Paris
12 yo Quarter Horse Mare
Another "navicular" horse begins her road to barefoot....and healing.
Paris was wearing pads of different heights under her shoes. There was
Equithane under the right front pad, but only under one side. Hmmmmm.
Well...anyway...here's what we're going to have to fix for Paris:
Right front:
Heel is extremely underrun, toe waaaaay out in front of her. The sole
in front of the frog apex is very flat; either P3 is a hair away from
the ground, or she has built a big layer of false sole and we're not
seeing the true bottom of the collateral groove. Her heels are
predictably contracted, heel bulbs very pinched. Bars prominent, but
not clearly distinguishable from the surrounding sole, which raises
the possibility of false sole. Very carved frog (shoer had to get rid
of it to apply the pad!) that reeked of thrush when the shoe and pad
came off, although there was no visible thrush. I rolled her toe
conservatively and relieved her quarters and just barely showed the
heels my rasp.
Left front:
Much more upright (thank goodness!) Much less contracted than the
right, but still pinched and a poor, sad, skinny little frog that
hasn't felt the ground in a long, long time. Very prominent bars,
which I trimmed just above the sole plane. I took a modest bit off of
her very high heels (maybe a hair more than 1/8") and rolled her toe
conservatively.
Next week Paris will get a White Lightening soak to begin to address
those frogs! She will likely be ready for a touch up trim by then as
well. 05-08-08 One soak last week, and a minor
retrim today. Frogs look a little bit healthier, but I'll be resoaking
soon; it is the closest thing to a magic bullet for these atrophied
frogs and contracted heels. Frequent, aggressive beveling to the toe
will g-r-a-d-u-a-l-l-y combat that very, very underrun heel on Paris'
right front.
06-03-08 Trim & soak. Paris'
frogs look good, but we will continue soaking regularly to encourage
her heels to widen. She is fiercely holding on the sole/bar
material on both front feet. I beveled her right front toe
vertically and gave her a small toe rocker to start encouraging a
healthier sole plane. Left front received a nice mustang roll
and a modest heel trim. I am gradually balancing her hind feet,
which were noticeably imbalanced at the setup trim.
07-08-08 Paris is making progress.
She still has not shed out any sole on the right front, but her heel
is standing up (YAY!) and she is growing down much better connected
wall now. Left front shed an entire layer of sole, and bar is
not growing as fast as it was. Her hind feet are now balanced
nicely! 08-09-08 VERY good trim today.
All of that retained sole she's been holding on to on the right front
peeled out today, revealing excellent concavity. Notice how the
widest part of the hoof is now much farther back.
09-08-08 That right front heel continues to improve.
Hoof capsule is not nearly so elongated.
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