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Pat: What is the 1 inch braided poly tube ?

the polyester tube is fabric that is tubular in shape. I cut a short piece and put a piece of wire in the middle. With the wire in the middle of the tube, the sutures will pull everything tight without destroying the fabric. If you look at the picture of these in place, you can see the top of the wires sticking out the top.
I might have to take a picture of this tomorrow without the glue for this to make sense.

Very impressive, Pat. Can you tell me how difficult it is to remove the package?

Nice job Patrick, did you put the same shoe on the LF. was the horse in training? and is it going back to the track?

Real nice work Pat;)
George

The horse will be off work for a while, so I did not change the other foot. We will re-evaluate the horse in a month and then see where we are.

It should not be difficult to remove the repair, at least no more difficult than removing a glue on shoe. Depending on how it looks, I might leave the repair and just trim the foot and change the shoe.

Pat: Is the CuS04 the silicone ?

I'm guessing that CuS04 is either an anti-bacterial agent or some sort of medication?

So there are no drilled holes for suture wires or screw holes into the hoof wall to attach a plate of any sort?

How long will the repair remain attached to the hoof wall? I am asking about the glue's bond.

I am very interested in this procedure.

Pat,

If I ever go back into the fiberglass boat repair business, I'm going to call you in on the "stuctural" stuff.

CuSo4 is Copper Sulfate I believe.

westtxshoer wrote:
Copper sulfate (CuSO4) is an antibacterial, antifungal drying agent.

There are no holes drilled into the hoofwall, all of the support is externally provided. I told the owner there is 50% chance that we will replace the entire repair at the next shoeing, and a 50% chance that we will just replace the shoe. I will have to wait and see. Replacing the inner repair will depend on several factors including infection (there was some infection in the crack) or the growth of the hoof at the coronet. If the hoof is still unstable I might just replace the sutures to keep the heel in some compression. There are lots of factors including the glue bond that will determine the next step.

Thanks, I thought so ,I was thinking you might have a silicone that had the CuS04 crystals already within it[other than C.S.] ..... Neat work.

I know you are vying for the 100th spot in the "100 Top Farriers List". Doing one simple QRT crack ain't gonna get ya there.
I want that spot! So, I did two QRT cracks on one horse; on the rears and medial sides non the less!
Somebody tried to lace one crack and the other hadn't popped yet but was coming. I bastordize some of your protocols on this show hunter ...............

Both medial heels were, in some circles called, paper heels. No structural integrity or relevance.... once seen, removed. Finger is beside the papered heel that extends into the heel bulb/buttress.....





Finger points to removed heel portion on RH...




LH patched with carbon fiber and Kevlar with a heel wrap...




Finished; shod with #1 bar wedge, putty with CS crystals mixed in for frog support . i let the putty overflow onto the medial heel for cushion on distressed heels