Posted by Derin Foor on January 10, 2002 at 18:47:11:
In Reply to: Foundered Mare/ No hoof growth posted by Tom Cox on January 10, 2002 at 10:24:13:
: I picked up an acct. a while back. This lady has a foundered mare that her previous farrier had shod with reverse shoes, wedge pads and equithane, then dubbed the toe straight down. I consulted with her vet prior to shoeing and he wanted heart bars with equithane. When I pulled the old shoes the mare was VERY bruised on her sole. I trimmed...actually just leveled her up and put the heart bars on and backed the toe up to match the angle of p3. I also put equithane from the tip of the frog plate back. She seemed to be doing better. Since then the shoes have been reset twice. The problem is that she doesn't grow any hoof wall. I mean none anywhere. This is the 14th week in dealing with her and I have yet to take on hoof wall. Her sole drops below the hoof wall and I don't want to take much sole do to the fact that in looking at the radiographs there isn't much to take. She bruises very easy. What do I do? The last time I reset her, I put equithane in the whole hoof do to the bruising. Would Farriers Formula help with the hoof growth? Also, she gets done every 4 weeks. If she goes any longer than that she takes a turn for the worse. Any suggestions? Thanks in advance.
Tom,
this horse likely grows more heel than toe and needs to be trimmed according to radiographs...... the amount of heel removed should be replaced with some type of wedge pad or wedge shoe once the proper alignment is established.....backing up the toe will help but the entire alignment needs to be addressed
do the feet have a laminar wedge that hasn't been removed from the dorsal aspect of the hoof........I have seen where this impedes the growth of the foot or at least distorts it to some degree
supplements may help but the mechanics need to be in place to benefit from everything else you do for this horse
this is a tough time of year to get some horse to grow feet (at least where I live) but perhaps the horse's nutritional plan needs to be re-evaluated as well
hope this helps ~~~~~~ Derin