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My lovely lad went pottery a week ago on his near fore after he was shod, he is a pig when it comes to driving the nails in and pulls his foot away all the time which makes it very hard. The vet thought it was within his foot as he has a strong pulse in his fetlock but was sound on trot up just pottery on the turn so he took his shoe off but nothing found. Two days later the farrier put his shoe back on but couldn't find nothing either but agreed that there was a strong pulse. He was sound two days after his shoe went back on and been fine but now he's lame again on the same leg, strong pulse and a lot off heat around the pastern area. Am I still looking at foot or could it be something else? I'm worried about changes within his foot, he was tripping on that foot a lot tonight when I brought him in.
Any ideas???
 
Could it be laminitis?
My Shetland gets pottery on his near fore on odd occasions.
We suspected he's a bit arthritic as he's not fat and is restricted.
However the Farrier has been, and there is heat in the foot - opposite foot is fine.
He says he's seen loads of horses and ponies with Laminitis at the moment.
He's now in his summer muzzle.

Failing that, maybe he has nailed a bit tight, and your horse is brewing for an absess.
I'm sure you'll get it sorted.
 
I hope I get it sorted, I saved him from slaughter neally 2 years ago and think the world off this lad ( ex racer)

I'm worried about side bone if I'm honest as my mare has it and he's showing the same sort off lameness and heat etc as she had in her foot.

He came out off racing sound with no injuries, moves so well iv got big hopes from him with dressage. :(
 
can I suggest that if he went lame after he was shod it is a bit of a coincidence, especially if he is difficult, and possibly suggests an abscess? I would be getting the shoe off again and starting to poultice.
good luck with him especially as you saved him from slaughter.
 
As paddy555, I'd think lameness straight after shoeing too much of a coincidence NOT to be nail bind followed by an abscess. Check with vet then get farrier back to have a dig around to open up any abscess he finds. Then poultice. Might need to be stabled for a few days depending on your fields, your finesse at poulticing and how good the horse is at getting poultices off! Have patience as abscesses can take longer than you think to drain. Hope he's ok x
 
Agree with previous posts. In view of the horse having just been shod, it does sound most likely to be an abscess (or something else connected to the shoeing). The tripping is a bit odd too.

There IS a lot of laminitis about at the moment. However, the pulse isn't always a perfect guide. My cob mare is just recovering from her first ever bout of laminitis, and her pulse has been near normal on each leg throughout.
 
I had this everytime shod lame shoes of shoes back on did this for about six weeks because thought he had absess or the farrier had prick the white line or put them on to tight sadly it turned out he had collatral ligament damage and wearing shoes made it worse just check balance on the foot is good i would suggest taking the shoes of for a while if you can and see how he goes like you i thought it was the farrier my horse has sidebones but is not lame with them
 
if your horse doesnt like the feel of nails being hammered in it could be further up the leg and the concussion of the banging and posistion of the foot/leg during shoeing are aggravating something else completely?
my horse has ringbone (pastern-high) and everytime he is shod he becomes a bit "footy" vet said that the position the farrier holds the hoof in aggravates him.
is yours the same on all feet when nails hammered in? if yes, then i agree its most likely abcess or nailbind. best wishes with discovering the cause and getting him sound again
 
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