wench
Well-Known Member
Some of you may have seen previous posts about horse.
Accident as a yearling, resulting is split coronet band, and a crack down the hoof. Crack is in a straight line, both bits of hoof stable.
Hoof has been xrayed twice. First x-ray showed that the crack is "cosmetic" and only goes a couple of mm into the hoof wall. Also showed that the internal bones of the hoof were unbalanced as it was shod.
Farrier comes out, shown xrays, and shoes differently.
Second x-ray showed that the internal structure was much more balanced, still a little way to go. However, I am not sure if the farrier has managed to get the last bit of the angle as needed to totally straighten up the bones.
So... question is... would you take the shoes off this horse? Will doing this allow the foot to balance itself "naturally"? Horse is moving yards shortly, and will either be out 24/7, or out in day and in at night. Should be doing some light lunging work 2/3 times a week, in a school on a surface. Not much concrete to walk over to get from field to stables. Cannot be fed on a "barefoot" diet, as new yard will not feed different bits of this that and the other. However feed that horse will be getting was the same as a previous TB without shoes on had, and was perfectly fine on (ie never footy).
All suggestions and help welcome.
Accident as a yearling, resulting is split coronet band, and a crack down the hoof. Crack is in a straight line, both bits of hoof stable.
Hoof has been xrayed twice. First x-ray showed that the crack is "cosmetic" and only goes a couple of mm into the hoof wall. Also showed that the internal bones of the hoof were unbalanced as it was shod.
Farrier comes out, shown xrays, and shoes differently.
Second x-ray showed that the internal structure was much more balanced, still a little way to go. However, I am not sure if the farrier has managed to get the last bit of the angle as needed to totally straighten up the bones.
So... question is... would you take the shoes off this horse? Will doing this allow the foot to balance itself "naturally"? Horse is moving yards shortly, and will either be out 24/7, or out in day and in at night. Should be doing some light lunging work 2/3 times a week, in a school on a surface. Not much concrete to walk over to get from field to stables. Cannot be fed on a "barefoot" diet, as new yard will not feed different bits of this that and the other. However feed that horse will be getting was the same as a previous TB without shoes on had, and was perfectly fine on (ie never footy).
All suggestions and help welcome.
