Calico
7 yr old Paint mare
12-15-2007
This was Calico's first barefoot trim. Her MRIs show she has a lesion
to the deep digital flexor tendon in her right front; she has mild
fluid accumulation in the medullary cavity of the navicular bone of
BOTH front feet. Her right front is clubby. I will be monitoring this
trim every few days; I prefer to trim in small segments with new
horses, especially if they are a little squirrelly for the first trim
(Calico was), so they can become comfortable with me, the trimming
technique, and their new feet! I apologize for the first trim bad
pictures; my camera went home without me, and I made due with my cell
phone.
The first set of pics are her right front. Most of what looked like
bar exfoliated with the sole. Her heels were VERY long on both front
feet...I lowered them just to the height of the frog this time. She
had some chipping at the quarters. Depth at the frog apex measured by
the collateral groove looks to be close to half an inch, although I'm
sure she will shed more sole soon, narrowing that margin once we bring
the wall within a 16th of an inch.
01-18-2008
4 week photos. Calico has shed most of the flaky, chalky sole, and her
collateral groove height is looking excellent at the frog apex on all
four feet. Collateral groove height at the back of both front feet is
1". Bars on both fronts have straightened noticeably already. Except
for some tenderness on hard/rocky terrain after the rains a couple of
weeks ago, she is comfortable and moving beautifully, decidedly heel
first!
05-15-08
Calico is going beautifully...she even goes out on trail now without
her boots!
09-16-08
I've started giving Calico a small heel bevel and toe
rocker on her right front club foot to encourage her to use that heel
better, and to lengthen the stride on that leg slightly. At 4
weeks, the bevel and rocker are maintaining beautifully.
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