Hoof critique please!

[DZ2]

Can I please have some opinions on my WB feet? Barefoot for about a year, started with terrible feet and slowly improving. I was very pleased with the way they're going, however just now the horse was diagnosed with PSD in both hinds (appears acute) so I'm over analysing everything trying to figure out what can we do better to help recovery and avoid recurrence.

Some photos, and thank you!

 

[Lady Jane]

Interested in responses from others.....

 

[Nudibranch]

Late to the party but...
Toes are nice and short, trimming looks to be regular. Fronts don't look quite a pair although photos can always be deceptive. Imo the heels may be underrun but it would be useful to have sole pics for more info. Something looks slightly off with the bevelling? In a couple of the shots the quarters seem uneven.
Having said that, if I'd ever got my big multi issue WB's feet as tight as that I'd have been happy.

 

[ycbm]

If the PSD is acute then I wouldn't absolutely rule out wedges for a very short time and a careful removal in stages of lower heights. Only if your vet/foot care pro suggest it of course. Wedges slacken off the tension on the ligament and would hopefully allow it to heal. And I write that even as a barefoot fan.
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[ycbm]

If they started off terrible a year ago then it looks like things are going well.

 

[Highmileagecob]

Peasebrook Equine Clinic have an article on line, which may be useful to check your diagnosis against.

 

[DZ2]

If the PSD is acute then I wouldn't absolutely rule out wedges for a very short time and a careful removal in stages of lower heights. Only if your vet/foot care pro suggest it of course. Wedges slacken off the tension on the ligament and would hopefully allow it to heal. And I write that even as a barefoot fan.
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Thanks everyone on your thoughts!

I have a feeling that my vet will insist on some kind of special shoes when we go back for re-scan (right now horse is having 3 months field rest on vet's advice). I will possibly cry at that point, but if it helps healing then shoes will go on.

 

[ycbm]

Thanks everyone on your thoughts!

I have a feeling that my vet will insist on some kind of special shoes when we go back for re-scan (right now horse is having 3 months field rest on vet's advice). I will possibly cry at that point, but if it helps healing then shoes will go on.

It's one of only 2 situations where I would consider shoeing a horse. The other is a broken pedal bone, which is unlikely to heal without it to stabilise the foot. With wedges, one issue is how carefully the wedge height is reduced when they come off.

Hopefully the rest will have worked.
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[PinkvSantaboots]

It's one of only 2 situations where I would consider shoeing a horse. The other is a broken pedal bone, which is unlikely to heal without it to stabilise the foot. The key is how carefully the wedge height is reduced when they come off.

Hopefully the rest will have worked.
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Arabi had to have a heart bar under the cast when he fractured his pedal bone and he continued to have them for a few shoeing cycles once it was off.