Actually, I can vouch for this as well. I was in attendance for all of the hoof related discussions that were formally scheduled by AERC. Here is a link to...
Hello, I'd really like to know more about some changes I've witnessed in my mare's front feet: For about a year after transition, it seemed as though my mare's...
Jen, If you reread your own post you'll see that you answered your own questions! The ridge you were seeing around your horse's entire frog can be from a...
In a message dated 5/3/2005 4:42:43 AM Pacific Daylight Time, ... Hey Can I crosspost this? I posted the same basic question to another list and no one seemed...
Cindy, Gwen would be the one to answer the cross posting question since I believe this forum is her design. I personally don't have a problem with you posting...
Hello, I'm wondering what might be the cause of a horse foundering after shoes are pulled. I was talking to an equine chiropractor today who told me about two...
There are MANY many many reasons for a horse to Founder- shoes are NOT one of them! Barefoot horses founder just as easily as shod horses! Be careful what you...
... shoes ... of ... (both ... until ... (c) ... Or, maybe all of the above, Jen. I just read forgewizard's reply to which I'd like to make some comments but...
if the founder just happened, maybe the horses had been kept in due to their other lameness issues and were then turned out on the new spring grass??...
Well, surprise ... there was NO winner this month! NO ONE guessed which trim was which correctly. 4 people got the closest with just 4 wrong answers. But...
... It's pretty normal having to deal with increasingly feverish attempts from conventional farriery circles that attempt to to "hang on" to beliefs that shoes...
May I ask for your input, please! ... coffin bone! But this seems completely contrary to what Pete Ramey and other of the Natural Trimmers assert. For...
... its ... the Natural Trimmers assert. For instance, Pete says his whole barn consists of previously foundered, now 100% sound, horses. The Natural...
... attempts ... This is a demonstrably incorrect statement made by an individual who is rabid in his anti-farrier fervor. ... Another demonstrably incorrect...
Can be done - even with a little bone loss but it is not easy, it takes correct frequent trimming and more. I would not believe a 100% success and 100%...
... <forgewizard@y...> wrote: "The pinching of the periople at the hairline further restricts proper hoof wall generation." How exactly does skin a few cells...
Maybe I should have qualified my statement about a foundered P3 reattachment by saying it doesn't recover or reattach to its ORIGINAL NORMAL HEALTHY state. ...
Because that is where your horse's hoof wall is generated! At the coronet. Your horse's hoof wall is generated cell by cell from the papillae(little hairlike...
Good grief - periople ( skin a few cells thick ) cannot restrict / pinch /put pressure on the coronary corium residing in the coronary groove. R ... ...
OK, so good grief I misspoke- I meant Coronary corium. Pardon my faux pa! The entire hairline gets pinched and strangled when a horse trully founders. check...
www.eurodressage.com/reports/shows/2005/05saumur/hindle.html please check out the article - a very successful competitor who rides upper level dressage,...
Yes, it was fun trying to sort out all of the hoof picture. When I compared my responses to the answers I found I had only missed 3. Ted ... 4 ... TRIM...
I think if this group is now focused on being correct or accurate with info then the French for "false step" should be accurate as well. It is spelled as Faux...
Such discussions very often end up with a farrier resorting to name calling and showing outright disrespect for anyone, veterinarian or not, that would report...
... are ... attempts ... ........I have seen too many horse's fet and subsequently their movement, their performance and their attitude improve with properly ...
From: forgewizard ....EXCUSE ME? I personally have often not only recognized abnormalities, but also have pointed them out to the horse owner AND the vet AND...
Forgewizard: I will speak of one case in particular as I have photos to show the progression, anyway, I have Personally seen a Founder/Sinker recover and have...
Hi Tom: Your post reminded me of something Karen Pryor (www.clickertraining.com) wrote quite some time ago. I look at this frequently :) I especially like #5...