So the horse tracks to the mid centre line to avoid pain in the distal rows of the tarsal joints, now by putting a lateral extension shoe on your forcing the horse to land earlier which is putting it out of its comfort zone which aggitates the joint causing stimulation of fusion quicker. My opinion on the matter, if it's a correct one or not is a different matter
Who is this Alex fellow and who taught him to shoe? Beautiful work. David, I guess like me with my son who took to Farriery, your job now will be trying to keep ahead, or with me, trying to keep up.
It certainly was Bill. Keep it in the family. I am indeed trying to further myself and my work, lots of competition's and looking to do my awcf aswel.
Had a great time today. Worked on a horse who'd had a keratoma (LF) removed last Wednesday. Today I built a barshoe with 4 clips to support the hoof. He had some pain, but was a great horse to work on. The owner took these two pics. Sorry I don't have a bottom view. I used a 25 x 8 mm piece 14 1/2 inches long. Set good. Owner was happy. After about 15 minutes or so the horse was happy as well.
NO WAY!! VET WORK. It was done at the large animal hospital north of me. Actually I was surprised it was a keratoma. There was no signs in the white line. The horse had been having lameness problems and couldn't find a problem. X-rays showed a keratoma which had eaten into P3.
One from the other day pai of bar shoes from 3/4x5/16 15 1/4" he also got a pour in pad but dident get time to take that one
This horse recently came on to a yard I do. It had really long feathers which were very dirty and seemed to be causing some skin irritation, so they trimmed them off and this is what they found underneath... There is obviously an awful lot of foot there and though I trimmed back as much as I dare, there still seemed to be an awful lot more that could come off. I stopped when the white line looked 'fresh' and a while after I had hit 'functional sole'. Was I being too cautious? Could I have kept trimming until I reached 'normal' proportions? Are there any indicators you use? I told them to put it on a short shoeing cycle until things got back to normal. Sorry for the lack of sanding an oil on the finished job.
There is a lot of oedema there. It has created folds in the skin inside which are inflamed and sore causing him to be very touchy about his legs being handled. He is a great big bugger and was very difficult to do. I hate feathers!
