Super quick question: I shod this horse first time on Monday and something looked weird to me. So I just pulled the shoe today again, cleaned up the hoof a bit and there it is! Should I start to sharpen the knifes? ;-) Vet will come out next week and take X-rays, horse is sound since around 6-9 months but had many issues with abscesses or lameness with suspected abscess before. Any ideas?
Steffi, What i ve seen that look like this have exhibited the abcesss history and on and off lamness, one horse that I still working with has the on off lameness for 4 to 5 yrs. now along with a # of other issues. I m suggesting that surgery is not in the MOS description of farriers/horseshoers/iron hangers etc.. so don t sharpen your knives for this unless you plan to loan them to the attending vet. Regards Ray
Thank you, Ray, and no worries - I would never touch something like this. I am sharpening my knifes to hand them to our vet (and I am also checking if my Dremel from my old handcrafty times still works). I am definitely looking forward to this whole procedure - however it turns out to be. About 9 months ago I had to resect (with guidance from our vet) just a tiny bit of hoof wall and even though I knew I was not even getting close to sensitive structures I was basically peeing myself out of fear to mess something up. Will post updates soon....
