An X-ray for your viewing pleasure - thoughts welcome

[Gloi]

Thanks, Tiddly.

My horse has particularly good quality dense horn, and her feet grow quickly - but in that picture her feet had grown much more than normal (perhaps as a result of the inflammation stimulating blood flow) and she was overdue a trim.

She looks/feels much better already.

I don't mean anything bad by this Shilasdair but my first thought on seeing the x-rays was "Oh dear, I'm glad that isn't my horse"

 

[Shilasdair]

I don't mean anything bad by this Shilasdair but my first thought on seeing the x-rays was "Oh dear, I'm glad that isn't my horse"

I'm very glad she is my horse.

We all know no horse is immortal, so we have to love them while we can.

 

[Palindrome]

Just do be careful about trimming too drastically from the off to correct an excessively long toe, tempting though it might be. It's better to correct the foot balance in smaller but more frequent increments. I've been down that path twice, once after a cr@p farrier and again after a cr@p barefoot trimmer .

This is my senior Cushing's mare. It was about 5 months between the grotesque long toe presentation (as allowed by the barefoot trimmer) and the more correct foot balance, with the farrier coming out every 4 weeks. She stayed comfortable throughout, despite not being blessed with the best feet.

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interesting photos Tiddlypom, did you change something like diet/supplement or pulling shoes about 6 months before the first photo? The toe is long on the first photo but the horn quality is so different between the top and bottom part of the hoof.

 

[Tiddlypom]

interesting photos Tiddlypom, did you change something like diet/supplement or pulling shoes about 6 months before the first photo? The toe is long on the first photo but the horn quality is so different between the top and bottom part of the hoof.

I can quite see why you think that .

The mare had been retired and out of shoes for several years before the first photo. She has Cushing's, and in addition to getting Prascend she's long been on a barefoot friendly diet - Agrobs chaff, micronised linseed, etc. Though it may have been during this time that I ditched the Pink Mash and transitioned her from Forageplus Hoof and Skin Health balancer to the cheaper Pro Balance+ ?. That's interesting, isnt it? I've posted on HHO before that Pink Mash didn't work for my three, and that I think they all do better on Pro Balance+. Hmm.

The first photo was in Feb 2020, after the barefoot trimmer had been trimming her for about 16 months.

 

[ycbm]

I don't understand how anyone could trim for a correct lateral balance informed by those x rays.
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[Tiddlypom]

I don't understand how anyone could trim for a correct lateral balance informed by those x rays.
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They couldn't.