[osage]

ok..this is Glory (that's her new name)

and her feet. I know they are still rough and need work, but I think it is an improvement, compared to what they were...but I am not a hoof expert...just a bystander. He spent 4 hours on her and honestly if she's ever had it done, I would be surprised...so much for good with the farrier...lol. But he was patient and it will work out. I told him I wanted him to come back in 4 weeks. She may not need much done then, but I want her to get used to having them done, so I may have him come out more often for a while...hopefully she'll stand better for him next time. we'll have to work on picking up and holding her feet. Anyway, here are the pictures. I know they are a bit sideways, and some they are not perfectly centered but it is awful hard to get even ground level pictures on uneven ground...lol. And the cracks the farrier said look like just surface cracks from too much pressure from her not having her feet done in soo long and with getting to regular trimmings they should work their way out. they are not perfect feet, but they are a start.


right back foot

right front foot

outside front left foot

front left foot

left back foot

they look really good from above..but you know how that is...

[Laffee Taffee]

Ouchie, looks like she just recently foundered, but she doesn't look all that bad. If you say your farrier is coming out in four weeks, he can keep the hoof trimmed low and keep shaving off the front of the hoof wall, your horse should be okay in about a month or two.

[Dawn]

What happened to her front left hoof?

They do look much nicer than the photos you posted earlier. A few good trims on a tight schedule, and you should be good to go!

The left hind hoof looks really, really funky. But it could just be an odd angle.

[HoustonFarrier]

Originally Posted by Laffee Taffee

Ouchie, looks like she just recently foundered.

Really??? How can you tell that?

Carving notches in the hoof is neither necessary NOR helpfull. All in all, not bad...I've seen ALLOT worse

4 hours to trim her???? I assume she would not stand still or hold her feet? If that's the case, there are ways to use ropes to help hold the feet....




Steve

[4horsem0m]

Got any sole photos?

I agree that if she is kept on a good schedule, she'll have great feet in no time (providing she's getting a good trim!) When I deal with flares in the toe that bad I like to back up the toes to at or near the white line to prevent further stretching.

[osage]

Originally Posted by Dawn

What happened to her front left hoof?

They do look much nicer than the photos you posted earlier. A few good trims on a tight schedule, and you should be good to go!

The left hind hoof looks really, really funky. But it could just be an odd angle.

It was a crack that went to the hairline and he rasped it. The shadows make it look deeper than it is...
I think it is the angle of the photo...it makes it look sort of blockish...and high...hmmm
here's a picture of both back feet together.

Originally Posted by Laffee Taffee

Ouchie, looks like she just recently foundered, but she doesn't look all that bad. If you say your farrier is coming out in four weeks, he can keep the hoof trimmed low and keep shaving off the front of the hoof wall, your horse should be okay in about a month or two.

um...just curious, why do you believe she has just foundered???

[osage]

Originally Posted by HoustonFarrier

Really??? How can you tell that? I wonder the same thing?

Carving notches in the hoof is neither necessary NOR helpfull. All in all, not bad...I've seen ALLOT worse

4 hours to trim her???? I assume she would not stand still or hold her feet? If that's the case, there are ways to use ropes to help hold the feet....




Steve

I'd always heard the notches were to keep the crack from going higher? Possibly not neccessary if the hoof is kept trimmed and the pressure removed and relieved?
we ended up having to use the rope, and she didn't mind the ropes on her at all...she just didn't want to hold her foot up even with the rope on.

[osage]

Originally Posted by 4horsem0m

Got any sole photos?

I agree that if she is kept on a good schedule, she'll have great feet in no time (providing she's getting a good trim!) When I deal with flares in the toe that bad I like to back up the toes to at or near the white line to prevent further stretching.

I am hoping...
no sole pictures....can't get her to hold her foot up long enough to take a picture, clean it or anything...YET...

[Dawn]

I've never personally seen good results with carving notches in. Then again, I've never seen it done often (probably due to the first sentence.) (Sorry, I didn't realize at first that's what it was. My computer's a bit fuzzy.) It seems to me (someone correct me if I'm wrong) that as it grew down, that would be a very weak patch of hoofwall and would just start the crack all over again.

[HoustonFarrier]

Carving notches, burning, are all old-time remedies that we know now just don't work. Balancing the foot does the trick. Drafts are prone to those cracks that run all the way up the hoof wall. In some of those cases, we have come to find out that it is a coffin bone "defect"(for lack of a better word). When we dissect the horse afterwards, we find that the coffin bone has a "ridge" on it. It's not known WHY this happens but it does. Other times, the cracks will be leftover remnants of a "false quarter", from hoof imbalance. Once the hoof is back in balance, we'll see those cracks grow down and out. Additionally, sometimes they can be a result of a quittor, which is something else drafts tend to get. A quittor is an infection of the lateral cartilage. They don't happen allot, but they do. Sometimes it'll show itself as a blowout at the coronary band, and can be confused for an abscess.

Steve