Proud flesh remedy?

[Lif Strand <fasterhorses@gilanet.com>]

My experience with proud flesh is that the more exercise a horse gets,
the less the chances are of proud flesh forming in the first place.  I'm
not talking hard work, I'm talking constant movement.  I have seen
horses with smaller proud flesh areas get rid of it just by turning them
out.  I imagine that the constant movement helps the foot pump blood
back up the leg, and the therefore better circulation acts as a proud
flesh prevention.

Whatever remedy is used to rid a horse of already formed proud flesh,
combine it with lots and lots of gentle movement.  Pasture the horse -
I'd imagine dry pasture would be better to encourage movement - you
could put the horse in a big area and feed many little piles of hay
spread all around the edge, to keep the horse moving.  Some sort of
situation like that.  Lif

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