Since the glue affixes the shoe all the way around the hoof wall, rather than just where the nails would typically go, there is also significantly less flexion in the hoof capsule under pressure.

Now, McKinlay – who does a variety of farriery but initially specialized in hoof injuries like quarter cracks and seedy toes – sees glue-ons as key to promoting a comfortable foot.

Despite a couple of unfortunately timed hoof abscesses which required indirect glue on shoes with treatment plates in both the arthrodesis limb and the opposing limb, the improved growth continued ...

Boots, glue-on shoes and specialty glues are tools Chris Mason uses in rehabilitation of horses with founder and other serious hoof issues.

One feature of HWSD is that glues and hoof repair and/or extension materials do not “stick” to the remaining hoof as well as might usually be expected. Nevertheless, glue-on shoes are probably ...

It seems a brave business proposition: seeking to create a globally competitive export trade from an island at the bottom of the world, while challenging 1500 years of tradition.