dealing with cracks

If I think of it will post next foot that has a crack
they are normally new clients

Thanks John .im off to work will share picks next one i come acrost

Monty here is a steel version, the one that got the aluminium version had a lighter foot

My only real problem with toe cracks like these is not being able to get to them soon enough. I usually prefer to use a bar shoe of some sort rocker toe/clips, and generally have to debride the crack as well. I've had limited success with toe cracks and open heel shoes, and almost no hope if its not debrided.

Unfortunately after its grown out most people let them run long again and the cracks return.

Give the trim i discribed a try Joey ive closed ten+ year old cracks with it on barefoot horses . And your absulutly right if its genetick you have to stay on top of them or they will be back

I would consider that Monty, but I can't see how that would do anything but encourage it to open. I think I'd have to see it in a real world application first.

The hoof dose a pretty good job of equlizing presher around its entire perimiter .most of the load at the toe is nearly strate down.if you take away part of its load bearing serface the section will not have support thus the load moves tward the center of the hoof and into the supported structers closing the crack.basicly useing the same mecinisim that causes cracks jamed hoofs and flares to close it. If you have the opetunity next time you have a bad toe crack on a overgrone hoof try my trim slip a pece of paper in the crack set the hoof down and pick up the oppisent foot and pull the paper out youll see what im talking about if you are doing it right .if your still sceptical you can always leveal it up and do it your way. As i have never poped a crack on one under my reguler care(knocking on wood) and have no unhealed cracks on my books it may be a wile before i can show you.but i will post pics at the first oppertunity.

This is a little mare I've been working on. This is her left hind . She had gotten a blood infection and it decided to blow the back quarter of her hoof open to the coffin bone. I started working on the hoof a year after it blew. Thes are the pics of here improvements from first shoe to current.

Looks like it closed nicely Shannon. What shoe did you use

Got to this lad before it got bigger
just grinded of the toe clip on a machiner
and pulled 2 clips.
pulled the toe back

well done shannon

I just used a triumph eventer, and re shod her every 4 weeks to the day

One a bit worse
that was the 1st time I shod him and were he is at now
made a pair of bar shoes for him

Has anyone else noticed a correlation between stubborn toe cracks and demineralization of the distal border of P3? Or in horses with unusually large crena?

I find these cases will grow out if you shoe them, but will also inevitably return once the shoes are pulled. Any thoughts? Or is this already well documented by someone else? LOL

Joey, I think it is a pretty common experience, but I've not seen any published study on it.

The last chap dident seem to getting along well with this fellow
he been shoeing him for 2 years + (getting done every 6 weeks)

I think good regular trming plays a big part
and a good fit with the right shoe

I'd be embarrassed if I had one like that after 2 years on a regular schedule.

was that foot last shod six weeks ago, Smitty?

Gary the 1st pic of the foot shod by the last lad is about a year or less ago
last pic of foot with no shoe is the last time I worked on him

Well there you go joey, its obvious that it was not straight forward
for that chap.

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This is the pic I was wondering about - your comment would suggest that this foot was shod six weeks previously?