While shoeing today I overheard a Vet consulting with another shoer's client about her lame horse. The Vet had observed the horse moving, used hoof testers, pulled the shoe, dug around for a while not draining any pus and diagnosed that it was a sterile abcess caused by a "hot nail" on a 3 week old shoe job. The client told the Vet the horse was being ridden daily up to Saturday and it came up sore from the pasture Sunday morning. The Vet went on to say that this woman's shoer has the bad habit of putting the nails in his mouth, which would introduce bad bacteria into the hoof and that was the cause of the abcess he couldn't find. He sold her 'bute, antibiotics, poultice, bandaging materials, a soaking boot, Epsom salts and betadyne. I was surprised he didn't sell her the water too. Off he went without showing her how to bandage a foot As I was finishing my client's horse, she asked if I could help her wrap up the horse's foot after soaking because she didn't have a lot of experience doing that. I agreed to help. When I picked up the hoof. I noted that the 6 nail holes were where they should have been, the other feet were properly shod, the pulled shoe's lateral side clip was folded over to the outside, there was a gouge down the hoof wall and the horse was very sore above the clip seat at the coronary band. When I parted the hair there was quite a deep wound from another horse's heel calk but no blood. The lesson of the day, Don't put the nails in your mouth or you can cause one horse to step on another horse.
I once was near a lameness exam like that. The vet said "BTHOM" syndrome - he'd been seeing a lot of it. Owner said 'What does BTHOM" mean?" Vet said "Beats the hell out of me!!". An honest vet.
She'd noticed her horse had been pushing his buddy (a driving horse, shod with the amish version of a CW) around the pasture lately. I told her to clip the area, wash daily, the bute/Epsom salt soaking and poultice on the top side instead of the bottom, will make him feel better and that most of us put nails in our mouths in this neck of the woods; so I wouldn't worry about that "bad bacteria". And I was pretty sure her shoer didn't have HIV or hepatitis. Nice to know how easy it is to throw us under the bus.
that's a direct quote; kind of like "jumbo shrimp" or "military intelligence"... This morning, I did get a call from her shoer, Bill, thanking me for pulling him out from under the bus. In the past, I've tried to engage him in conversation when we've both been in that barn working and he was always stand offish. Well, he about talked my ear off until I had to excuse myself to go to work. I think it will be fun the next time we're at the same barn. I also told him, there's safety in numbers and if we're going to survive this market we'll have to stick together.
Your a good bloke Bry and you handled that situation well I most certainly don't get it right all the time but my word I have heard a funny comment from the vet or at least what the owner said the vet said , they don't always get it right either and can cause trouble Good on your New Farrier Mate for thanking you for standing up for him I to wish we could get the boys togeather down here for clinics /seminars or just a social there all good blokes and have been fun to be around in the past
This is more of an "old one", but it was posted on the Maine Farriers facebook page today: I need a cheap but reliable farrier in the Houlton area, lost our stuff to do their hooves now they are way over due, also need someone who can handle a hot headed mini. Yeah, I'll jump right on that one, LOL. (YMMV) Regards
Cheap but reliable farriers are all extremist right wing socialist fundamentalists Marxist libertarians.
Geeeettt outtttttttta the way mate I saw it first heheheheh Iike anyone would run t that We get all kinds ay at least she /they let you know what she / they wanted and were you stood I cant help what she /they would say to whoever got up off the ground n give there hot headed horse a good olfashoned kick in the gutz If indeed whoever was able to
Red !!! good to see you posting. I have been away from the forums for a while. Missed you my friend... my 2 cents worth ...
