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Charlie is your typical poor doer who shares a field with 7 good doers on not a lot of grazing. Unfortunately where I live most of the fields are overstocked with horses and are overgrazed. My answer is to feed a high calorie diet full of oil. I have tried to bring him in for a few hours each...

KatB yes he has been diagnosed with navicular by xray with changes to the navicluar bone itself in the right foot. What are magic cushions and how do they work? This sounds very interesting.

Thank you for your replies. Charlie had just learnt how to bascule properly over the jumps as a technique instead of racing at them, when all the navicular returned again. At this moment in time he is completely sound, so I am planning on building his fitness up again slowly and returning him to...

To update everybody who has been following my Tb Charlie's story with his navicular. The vets spoke to my farrier who said that they wanted his toes to be shortened and that his heels need greater support. They have now also said that his soles are to thin to be able to continue barefoot...

Thank you for your replies. I now have a bag of grass nuts but have yet to introduce these to his diet. I think he will like them, as he is not fussy and will eat any food!

A friend has recommended grass nuts to me for Charlie. He is on poor grazing at the moment. How do these work and how much do you need to feed.

Thank you everyone for your replies. I hadnt thought of cushings relating to hooves. I will research this and then mention it to the vets. The problem is that he is sore on his heels as he is landing on these each time, which is why the vets want shoes on. At the moment I am reluctant to put...

Oberon, yes his frogs are in contact with the ground and he is walking on his heels. His heels have collapsed whilst barefoot. He also does not seem to have grown much hoof either. He goes appearing to be sound on his fronts to then being hopping lame. When his heels collasped 4 years ago...

Charlie went to the vets 2 weeks ago for a lamneness work up on his hindlegs and came out with deterioation to his navicular in his fronts, with the right having significant changes to the navicular bone. He has been managed barefoot for the past 4 years, keeping the angle of his feet correct...

I am looking to replace some of my g1 old mac hoof boots. I have just found that the old mac g1s are now no longer manufactured. There is the option of the esayboot glove wide. However, Charlie's measurements are wider than the widest size stated. The widest they do is 140mm, Charlie is 143mm...

At the moment he is barefoot and has been since last october when his shoes were removed. His heels have collapsed and the vets are recommending the shoes. However, to add further complication is that he appears to be sound at the moment, but when he went to the vets on Tuesday he was very lame...

Thank you for your answer. The xrays were a bilateral radiographic navicular series front feet: mild radiographic changes. The vet also says that the navicular bone RF enthesiophytes and decrease conticomedulla definition. Also both front feet bach buoher hoof partem axis. He was shod for...

Charlie went to the vets for a lameness work up for his hindlegs, as he was unlevel whilst being ridden. However, the night before he went lame on his front right leg. When he was at the vets, they said that they could not deal with his hindleg lameness until they had sorted out his front leg...

Another tip, is to prepare the trailer for re-loading before you mount. I tie Charlie up to the side of the trailer, I then replace the breast bar and remove the breach bar. If I need to put any rugs on afterwards I place these over the breast bar ready for use. I then put the ramp down ready. I...

If you compete in your local area alot, then you will find that you see mainly the same people at each show. In my local area at most showjumping shows, I know the majority of people, and if I have had to go on my own leaving supergroom behind then they have always been more than happy to help...