alice
At 04:01 PM 1/9/97 EST, you wrote:
>Some years ago my horse began getting notations of "clubfoot" on his vet
>card. The first time I didn't worry, just some vet being more particular
>than most. Then when another vet made the same notation, I began to
>worry.
>
>I stumbled onto an article in a farriers magazine that suggested
>clubfooted horses might be causing it by putting stress on the foot when
>they eat off the ground. I watched him, and sure enough, every time he
>reached down to eat off the ground his good foot would go forward, and
>his bad one would go back, causing pressure on the foot.
>
>I immediately started feeding him from a haynet, with a table under it to
>catch the droppings. His foot began returning to its original shape, and
>after a few months the vets quit mentioning his clubfoot.
>
>I have no idea how common this problem is, but you folks with clubfooted
>horses might want to look into it
>
>Donna O'Gara
>come see us at:
>http://www.concentric.net/~Dlogara
>
>
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Alice Steinke
Willie (15 pound 3 yo red wire), Lacie (7 yo schnauzer mix), Sandy ( 6mo
cocker puppy)
Turbo, the cat
Hannah and Chester, the horses
If I ruled the World, Every Day would be the First day of Spring.
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