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[RC] Club Foot - tichenor06

Club foot.  Been there done that.  Got my heart (and pocketbook) broke, long long story.  I had the best shoer, hand made shoes, the best vet care, and it never could be resolved.  I spent years in the process learning the learning curve. 

It may be ok for some horses and owners, but not me never, ever again.

Then I selected another prospect from some "fancy" breeder.  Well, long story short, they doctored/filed his foot, and drugged, blocked him, and denied he had one.  They did this before I got there to see him.   Bought him, he started to have the telltale sign of being "off".  Sold him a month or so later, but iow immediately.  I was not going to go down that pathway ever again.  I cut my losses right away.

I am now paranoid and obsessive compulsive on club foot avoidance nowadays.  Learn all you can, learn to spot it. It may work for some but not for all.

IMO just say NO on a club foot.  There are plenty of other horses out there with no club foot issues.

I repeat:  It may be ok for some horses and owners, but not me never, ever again.

Laura

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