'Horseshoes' for Deer?

Would a "working deer" living in cities with hard paved or cobbled stone ground need "deershoes"? The deer are mainly used for light work: no heavy lifting or pulling.

Would unchanged deer feet and hoof anatomy allow for the same type of shoeing as horse hooves (nailing) or would they just need something else?

While most of the concern is on the hoof's quality and protection with it striking hard rock nearly all day every day. Concern is also for the general balance and support of the body, as they've got a lot less area for balance on slippery flat streets when compared to horses with their dinner plate hooves and great weight.

So basically:

• Could deer anatomy allow nailed in "˜deershoes' and if so, what would they look like to allow support, stability, and protection of the hoof?

• If not nailed in shoes, then what would the boots or actual "˜deer shoes' need to look like to accomplish the same?

(And to note this question is not about how good deer would actually be for anything in the city or any other concern of why or how they're there in the first place. This question is literally just about the hooves. The rest is for another question another time.)

posted over 4 years ago

Axolotl‭

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