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Posted on 02/24/2006 9:12:25 AM PST by HairOfTheDog
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They look pretty good to me :~D
Oh and let me say too that the position of her heels isn't just an arbitrary thing. It's determined by how far down it is before you hit live sole. Her heels might not need to go that far back at all. Only her hairdresser...uh...farrier knows for sure. ;o)
Yeah, I could tell that. That's why I said that it was hard to tell anything about breakover point from that view. I was basing my guess on where it looked like her toe was naturally wanting to roll and it looked like there was a shadow starting right where I put the red dot.
OK, I posted the ones of his front.
Becky
They certainly look fine to me, Becky.
Well, I'll bite. His front toes are too long, but then he didn't look freshly shod either. It's hard to tell anything about their heels when they've got shoes on. You'd need to exfoliate the sole to be able to tell. Now I'm gonna shut up before you all think I'm a crazy know-it-all (if you don't already!) ;o)
LOL:)
This is what I mean. His front toes too long??????? :). I'm desperatly trying to get them to grow longer:). My vet says they are too short. This shoe job is about 3 wks old:).
What does exfoliate mean?
Becky
Ooops - but you posted them to the barefoot thread, and not your interference thread ;~D
Exfoliate is when you dig out all the white chalky-looking sole and get down to the waxy-looking live sole. That's when you know when to stop cutting.
I think the farrier digging out Tuffy's sole is what has exacerbated the problem to the point of him being unable to walk. According to his x-rays, he has no natural cushion in the sole of his foot so when the farrier starts digging, he's taking away whatever small amount of exterior cushion Tuffy had. I've had other horses you could dig out half their feet and it wouldn't effect them but it doesn't work for Tuffy.
There's a difference between exfoliating and trimming the sole. Exfoliating is when you stop when you hit live sole. If you scratch it and it looks like a candle wax, you don't cut it. If it looks like drywall and easily scratches with a hoof pick, then it's going to come off anyway. If you use the live sole as a guide, you'll never cut off too much.
Y'all I gotta head for the house. I'll talk to ya tomorrow.
That really makes me think my farrier is trimming out too much. I watch him and he just hacks away.
Have a good evening and talk to you tomorrow!
My farrier cuts a bit out of Bay's, but since he's in the pads his soles don't wear away at all.
We tried Tuffy in pads but they crushed his heels and made the lameness worse. I tell ya, the more stuff we try with him, the more problems we cause. Hopefully, the strongid theory is right and will solve a chunk of the problems.
Oh...Your the one with the cool ranch in the desert! I love the appy pictures you post. I tried to Move to Henderson a few years ago but never got past the planning stage. Maybe some day we'll manage a vacation home there.
On a light note. I took a few pictures of Rocky and my rooster. I think they're friends. The rooster during the day is always in Rock's stall hanging out with him. Today they shared a meal:)
It's funny that he would share with a rooster but any other horse came around he'd run him out. :~D
Tiff's Kat is that way, would run off any horse who dared be nearby while she was eating, but would share her dish with a goat.
I gotta get off my butt now and get things done...
Hello all, I am still here, I lurk when I can but am very busy these days. Down here in rainless, dried-out Texas.
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