Posted by Jodi on January 26, 2003 at 22:05:31:
I have been reading til blue in the face trying to find out as much info. about bruising on the outer hoof wall. My friend has several horses all trimmed by the same farrier. I am very suspicious of the one inch diameter bruises found on most of her horses feet,not to mention all four of one horse. The feet show signs of having splayed angles on one side and not the other, concavity and convexity. ect. ect. Can I be confident in assuming the farrier is doing a poor job of balancing these feet properly? With the bruising inbetween the coronet band and bottom of the foot did this occur recently from the hard ground or has it been something that grew out over an amount of time and I am just now noticing? Could it happen to a balanced foot in this area even if the foot is balanced?