If you’ve had troubles with glue-on shoes, listen up. “These things all work,” says Bill Kirkpatrick, general manager of Sound Horse Technologies of Unionville, Pa. To create the strongest possible bond between hoof and shoe, choose the right glue for the job at hand and mix it properly, work with clean, dry feet, and use as much surface contact area as possible, he advises.

 More and more, having the ability to glue on horseshoes helps a farrier earn more money, serve more clients and help more horses.

Talking about quarter cracks, equine veterinarian and farrier Stephen O’Grady says, “There are a lot of different causes. Some we don’t fully understand.

For the past 5 years, I have been applying plastic shoes to horses. These include “regular” horses, not just those with soundness issues.

There may have been a time when hoof repair adhesives and glues were seen as a fad, but that’s long past.