Epona's Natural Hoofcare: Cob Feet continued...

This is Arwen. She is a smokey black, sabino Welsh Cob (also section C I believe)..I think she and Auryn share the same sire (might be dam, at any rate, they are related)... She is a little older than Auryn and is almost the exact opposite in temperament. Where he is sensitive, she is dull and thick (you almost have to beat her with a 2X4 to get any response out of her :P) and where he is kind, she tends to be very pushy and looks for ways to aggravate you. But she is a fairly steady horse that you could do pretty much anything with and feel safe. She is my filly's surrogate mother and the two stick to each other like glue. Ari copies everything Arwen does (which has led to things like her learning to paw, stick her leg through gates, push ppl and horses around, etc...) and it is a hoot to see the broad, thick Cob next to a tall, lean and lanky KMSH :)
Arwen's feet are not as good as Auryn's, either. They chip up much easier and really tend to the long toe/low heel and flares. But she is sound and happy barefoot, so I suppose that is what really matters :) She only had one set of shoes in her life, and they lasted just about long enough for the farrier to leave, at which point she stuck her foot in a fence and pulled at least one of them off...I guess that was her opinion on being shod, and she has been barefoot ever since.

Here are her front feet...you can see the chipping and the long/low direction of her feet.....

Here we have her right front hoof. She displays much more of that heart shape on all fours, then Auryn, who has it more on his hinds. Very flat sole, but decent frog.

Doing a base nipping and cleanup, then finishing with the rasp. Flares mostly removed, toe brought back a little, and heels back where they should be.