I would be interested in whatever you find out. My
horse had the same problem in his right rear fetlock. He recovered with
pasture turnout and some Legend shots. Then, shortly after, developed what
appeared to be a torn sesmoidian cruciate ligament and a small bone chip in the
left rear fetlock. So, lots and lots of money later, we are trying
confinement and 20 minutes daily walking under saddle on flat good
footing. Maybe the secret is to (1) not have pasture for them to tear
themselves up in :); (2) spend little money and lots of benign
neglect.
Anyway, I think I have a wonderful shoer, but I just got
him so time will tell I guess.
I am trying to bring back to soundness a horse who had a right front
superficial digital flexor meadial branch nearly complete rupture from
insertion in March 2002 while "playing" in his pasture. I did the
ultrasound, glucosomine Carol Gillis, DVM, Ph.D. and Mark Christin, DMV,
prescribed treatment with egg bar shoing, confinement walking therapy
daily for one year and then money and time told me it was get over it or
not. Well, 2005 has arrived we moved to the mountains and he runs
all over the hill and he is semi sound and I am riding him as a trail
horse. I took him on a 25 mile ride as a drag rider and he was semi
sound. I ran on to a shoer who is also an endurance rider and a
very knowledgable rider who said they though it was his shoeing that was
causing his gait abnormality. He was and is alway willing to ride.
So, any thoughts.