Posted by Belinda Romanuski on June 30, 2003 at 01:48:11:
I read the archives and did not find anything about the problem of Club feet being as bad as what we are dealing with. We were given a "FREE" horse. He is a 9yr old Bashkir stallion. He is about 300# underweight(His previous owner operated a feed store). This horse was confined to a stall the last 8 years of his life. His off fore hoof is bent under, and he is walking on the front wall of his hoof, from behind you can see the sole of the foot. His ankle on this leg bends foreward. His other front is not real bad. His off rear hoof is also tipped to where he is just walking on the tip of the toe. My farrier is coming to shoe another of our horses, and to look at "Nevada". I do not care if he is ever rideable, butwant to know what any of you think about the possibility of making him comfortable. Or should we put him down. When he does try to move faster than a walk, his tail is up and he will be a beautiful horse with the proper weight. I would just like some opinions on the possibility of keeping him sound enough for a pasture horse.
Thank-you
Belinda