[RC] Anyone have their bars grow like crazy? - Karen Standefer
Hi, Jon.
I’ve seen this is a lot of horses. Sometimes it
is the old sole wearing away that is revealing overgrown bars that didn’t
exfoliate before. And, then other times I’ve seen it in a weak hoof
that needs the caudal support for the coffin bone.
It’s a toss up what to do about it. I’ve had one
horse of my own that did this in the winter after I pulled shoes and I just let
him wear it away on his own. After about 2 months barefoot he balanced
his hoof up better and the overgrown bars got soft and fell off. He also
had them worse on the rears.
I’ve had some discussion with Dr. Bowker about this
and he feels the hoof grows these unwieldy bars for support for something that
is lacking.
I have some pics to compare to if you want to write me
privately. Karen_standefer at yahoo dot com
