Posted by Patty Stiller on July 07, 2003 at 22:19:35:
In Reply to: Re: Eggbars Vs. Backwards shoe? posted by Anne (Tree) Coley on July 03, 2003 at 00:01:56:
: 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.
It always amazes me when someone sees a foot from a dead horse on which they have NO historyt and assume the shoe causes harm. If a shoe is *improperly* applied then sure it will do harm ,but how does anyone looking at a cadaver hoof that came from hundreds in the scrap bin know why that horse died? Did he eventually die from the unresolved hoof problem despite a good sghoeing, did he die because of some serious systemic problems or illness? Was he perhaps doing better but the owner opted for euthanasia for monetary or emotional reasons? etc etc. Maybe the foot got in that horrid condition BEFORE the farrier was ever called and the farrier did the best he could with an already made wreck?Maybe the farrier did a fine job initially,but the owner neglected to call him back for many months and the foot distorted again. Too many folks look at a dead foot chosen out of a bin because it is horrid ,with no history on how it got that way, and make assumptions..hardly scientific. Patty
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.
That is because the farrier who applied them did not understand proper hoof preperation,shoe fit,and frog support. (in other words they were mis-aplied). Patty
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.
Of course he was probably not standing or they would not have killed him. And you can tell me there are NEVER cadavers with bare feet, never shod, who died from severe laminitis? . Your statement is a little like saying just because a blue chevy gets in a wreck that only blue chevys ever crash.
Patty