snoopydog
01-11-2006, 12:12 PM
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Here's a radiograph and a few pictures of my 10 year old TB gelding's club foot. Notice the size difference, typical of club foot companions? He had balance and soundness issues as well as difficulty in keeping shoes on his club foot (3 shoes in 3 months which totally ripped apart his hoof wall). At times I thought I would have to give up and put a boot on.
He gets a work out every day-- ridden 4-5 times per week (arena and trails) and a couple of days of ground work and turn out so he's really only lightly worked (when he's sound).
One day my farrier did some research and suggested that we try a the sigafoos glue on and see what happens. After one "experiment" we figured out the process and he's been up and running ever since, completely sound! Though the shoes are expensive, the cost evens out because of the number of times I had to call my farrier out to help me with my horse between regular shoeings.
The x-ray was taken in July '05 (the cloudiness is left over apoxy and sorry about the mud!!) and the pictues were taken January 4th '06 -- actually the day my farrier came out and trimmed and reshod him (after the pictures were taken). My vet and farrier often work together and would like to see if we can eventually get a shoe nailed in if it makes sense to do so or we can stick to this plan since it's working for now although I am concerned about the long term effects...
The vet says that we need to take as much heel off as possible and shorten the toe and that he sees some chronic degrading on the front top of the coffin bone. My farrier says that she sees the bone reforming and that she couldn't belive that the x-ray and the foot she was looking at were one in the same! Notice the bevel in the front of his club. He also develops a flare by the end of his shoeing cycle (every 6 weeks). Any suggestions?
Here's a radiograph and a few pictures of my 10 year old TB gelding's club foot. Notice the size difference, typical of club foot companions? He had balance and soundness issues as well as difficulty in keeping shoes on his club foot (3 shoes in 3 months which totally ripped apart his hoof wall). At times I thought I would have to give up and put a boot on.
He gets a work out every day-- ridden 4-5 times per week (arena and trails) and a couple of days of ground work and turn out so he's really only lightly worked (when he's sound).
One day my farrier did some research and suggested that we try a the sigafoos glue on and see what happens. After one "experiment" we figured out the process and he's been up and running ever since, completely sound! Though the shoes are expensive, the cost evens out because of the number of times I had to call my farrier out to help me with my horse between regular shoeings.
The x-ray was taken in July '05 (the cloudiness is left over apoxy and sorry about the mud!!) and the pictues were taken January 4th '06 -- actually the day my farrier came out and trimmed and reshod him (after the pictures were taken). My vet and farrier often work together and would like to see if we can eventually get a shoe nailed in if it makes sense to do so or we can stick to this plan since it's working for now although I am concerned about the long term effects...
The vet says that we need to take as much heel off as possible and shorten the toe and that he sees some chronic degrading on the front top of the coffin bone. My farrier says that she sees the bone reforming and that she couldn't belive that the x-ray and the foot she was looking at were one in the same! Notice the bevel in the front of his club. He also develops a flare by the end of his shoeing cycle (every 6 weeks). Any suggestions?