Recent content by A Guilding

I use a French bar shoe for impar lig probs.....

I think cpt is always polite, well imformed and always up for debate. I m a farrier so tend to need a tin hat on round here but thats probably my own fault :)

I would have another look at picture 3, the separation of the white line is very visible. these areas arnt separated by different post codes they involve pathogens in adjoining structures. The saving grace for this horse is the dry climate. Imagine if it were in a muddy paddock in Kent.

There are different pathogens that arnt area specific but come under broad brush terms. White line disease is generally fungal but can have bacterial infections to, this is usually visible from the solar view and just the white line involved. As you know the white line grows from the the...

I dont do humility! especially not at you.

The recovery is rarely linear, initial and rapid improvement is always encouraging, The last bit of soundness can take a while to achieve. There numerable approaches to this recovery period and lots have merit and suit some horses and not others. My only advice would be to change anything very...

No you probably wouldnt and you would be wrong! Have you ever x-rayed feet like this? The x-ray would be white where the separation is with crap up there. The stratum exterum/medium is not attached and not functional. It is trapping a dirt and bacteria, it isnt weight bearing and is serving no...

I did think the ground looked dry :D Its the corner that is made up by the sole, the white line and the wall.

The sole wall junction has worn back to nothing, whether the problem is nutritional, mechanical fungal or bacterial or all of the above, the dorsal wall has all the properties of chocolate in this horse and the separation is ongoing. I am all in favour of doing nothing but I will bet a pound to...

Personally I recomend the vet and the farrier be present together, even if to decide that no action is the best course of action.

It has had seedy toe. I generally re-sect that, or at least window it at the top so meds can be applied. I did one at the vets last week on x-ray you can see how far up the separation extends. On yours it probably extends to the top of that crack.

Thats really interesting.

Thank you, I have looked it on google and think I grasp where you are coming from. Have looked on wiley online library and cant find a relative article. Do you have a link to an article I would be interested to read.

Thanks I will chat with him next time he is in the yard. :D

Can I ask what triggers the support of the bio mech response? Does this apply to all capsule deformation? How can you decide which flare is an appropriate response to the horses movement? How do you decide the flare is to big and needs redressing?