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    [RC] Navicular Horse - Rides 2 Far


    > I had heard that like Dr. Strasser, Dr. Robert Bowker
    > also believed that Navicular was not a disease, but
    > rather a condition of the hoof when it becomes very
    > contracted. 
    
    I hate to have too many posts about this horse since it's not *that*
    endurance related...though I have known 2 endurance horses this year
    diagnosed with navicular, I think this horse's case would be a very
    extreme one.  But, I'll give a little more info just for those who are
    genuinely wanting to help.
    
    The horse has beautiful feet.  No sign of any previous founder. Nice
    angles. Plenty of heel. No sign of contracted heels.  Nice looking legs. 
    Maybe some seedy toe or whiteline, difficult using a hoof knife with a
    very large hurting horse demanding his foot back.
    
    He is not in the founder stance.  He's got his rear feet stretched out
    behind him. Looks like he's parked out.  At first I thought that was
    strange since navicular should be heel pain, but then I remembered that
    the navicular bone is a pully.  By putting his front feet out in front of
    him he's decreasing the pressure across that pully. When he pulls his
    feet back under him he banks the sawdust so that his toe is again
    pointing down to relieve the pressure.
    
    I probably shouldn't have called the field "lush".  It's about 5 acres,
    fescue, no sign of weeds, good coverage.  He gets no grain ever, hay in
    the winter. He shares it with one other horse who does not have a weight
    problem.  Bekki kept the sore horse up a lot this spring to get him to
    lose weight.  He's just massive...in a Clydesdale looking sort of way.  I
    genuinely believe he'd have to be very hungry to lose down to the "svelt"
    look we're used to.  He was not diagnosed with x-rays only... they did
    the radioactive dye injection at the University of TN.  He will probably
    never be ridden again regardless of whether he is nerved.  She's moving
    away and leaving him in the care of her retired parents.
    
    She has an appointment at the vet tomorrow at 1:00.  We'll see what he
    has to say.  I shouldn't waste a whole day going up just to solve my
    curiosity...but probably will. >g<
    
    Angie
    
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