Posted by Allen Carpenter on May 04, 2001 at 21:50:37:
In Reply to: Re: vet vs. fellow farrier posted by Bryan McElwee on May 04, 2001 at 15:52:50:
: : : Today i trimmed the local vet's horses and 1 of them has foundered in the past. I have only been shoeing for a year and a half and know a foundered horse is out of my league and called a guy I have been whorkin with for 8 months or so now. He's been shoeing horses for about 20 years. The vet wants me to cut all the heel I can off the horse. He says it will return the coffin bone to its natural position. But the other farrier said to take all the toe I could. He says that if you take all the heel it the deep flexor tendon will pull harder on the coffin bone and cause more rotation. so my question is which one is right? I thought that you took all toe but I want to 100% sure before I do anything to the horse.
: : The first thing I do if I can get the oweners to do it is radiograph the hooves and then trim to the radiograph. Remove to to ease breakover.
: : If doing in the dark, like I have the last three days on six head. Because the owners will not spring the funds for the radiographs. I reduce the heel to a normal heel and trim the toe down and roll.
: : Ray Miller
: Ray the horse owner is the vet.
I would go with the vet on this horse. If the horse needs to be raised up, you do that with the shoe, not the foot. The heels should be trimed back.
Just my opinion
Allen