely numb and shut down. I feel like I just let it happen and allowing that comfort reinforces that belief for me...