Recent content by fjordgirl75

Do you use equine vitamin E - where do you source it? Which oil,?

The soft palette covered the larynx once but as mine swallowed and corrected it they said it was normal.

Thank you. Struggling with a diagnosis for mine but this was ruled out.

What was the rare breathing disorder?

What was it in the end? My horse is the same.

My horse is just 5 and was showing reluctance going up hills and was very out of breath. This has seemed to escalate and she is very out of breath after just minutes of exercise and at rest. No cough or mucus. Had scopes today inc dynamic and all clear. Vets doing more tests. Has anyone any...

Hi just want to say hello. I have a 16.1hh coloured gelding.

Just to update - had him checked over by the vet and it's a slight bruising or soft tissue damage to fetlock totally unrelated to shoes/feet/shoeing. He's basically twisted fetlock goofing in field! I continue to research barefoot and am in touch with some barefoot trimmers locally now to...

Remedial

Please be aware this is not utter guff - the horse was injured by jumping as he is conformationally predisposed to have collapsed heels as well as poor shoeing by a different farrier. I have done nothing but read up on this and have a degree in biology so thoroughly understand it all. However...

Yeah I don't think I could do this where I am as he is not on livery he lives as a companion really. So it would mean either starting in teh late summer then moving him or moving him.

My horse is out 24/7 and we have no stable but there are two shelters. He does get cracked feet in summer and I struggle with his weight. I'm struggling to ascertain if that would make him a good or bad candidate? I am happy to feed a supplement and currently shoe every 4 -5 weeks at £150 a pop...

But I have seen the breakdown of success rate of some of the issues you mentioned Distal sesamoidean impar desmopathy 26.6 % returned to work Deep digital flexor tendinopathy 21.8% returned to work Are these figures for barefoot or regular shoeing?

I can assure you that my post was not meant to come across as patronising. I warned you that I was going to be blunt and gave my reason why. Plus I don't believe that anyone (who's sane) would choose for their horse to be lame. Thanks for clarifying - forums can be a scary place when you're...

Are there any negatives to barefoot? Are there cases where it doesn't work?