I believe if you look at the fetlock this horse has a significant rotational deformity, and the shoe was place purposefully like that to enable...
Raising heels for suspensory injuries should cause issues because it shifts the strain off the ddft onto the suspensory ligament. That is sort of...
Hey Gary maybe you can explain why eggbars work for suspensory injuries in your cases. I understand why they would help flexor issues but I just...
Tom I think this part of your post differentiates what Justin or myself(and many many others) do from what you are calling intentional cruelty....
The advantage of the stump is the stability - it has three legs so ground doesn't have to be even close to flat, it also keeps the rebound in the...
In this case(resection/keratoma) I would likely say "we can try to take him barefoot once the defect has grown out but at this point it would risk...
lol Bill I love that!
I finally broke down and got the stump last year. Only regret not doing it sooner.
Did you try magnesium supplementation yet? I had screwed up every,.. okay not every but a large percentage of my tendons had tendinitis. Started...
I wonder if it is sometimes misdiagnosed. Of course calcifications can remodel to a healthier state but I too have seen many horses diagnosed with...
Still shoeing, no plans to change that anytime soon. Grateful for every bit I have learned from you and others. :-D
I am pretty certain there was one poster that inspired this thread but is wasn't you.
I have to miss it this year. I even won free admission but a close family member is getting a bone marrow transplant and I need to be here for the...
beautiful clip fit!
Sorry Tom I don't like to disagree but in this instance on a laminitic hoof I disagree these issues are cosmetic. The shoe set forward of the toe...
Sorry I thought you were refering to the International Hall of Fame, didn't realize Scotland would have their own.
He's done presentations on it the last three summits. It is way over my pay grade but looks useful in a very very few cases. Looks like it would...
Not that my opinion matters much but I think you did a very thorough, and thoughtful job. Great documentation of the work too.
Poor bugger!
You can forge like a madman I think you get a pass on the diagram.
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