Posted by Anne (Tree) Coley on July 03, 2003 at 00:01:56:
In Reply to: Re: Eggbars Vs. Backwards shoe? posted by Derin Foor on July 02, 2003 at 20:01:42:
: : Hey all..
: : I just have a question. I want to know if a backwards shoe would have the same effect as eggbars do for a severely foundered horse?? The horse rotated 15 & 20º. She's in egg bars right now. I'm just curious is all, really. Any comments? Thanks!
: : Lisa
: Lisa,
: Do reverse shoes offer an easier breakover?...yes, in some instances
: Are there better alternatives for a foundered horse that offer better support at the toe region?...yes.....Natural balance shoes to name one
: 15 & 20 degrees are serious amounts of rotation......a horse in this situation needs to be wedged up at the very least.....regular barshoes aren't going to help on their own....there has to be some relief for the DDFT
: farriers with little knowledge about laminitis/founder want to slap on "X" to fix the problem.....there's a lot more to equation like caudal support, proper breakover, hoof capsule/bony column alignment, depth of sole,etc
: Derin
Lisa,
Your curiosity will teach you much. Keep an eye on this horse and see just how things go. I've found backwards shoes on cadavers (dead animals), used for hoof trimming clinics with terrible feet. In their case the treatment only caused more harm. Egg-bar shoes are known to also cause problems too. I've seen more underrun heels and crushed heels thanks to the egg-bar shoe. I've also found cadavers still wearing heart-bar shoes with obvious attempts being made to correct a terrible founder. The horse lost most of its P3 (coffin bone) in addition to so much bone loss in the P2 and P1 as well. There's no way this horse could've still been standing.
At any rate, if you can, follow this horse's case and see just where it leads.
Tree