Posted by RMervin on January 19, 2003 at 17:04:34:
Ive been studying with Mike Savoldi at Cal Poly Pomona for the last few years learning his method of triming and shoing, which he terms as "Uniform Sole Thickness" It has helped me with all kinds of pathologies including laminitis, quarter cracks, founder, club footed tendancies, you name it. I wouldnt call it a cure all. It dosent seem to have any flaws. Its basicly looking at the hoof to make sure that the cofin bone joint and other joints are all horizontaly planed. I havent found any horses that couldnt be helped by implenenting the Uniform Sole Thickness trim. It works on mules and horses. Working with Mike involved a lot of physiology and anatomy to understand what I was looking at. I recently worked with a stallion that 12 weeks ago became mysteriously lame it wasnt cool at the time. He couldnt hardly walk. After the shoeing he was sound and back in the reining pen. I though it might have been an absess. It turns out after this last shoeing that he was lamanitic and went through quite an ordeal, stayed sound and no rotation, the vet says it was the trim, we just put wide web shoes on no pads or support. I feel prety good about it.