Posted by Jerry on August 11, 2003 at 17:11:25:
Horse with supersensitive hooves. Terrain here is 3 cornered rocks everywhere. 3 vets that have examined him do not agree he is navicular - 2 against and 1 in favor of a navicular Dx. Did nerve blocks, finally x-rayed and discovered only 8mm of sole. Shod using vet prescribed method - took 13 mm off one toe and 20mm of the other, padded sole with equisol and flat pad. Square toed shoe with 3/4" heel extensions. "Impressive" QH bloodlines......
The latest shoeing seems to have helped - horse is moving a lot better now with no visible lameness. However, driving nails on this horse is a real problem and we have tranked him and even tied him down to get the job done. It just hurts him to drive a nail in - even a shallow fish hook is a problem. Compounded the problem by hanging the heel extension on a pasture fence and springing the outside shoe heel and opening a horizontal crack where one nail somes out. Left the shoe in place, epoxied that crack and he seems to be going OK now.
Told the owner we were not doing this again and would have to try a glue on shoe. We live in a wet climate(96" annual rainfall) and I have never used glued on shoes before. Any suggestions ? Would also like to pad the soles, which may not be feasible with glued-on shoes. Maybe the mesh material and some of the newer sole padding material. Any ideas ? Anyone ?