Oooooooooo, that one left a mark!
"Oooooooooo, that one left a mark!"
ROTFL!!
I like this guy and I have actually talked to him before, he's a Texas guy.
"I'm constantly amazed how anyone can look at a picture of a fairly normal foot, mark it up thus and so, then say, "That's what needs doing."
Damn me for a dummy, but when I'm doing it, I have to get a little history, take a good long look at the horse at rest, watch the horse move, pay attention to pairs, take note of the boney column, then find out what the beast does for a living before I ever pick up a foot. Just by looking at a picture of a normal foot, I couldn't tell anybody exactly how to trim that foot on the best day I ever had. I can generalize all to hell, but when it comes to specific recommendations for a particular horse based solely on pictures of normal feet, I'd be hard pressed to ante up beyond, "Cut the toe fairly short, try to make the foot land flat, leave most of the stuff in the bottom, and radius the hell outa the middle third."
The Good Sisters usta say, "Honest confession is good for the soul", so I feel all better now that I've fessed up to my apparently unique inability."
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Tom Stovall, CJF
"Look alive. Here comes a buzzard." -Pogo