Barefooted Horses List Etiquette I have never been one for censorship of opinions and ideas; however, there are a few things that should be addressed. ...
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Jan 1, 2004 9:21 am
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On tuesday I was working for a client and was approached by a neighbor.He is a cryogenics specialist and started asking questions about my rasps.(Howlong they...
Bonnie, My main hunter, a TB, at that time about 11 or 12, about three years ago started exhibiting a subtle, head-bobbing front-end lameness that had no...
Bonnie - Can you get digitals of the x-rays? I'm just curios what they look like. Also, do you have pics of the hooves (solar and lateral)? KS ... blocking ...
Mack I would like to know the treatment your horse received for "EPM" I have a horse that was treated twice with 2 different protocols, she is fine now. I have...
Debbie, I'll tell you all I know and I'll find out more. First, my vet is a founding member of AAEP, and is one of the most highly regarded equine vets in the...
Thanks for the suggestion, the lameness while finally being discovered as a front end lameness after a complete and thorough lameness exam. Was called a hind...
Sorry Mack, Didn't mean to imply that your vet was not competent, it is just that these meds are so very hard on a horse's system that to use them without ...
And I was not suggesting you were calling his competence into question. I was just giving his background so one could assess whether I had a basis for having...
the ground parallel coffin bone was likely accompanied by broken back pastern axis which would cause hind end soreness and foot soreness in all 4. KS ... ...
... was exactly what I was hoping to receive. Mack, You're welcome. Forgive the delay in my responding to this post. I was out of town and not always able to...
I am trying to help my reining horse. I had her shoes pulled the first of November, it is now the first of Jan and she is still sore footed, I am almost ready...
Hi Cindy, There are a zillion factors involved with horses transitioning from non-barefoot to barefoot, and every horse reacts differently! (Some help, huh...
Afraid not, the vet said and showed me on the x-rays(we did multiple views and shots) that the pastern angle was actually too steep. He wanted the angle to...
Too steep a pastern angle is a visual symptom of a broken back pastern axis. The real problem is that the hoof angle is too acute (shallow). Getting the hoof...
It is rather odd that when a horse has a ground parallel coffin bone and uses it's shoulder muscles to tighten up the DDFT which would cause it to steepen not...
... bone ... well ... the ... would ... There are no muscles below the carpal joints to facilitate the horse being capable of tensing or relaxing muscles in...
Tree, I have a question for you. Can you explain how tightening up the DDFT would affect the DIP joint? It seems to me that *if* this were even possible,...
Cindy, I think you have something going on besides normal soreness from initial barefooting. Sixty days out of shoes should be plenty for her to be going...
... horse ... Karen, Would the DDFT and Extensor Tendons not cause changes to the bones forming the DIP joint? This is what I was referring to. It's true ...
... were ... tilt ... If the coffin bone is ground parallel, the DDFT cannot cause it to tilt as you would suggest. That's how the DIP joint is affected ...
... I don't understand this. The cb is not by gravity held gp as the humans foot is in this example. Otherwise how is it possible for a neg. plane cb? Since...
... coffin ... would ... within ... issue ... it's ... or ... the ... true ... tendons ... angulation ... alters ... The only bone that the DDFT or the...
--In the pic you posted, I'm sure it was a gross case of broken back, but what of subtle differences? If I'm eyeballing it and/or using some sort of straight...
Don't think it has to be right on, exactly. but, when the cannon bone is perpendicular to the ground and bearing weight it should be pretty darn close. The...
... humans foot is in this example. Gary, It isn't gravity that positions a coffin bone within the hoof capsule either. The hoof capsule form has more...
... bones ... pastern ... is ... The DDFT has guides along the cannon bones, sesamoids and pastern bones though. Yes, it is attached to the coffin bone but it...
