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Ted of course.. Just an update with a few pics to show you all.
Bit of back ground, Ted 16hh 16year old TB gelding.. Tendon damage to near fore, recent tendon injury to off fore. Suffers badley with lymphangitis and also has a clicky hip and is stiff behind.
Has been intermittently lame for a few months now, not getting better and i had to make the decision, against my hearts will to have shoes back on...
So lets start at the start, Teds weak fore limb conformation. The first picture is just a picture. (TA DAH!)
Anyway on the second picture I've drawn some lines to show the angles of his limbs. As you can see he is knock knee'd which is professionally know as Carpal Valgus. However his connons are well shaped, a good length and pretty straight BUT you hit the fetlock and the pastern and hoof capsule see to be twisted.
The original plan was for Ted to be fitten with bar shoes and silicone sole pads. However, his hoof wall has much to be desired and would have meant fitting the shoe very bold.. (Not too clever on a horse that thinks loosing shoes is called 'Chess')
So instead we decided to fit fillered concave shoes with no clips and silicone... The also went pear shaped!
Greg too the sole back only to find that the hole from the abcess that broke out on Teds coronary bad was a hell of a lot bigger than we thought and was already through to the sole. And the decision was make to put clips on to stabalise the hoof...
A picture for those interested in how horses get false quarters.
The horisontal hole where the second clench is just above, is the hole that the abcessed caused. The verticle 'crack' is in fact healthy horn which has changed its growth pattern due to the trauma.. a false quarter.
The shoes were fitten (very well considering,) And brought Teds feet back into a better shape and overall angle.
The silicone was put into the hoof, this did a couple of things, firstly it 'cushions the sole' stopping any debrie from causing any pain and stopping too much mousiture entering the sole area. Ingenius realy I suppose..
Sorry if i have made any of you fall asleep.. or made your heads hurt..but if someone feels they have learnt even a little thing.. it was worth it..
Oh and Ted is much much sounder, just very stiff behind with this horrid cold weather!!!
Lou x
Bit of back ground, Ted 16hh 16year old TB gelding.. Tendon damage to near fore, recent tendon injury to off fore. Suffers badley with lymphangitis and also has a clicky hip and is stiff behind.
Has been intermittently lame for a few months now, not getting better and i had to make the decision, against my hearts will to have shoes back on...
So lets start at the start, Teds weak fore limb conformation. The first picture is just a picture. (TA DAH!)
Anyway on the second picture I've drawn some lines to show the angles of his limbs. As you can see he is knock knee'd which is professionally know as Carpal Valgus. However his connons are well shaped, a good length and pretty straight BUT you hit the fetlock and the pastern and hoof capsule see to be twisted.
The original plan was for Ted to be fitten with bar shoes and silicone sole pads. However, his hoof wall has much to be desired and would have meant fitting the shoe very bold.. (Not too clever on a horse that thinks loosing shoes is called 'Chess')
So instead we decided to fit fillered concave shoes with no clips and silicone... The also went pear shaped!
Greg too the sole back only to find that the hole from the abcess that broke out on Teds coronary bad was a hell of a lot bigger than we thought and was already through to the sole. And the decision was make to put clips on to stabalise the hoof...
A picture for those interested in how horses get false quarters.
The horisontal hole where the second clench is just above, is the hole that the abcessed caused. The verticle 'crack' is in fact healthy horn which has changed its growth pattern due to the trauma.. a false quarter.
The shoes were fitten (very well considering,) And brought Teds feet back into a better shape and overall angle.
The silicone was put into the hoof, this did a couple of things, firstly it 'cushions the sole' stopping any debrie from causing any pain and stopping too much mousiture entering the sole area. Ingenius realy I suppose..
Sorry if i have made any of you fall asleep.. or made your heads hurt..but if someone feels they have learnt even a little thing.. it was worth it..
Oh and Ted is much much sounder, just very stiff behind with this horrid cold weather!!!
Lou x
