serena2005
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Had the physio out on saturday and she was really concerned about a dip in his hoof, which has been causing him to be lame for... well as long as iv had him (1 year)
she took this picture:
and emailed that and a few more pics to a hoof specalist in the USA & Canada, this was their reply:
Hi Serena,
Find below comments from two specialists from USA and Canada that commented on the photos of Herbies feet last night. I hope you can convey these problems to his owner for the sake of the poor horse. Without sorting these feet he will not be sound and will end up crippled. At the end of the day it is as simple as that. See also attached the photo that the first specialist refers to. That is Herbies foot with her comments on it. The second specialist has asked for different photos to be taken in addition to the ones we did yesterday so if you want I can always take more if the owner is willing to try and fix the shoeing job. Any probs give me a call or email me.
I've posted a photo with one possibility for Herbie. I've noted that he has under-run heels and a long toe. The Medial/Lateral balance looks to be off on both front.
When viewing the photo of his sole, one can see the lateral side looks wider than the medial side and he looks to be perhaps trimmed lower on the (lateral) outsides of his feet which will put added pressure on that side.
You might discuss with his farrier the possibility of setting his shoes back so as to begin to correct the broken back hoof/pastern axis as well as addressing the medial/lateral balance. Doing this might well address the flare that you're starting to see as well as the bump on the sole.
One must also wonder if there is an abscess brewing under that bump or indeed, perhaps it is a corn. The farrier should be able to explain this as well.
A horse with extremely pathological feet. He's got very underrun heels, long stretched toes, contracted heels, likely some sort of frog pathology, and nothing about the shoe job is helping to correct any of that. The breakover is way too forward, the nail holes are nowhere near even, the nails look too large for the holes in the shoe, the heel branches are too short, and (depending on how skewed the perspective is) the shoe doesn't even appear to be on straight.
The bump on the sole may be anything from an old bruise, to a build-up of non-shedding sole, to the coffin bone pressing against the sole. Need a better photo set to give a better answer. What's the horse's diet and turnout arrangements?
I know that it's always good to be as discrete as possible dealing with other professionals, but this sort of farrier work isn't able to be tweaked...there' s frankly nothing right about it to start with. I'm all for being polite, but not at the expense of the horse.
iv got her rubbish farrier coming up to "have a look" and it his call wether anything gets done about it, i just know he will say its normal, or something even more stupid!
well done for getting the whole way through and thank you for any replys!
she took this picture:
and emailed that and a few more pics to a hoof specalist in the USA & Canada, this was their reply:
Hi Serena,
Find below comments from two specialists from USA and Canada that commented on the photos of Herbies feet last night. I hope you can convey these problems to his owner for the sake of the poor horse. Without sorting these feet he will not be sound and will end up crippled. At the end of the day it is as simple as that. See also attached the photo that the first specialist refers to. That is Herbies foot with her comments on it. The second specialist has asked for different photos to be taken in addition to the ones we did yesterday so if you want I can always take more if the owner is willing to try and fix the shoeing job. Any probs give me a call or email me.
I've posted a photo with one possibility for Herbie. I've noted that he has under-run heels and a long toe. The Medial/Lateral balance looks to be off on both front.
When viewing the photo of his sole, one can see the lateral side looks wider than the medial side and he looks to be perhaps trimmed lower on the (lateral) outsides of his feet which will put added pressure on that side.
You might discuss with his farrier the possibility of setting his shoes back so as to begin to correct the broken back hoof/pastern axis as well as addressing the medial/lateral balance. Doing this might well address the flare that you're starting to see as well as the bump on the sole.
One must also wonder if there is an abscess brewing under that bump or indeed, perhaps it is a corn. The farrier should be able to explain this as well.
A horse with extremely pathological feet. He's got very underrun heels, long stretched toes, contracted heels, likely some sort of frog pathology, and nothing about the shoe job is helping to correct any of that. The breakover is way too forward, the nail holes are nowhere near even, the nails look too large for the holes in the shoe, the heel branches are too short, and (depending on how skewed the perspective is) the shoe doesn't even appear to be on straight.
The bump on the sole may be anything from an old bruise, to a build-up of non-shedding sole, to the coffin bone pressing against the sole. Need a better photo set to give a better answer. What's the horse's diet and turnout arrangements?
I know that it's always good to be as discrete as possible dealing with other professionals, but this sort of farrier work isn't able to be tweaked...there' s frankly nothing right about it to start with. I'm all for being polite, but not at the expense of the horse.
iv got her rubbish farrier coming up to "have a look" and it his call wether anything gets done about it, i just know he will say its normal, or something even more stupid!
well done for getting the whole way through and thank you for any replys!
