Kim - what was the shoeing issue? and how
did you correct it?
I just had the two horses (with the xrays)
reshod - I'll take some photos of their feet and put them on the net too. They
look great at this point, time will tell - I hope to get another set of xrays in
6 months or so and see how they look. One of the horses is new to me, he came
with the low heel issue. The other is not new, just turned 5 and still growing,
and I was pretty surprised by the issue with his feet. Partly because I haven't
been paying enough attention to this horse since he's still young, just getting
going - but also surprised that the symptoms weren't more obvious. The xrays
were a real bonus with him.
I have a question regarding the lower limb
on horses - how much, if any, motion is there in these joints (p1/p2/p3) during
normal use? There seems to be a fair range of motion between p2 and the coffin
bone, based upon the way the horse's foot flexes, but is there any natural
motion between p1 and p2?
Steph
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Angie,
Just to continue on your hoof
angle discussion. A couple years ago, my mare had a subtle
lameness problem that had been misdiagnosed as an upper suspensory tear.
I felt that the suspensory diagnosis might be incorrect and went for a second
opinion. It turned out that the suspensory was fine and that there was a
slight shoeing/trim problem that was found through Xrays. Although the
shoeing looked great, Xrays showed differently and a slight change in
shoeing has kept the mare sound for the last two years.
I now try to Xray all the competition horses
to make sure that shoeing/trim angles are correct. It also gives me a
base set of xrays in case down the road a problem arises and we want a
comparison set to see if or what changes are occurring.
