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I noticed tonight my extremely footsore boy has these strange bulges (sorry I have no idea of the scientific name!) halfway down and around his frogs which means his sole is convex and not concave like it should be! What on earth are these and should I be majorly concerned? Having to get shoes put back on because of how sore his fronts are but I want to know what this issue is before I just mask it.

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and here is a back hoof for comparison which is more concave and doesn't have the weird 'bulges'

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It's a bit hard to tell from the picture but it looks a bit like what happened when I took first took mine barefoot. It's new thicker sole growing across to protect his hoof. It will eventually grow all the way to the wall. Once the sole has grown all the way across he will probably be a lot less footsore. I wondered what it was on mine too but once it had fully grown the foot started getting proper concavity. He just needs to be given time to finish the job. It's no good saying 'oh no he can't cope' before he has had the chance to grow a hoof that can cope.
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If you look on this pic his hooves are still awful but one side (left here)has already grown across to the wall and the other side is part way across.
 
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I know it's rubbish sorry. But that is so reassuring thanks, I hope it is that. I was having hideous visions of his pedal bone dropping through his foot or something
 
It looks like he is putting down extra bar material? which often occurs when the frogs are weak as extra protection. Think rockley blog had a good demo of that today or yesterday?
 
ester said:
It looks like he is putting down extra bar material? which often occurs when the frogs are weak as extra protection. Think rockley blog had a good demo of that today or yesterday?
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He has awful frogs! Especially when you compare to the back one. I don't know why though he's on a good diet and treated for thrush. Blummin horse I'm tearing my hair out

Eta but thank you, I'll check that out now
 
patience ;) . My lad had some a little bit similar. It is just the hoof doing what it needs to for the time being and is often shed as the frogs improve.
 
ester said:
patience ;) . My lad had some a little bit similar. It is just the hoof doing what it needs to for the time being and is often shed as the frogs improve.
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Haha I'm trying to be as patient as I can! Difficult though when everyone on the yard is telling me I'm cruel. Think my next step is yelling at them all to FO as I'm getting quite close but not sure that'll help the situation :D thanks for the reassurance.
 
It's just 2 ways the horse has of growing the foot he needs, the extra bar material and the extra sole material. All you need is time and patience, and not to give in until he's at least had time to grow his new feet.
 
I checked but don't seem to have any pics of Frank's doing it - I remember having a bit on the fronts though. I transitioned him at home so no yard peeps to worry about and others were just interested/glad to see him out. Now he is pretty rock crunchy everyone thinks his feet are some amazing freak of nature given the mileage we do :p.

Fwiw I couldn't wait to get to the 6 month point reading what improvements others had managed in that time etc but it came soon enough and those first few months now seem like an age away!
 
Its just protecting the weak back hoof by growing extra shock absorbing material.

I bet that hoof alters shape dramatically over the next year, its v oblong and contracted currently
 
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It's just 2 ways the horse has of growing the foot he needs, the extra bar material and the extra sole material. All you need is time and patience, and not to give in until he's at least had time to grow his new feet.
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What a relief. Poor lad is extremely footy and sore (there's another thread running) so I've given him a bute tonight and someone has suggested some bandage wraps he can be turned out in if I can persuade the staff at the yard to put them on!
 
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I checked but don't seem to have any pics of Frank's doing it - I remember having a bit on the fronts though. I transitioned him at home so no yard peeps to worry about and others were just interested/glad to see him out. Now he is pretty rock crunchy everyone thinks his feet are some amazing freak of nature given the mileage we do :p.

Fwiw I couldn't wait to get to the 6 month point reading what improvements others had managed in that time etc but it came soon enough and those first few months now seem like an age away!
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Lucky you ester I am jealous! Yeah I have people come up to me and ask when my 4 YO is getting shoes put on because surely her feet will file away with the hacking that I do :o

It seems like forever!!
 
TigerTail said:
Its just protecting the weak back hoof by growing extra shock absorbing material.

I bet that hoof alters shape dramatically over the next year, its v oblong and contracted currently
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Thank you I feel a lot more reassured. It's awful isn't it, he's very pigeon toed as well and this seems to be wearing his fronts into an odd shape especially as they're not growing much as it's winter
 
Id be inclined to be walking / long lining him out in boots and pads, the pads cushion the foot and help to strengthen the back especially :)
 
Mine hasn't had anything like this (yet!) but I've just bought some hoof boots as he's footy ATM, I'm hoping they'll tide him over til his feet fix, don't want them as a permanent feature. Even though he's in at night the very soggy ground is not helping! :o
 
TT - he has cavallos and pads, can only hack him at weekends and I must admit in this awful weather haven't been out as much as I should but I will make a conscientious effort this weekend as I know it's beneficial.

Stencilface - good luck, hopefully yours won't! It's just a nightmare isn't it, well and truly fed up of it!
 
he didn't have that bad a place to start off from - just under run heels which were causing lameness. We did a lot of walking for a long time. Fwiw he still doesn't wear his feet straight in front though :)
 
I still have to boot after 3 years if we are doing more than about 10 miles a week on the road. His feet are better than they've ever been though, he just has wonky action that makes them wear quickly.
 
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I still have to boot after 3 years if we are doing more than about 10 miles a week on the road. His feet are better than they've ever been though, he just has wonky action that makes them wear quickly.
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Rosk will be the same I imagine. Good to hear yours is doing well though!
 
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