It's not just the toe - but if the hoof angle is set too steep the entire shoe wears off from the toe back in a slant. The plastic shoes seem to show that imbalance faster than metal would. Jeanine -----Original Message----- From: drivingpairs-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:drivingpairs-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Shadbelly4@xxxxxxx Sent: Wednesday, October 04, 2006 5:16 PM To: drivingpairs@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: [drivingpairs] Re: Plastic SHoes If your shoes are worn evenly on both medial and lateral sides and only the toe is worn that is good That means the hoof is in balance. The toes wear more quickly because when the hoof breaksover or leave the ground there is the most friction there _________________________________________________________ To Unsubscribe, change to Digest or Vacation mode go to: http://www.drivingpairs.com/index.php?pg=2 ````````````````````````````````````````````````````````` _________________________________________________________ To Unsubscribe, change to Digest or Vacation mode go to: http://www.drivingpairs.com/index.php?pg=2 `````````````````````````````````````````````````````````