Opinions please

Horse shod 3 times a year if needed or not..thin sole but will not allow pads because its a 20.00 up charge but they gonna ride anyway even if sore..I cant imagine what the problem could be..Ryan sometimes we are put in a no win situation. . I feel sometimes when horses are sore they tend to carry themself in a way to compensate and in doing this I feel its a compromise for sure footing..they may get clumsey and sustain and unrelated injury. .

David,
DDFT problem is on the high side. The toe does not run forward and overall it is a very normal looking foot. The shape, size, length and angle are very normal and proportionate to the size of the animal. The low foot however, the toe does try to run out pretty bad, but the problems aren't on that foot.

Travis,
I hear ya! Before talking to the vet I suggested to the owner that very situation of the horse being uncomfortable and not carrying itself properly.

bet ya a nickel the high side has only 8-10 mm of sole depth. maybe an x-ray is in order

They had x-rays done when the horse was at the clinic. The vet said he didn't see anything out of the ordinary and didn't further elaborate on the matter. You're probably right about the sole depth though, just based on the horse's performance, or rather, lack there of.

Ryan did they leave it no diagnose ..did the horse block out ..I get really frustrated when a client goes to the clinic and dont wanna go the distance. .I can see maybe some cant go the MRI but a good idea and a clear focus of what to work for ..but I will say vet are alot like farriers and other tradesmen ..they are not all created equal. .I see alot clients takein what a vet says as the gospel...I find rural area vets the cross over to cows goats pigs and all others are the worse ..I guess they have to know alot about alot of diff animals but its a damn nightmare dealing with them ...now this is my experience and all yall may have a different and better stiry ...but in my area watching a large animal vet do a specialize diagnose is a damn joke..I cant stress enoughvhow important it is for horse owners to go to a equine clinic or vet that only does equine...and as farrier you cant say a damn word just stand there looking dumb...or risk pissing everyone off..I got a call one time to com
e put reverse shoes on a hot founder that the horse was laying in the floor isle of the barn.. the owner truley thought this horse was gonna just stand ..the whole time me telling them it aint gonna happen but I was no vet

Yes Travis it was let undiagnosed. The horse was unresponsive to the nerve blocks. So what the vet said was navicular issues or possibly DDFT issues. He also said that if the horse doesn't show improvement with the package that I'll hopefully put on to take it to a specialist in Idaho like 200 miles away. And yes he is a rural jack of all trades kind of vet. That is really all I know.