Recent content by mrfarrier

They can only pick up what they can see. So you will only see heat as it is radiated from the surface of whatever you are looking at. Heat in a deeper muscle may well transfer up to the surface, or a deep injured muscle may have an affect on other muscles closer to the surface and you may be...

I didn't realise that the iphone 5 version would not fit the 6 and I part-exed both phones in for new ones at the same time.

Not wanting to post here just to stick in an add but I have a couple of these for sale (iphone 5/5s version) as we now have iphone 6's. PM for details. I would show some photos that they take etc but can't seem to upload them? Any ideas?

trying. some working some failing. But then I have also had successes and fails with barefoot as well. So are you saying that nothing on that expensive list is needed and you could just do a barefoot rehab for any foot lameness?

Has it been scanned? An x-ray should show damage to the bone but it won't show something like a splinter or thorn wedged in there.

nerve blocks are normally a good indication so if your vet is confident it has worked (the block) then you know you have some sort of issue in that area at least. The thing that would bother me for turning it away for a year is if the horse will be comfortable over that time? Or, how sore/how...

Not really sure how barefoot is going to put vets out of business? All the local vet practices I work with (as a farrier) would make about the same from a barefoot solution as a shoeing one. Ie, the vet will get paid for the call out and diagnosis etc then, the foot part of it would get handed...

The natural balance shoes allow a reduced breakover point on the foot. Once removed the breakover point then gets instantly moved forward so that in itself may cause an issue. maybe why the natural balance shoes were put on in the first place? Nest time your horse gets shod why not walk it up...

What is the lameness? There are many types of plastic shoe farriers use. As the imprint are one of the most expensive on the market then there may well be a good reason for your farrier/vet to have used those specifically.