I see it all the time, and yes it is a pet peeve of mine too, particularly when there is WLD underlying the crack.
not trying to go off topic George but i thought i would share this i pulled a set of shoes of a horse the other day that had 4 of the 6 nails driven never came out in each foot never seen the like before ok back to the x
George, I went to a Jim Kieth clinic a few years back and he was pretty big on it. His technique was not so much the corner edge of the rasp directly across the the top of the crack, but a more of a flat edged undercut technique. Kind of hard to describe but either way it was rasping a crack. He claimed to have more success than floating and other methods. I admit I felt much like you but went out and tried it on a few feet, mostly unshod youngsters and it worked well. So it is still taught by some. Old school stuff will always be around I guess.
Some owners will request it? I tell them that I am now going to balance the hoof and the crack should grow down and not be a problem in the future, so I better be on my toes around the ones with bad feet!!
I love to see a bunch of rasp marks on a new client's horse. It means I'm gona look real good when I'm done. I burn a hole pretty deep at the top of the crack with the end of my hot shoe tongs. Works well most of the time, and if it don't, it leaves a nice mark as to how much it's grown.
I used to do it. I never had success with this method. I don't do it any more because I don't think it works. Obviously some of the guys have had some success with it, but personally I think that the crack is indicative of another problem. Address that problem, and the crack goes away. Just my point of view.
I think it might work if you have a surface crack, but anything deeper - I've never seen it work. Got a owner who does her own and I see her trying it all the time. I keep telling her she needs to address the problem and that doesn't do it. She is one of those who knows more than anyone else, so I never touch her horses unless there is a real serious problem and she's on the knees begging. With her, I know where to step in and when not to.
Personally i don't think it works. I'd rather balance the foot and debride the crack, apply a barshoe and equipak. Sent from my DROID RAZR using Tapatalk 2
I see it a lot here I dont like it I dont think it works l think when you see light or shallow service cracks or slightley deeper ones were the hoof is looking a bit like wet ply wood you should scrap the crack out .(useing your Dusky Forge F knife) down its length until you get all the crud out then iF you realy feel you have to and the owner will pay for it back fill with the appropreate epoxy product mostly I dont and balance the hoof and HAVE the owner try to keep the horse from the bog keeping hoof as dry as possible I also have them oil or greese the hoof regularly if the will I also like to see them adjust the horses feed adding the appropreate minerals n nutrents to the diet as some realy need that sort of help Larger deeper cracks more often than not involve seedy toe the if you dont excavate this useing you Dusky Forge vet searcher , (everyone has one of these wonderful tools yeah ) sneeking as unobtrusively up the inside of the hoof wall as you can then packing the excavation with copper sulphate and plugging it with a firm plug of cotton wool n Joe llidies stockholm tar as if your not treating it properly your waisting time This system has served me well , tought me by Dow Paterson tought him by some one smarter and he by someone the same Time has well proven the the value of doing it this way I have drilled or burnt a deep hole at top of cracks I think this works as well I dont particularly like seeing friggen great Vs cut into hooves or the sides cut outta hooves BUT sometimes you just have to remove problem flaps particularly when the owner wont have shoes to protect said areas
