If you had read anything I’ve written, you’d know that I have done hours of in hand walking with her in and out of boots. If you read above, you’d also see images of an overreach injury which caused an event line. In an ideal world, she wouldn’t have done that, or had cellulitis but sadly I can’t control those things (wish I could!).
Your wrong sorry read the reply from the owner before you start jumping on people
OP would be better off using UI. I think most people are interested and pleased with the progress.
Absolutely!
Not at all! I’m super pleased and know that we’ve made great progress. The mare has had her fair share of ‘other stuff’ going on too so I’m chuffed and will continue to be guided by my trimmer who is fab.
Holy #%^#, that’s a hell of a lot of stress/diet changes for one horse to cope with. There should never be event lines, usually a sign of laminitis. And how did they get so long? Can the poor horse walk? The ideal terrain for barefoot is to keep them trimmed naturally, so I’d guess that with the length and the event lines, he/she has been on completely the wrong pasture for a whole year
I’ve been told for years by several barefoot trimmers that there shouldn’t be event lines. It’s not my own opinion in the slightest, it’s what I’ve been told by people far more knowledgeable than me.
If you've kept the horse in the same management style for years and suddenly severe event lines show up, then that would be a concern. But any change in feed, grazing, and some medication too, may trigger event lines. They're not ideal but as long as you know what triggered them, they're not necessarily something to worry about.
This doesn't accord with reality though, unless you never give your horse any drugs of any sort, keep them in a grass-free area with exactly the same forage all the time, never move them to a new region, etc. They're called event lines not laminitis lines for a reason - they reflect many types of change in a horse's circumstances.
Yes I appreciate that’s what they are called, for exactly that reason. They are, nevertheless, a strong indicator of either a stressy time or an imbalance, especially if they continue down the hoof. Imbalance of diet that is, not hoof. This is the information I have been given over the years.
Oh right, really. Just about every issue/problem I have posted about over the years always gets replies that say exactly what either I’ve already tried or I can’t afford. I don’t reply with a silly remark, or a roll eyes or anything, I look for one helpful comment. My post regarding the search for an inexpensive slow feeder hay net is a fine example. I gave up in the end as all I was getting was really expensive suggestions. If I’ve been told several times over the last 18 years one thing, by several people who are qualified and very experienced in their field, I tend to believe them.
Well here's something else several perfectly qualified forum members have told you..READ THE WHOLE THREAD.Oh right, really. Just about every issue/problem I have posted about over the years always gets replies that say exactly what either I’ve already tried or I can’t afford. I don’t reply with a silly remark, or a roll eyes or anything, I look for one helpful comment. My post regarding the search for an inexpensive slow feeder hay net is a fine example. I gave up in the end as all I was getting was really expensive suggestions. If I’ve been told several times over the last 18 years one thing, by several people who are qualified and very experienced in their field, I tend to believe them.
Quite often they are just an indicator of *change*. Are you going to deny a horse antibiotics it needs just to avoid its hooves having an unsightly mark on them? I presume not.
I agree that they often are a result of stress or change, but the point is that certain types of stress or change cannot be helped. Completely unrelated things can happen (in this case chronic cellulitis, or a physical disruption of the coronet band). This doesn’t mean the hoofcare is wrong or the horse’s diet/environment is wrong. Sometimes drugs have to be given, or the horse requires a stay in hospital. I think we’d all like those things not to happen if we had any say over it!