Both of the feet below were photographed during the same month. The foot to the left had previously been in my shoeing program and was moved to another Farrier's care. The photos here were taken after 2 shoeings using accepted traditional shoeing methods. You can see that there is considerable deformation occurring at this time. The foot to the right was not reset for 13 weeks due to problems with scheduling. You will readily see that even though the foot has gone 3 times as long between shoeings as the foot to the left, There is no deformation occurring at all. THIS FOOT IS IN DYNAMIC EQUILIBRIUM! Both feet were subject to similar conditions and work levels. For more information, PLEASE Click on the link below to download a PDF file on a horse with a Quarter-crack and the hoof distortions that created them. Quarter-crack & hoof distortions
When I speak to other farriers about flares, the normal response is that "Crooked legs will alwyas create a flare. It has too!"  I have found that by using the SHP this is not the case at all. I have found that if the hoof capsule is properly loaded, then even crooked legs will have hooves that do not flare. FLARES ARE A DIRECT RESULT OF UNEVEN LOADING!  While we would all agree that the horse to the right is not a straight legged horse, AND we would all agree that the feet show issues (waves in hairlines, etc.) that need to be addressed, what is important to see in the close up of these feet (below) is that the feet have not flared. This horse went TWICE as long as we wanted between shoeings (horse was away and gone 10 weeks since I had last shod him). During that time there had been over 6 inches of rain where he was located. I had only shod him ONE TIME (At that shoeing I had removed a lot of Equilox from his feet, that the  previous farrier, had been trying to hold the feet together with.) Yet, even though he is overdue, and I don't have the feet where I want them, the feet remained structularly together. That is the first step to redeveloping hoof capsules, you must stop the continuing break down of the structure, before you can possibly expect to improve it.