RE: [RC] Help ! From other farriers and/or vets - Karen Standefer
Hi, Judy.
I’d definitely go get x-rays. Many horses are more
upright on their right front hooves. And that uprightedness (ok, not a
word……I know) can also be associated with a thinner sole and misaligned
joints. It’s possible the coffin bone is bruised (Pedal Osteotis).
It’s also possible that she’s in the developmental stages of ring-bone (the
symptoms certainly would make a person suspicious) which would explain
why the lighter shoe helps for a while and why the EZ Boot helps also.
I like Jennifer’s suggestion because it would help either a
bruised coffin bone or a prolapsed frog. But, I’d also want to know
what’s going on internally, so I’d likely get a good hoof vet to do a workup if
it were my mare.
What about her hoof conformation? Is the mare
flatfooted in front?
Karen Standefer
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