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Yann · Joined: 02 Feb 2007 Posts: 426 Location: Sheffield

Things are improving here too, the grass is still growing but seems to have lost its oomph. Tess also lost hers as a result, so it was off with the muzzle and bigger dinners and she's right as rain again now. Feet still so so on rough stuff but I carefully trimmed them the other day and they look almost normal again.

Rio is doing very well too, did a fairly tricky hack with boots in reserve in my bum bag the other day and didn't need them, only went careful on a downhill stretch with scattered stones on a hard surface, strode out everywhere else. She's otherwise on top form

Moving fields for a few months very soon, so the muzzles will be on standby, I'm still popping them on during the day if I spot any potential signs of trouble.

jane stevens · Joined: 28 Jan 2008 Posts: 33 Location: devon

"Tally Ho" is Otto and Ecliptic's next EGB ride in Wiltshire on Sunday 27th feet are very strong almost like iron Smile

Wearing out rasps quite quickly now!

Since coming back from the Bowker Conference I have taken toes back even shorter Wink

Ecliptic had bruising appear on his heel bulbs after the last ride any ideas Question

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brucea · Joined: 15 Feb 2008 Posts: 280 Location: Aberdeen

I last posted that we were bringing our lami pony back into work now we feel he has made sufficient progress.

He's moving really well, still the occasional stride that says oohhh but they are few and far between. The problem we have now is keeping him at walk and working gently - he's feelign a bit too good in himself and wanting to charge around like a maniac! Smile

He has a new playmate in the dry lot - an older horse, behaves and presents like laminitis but xrays show no rotation or sinking, worse on one front foot, wants to keep his weight on his heels so looks like he is in the lami stance, in heartbars. Any ideas Question

Owner beside herself with worry.

cptrayes · Joined: 05 Feb 2007 Posts: 141

laminitics don't have to have rotation. Mine didn't yet he stood that way too when he had a flare-up.

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hobnob · Joined: 17 Feb 2008 Posts: 327 Location: uk

Whip the heart bars off and see whats he's like then ???

brucea · Joined: 15 Feb 2008 Posts: 280 Location: Aberdeen

That's the unsuggestable suggestion. Sad

...vets, farriers, yard manager...you know the scenario...shame really, 6 months withut shoes would do the lad a world of good.

Have been gently suggesting to the owner that she gets Anni to review him when she is here to do some other horses.

hobnob · Joined: 17 Feb 2008 Posts: 327 Location: uk

All you can do is use Bramble as an example that the L word doesnt have to mean heart bars etc. Get her to look on the internet at some of the amazing rehabs that have been achieved by some of the guys on here. The owner has to make up their own mind - we can just hope that the penny drops someday Sad

brucea · Joined: 15 Feb 2008 Posts: 280 Location: Aberdeen

Well they share a dry lot now, one hobbles around and Bramble is being a prat and trying to climb on the bales Confused

, the evidence is there for the sighted.

When I gently broached the subject the response was "but he's always had shoes on and he's in his 20's now and too old to change" Confused

DUH!!!

jane stevens · Joined: 28 Jan 2008 Posts: 33 Location: devon

Otto and Ecliptic went round the Tally Ho EGB 30km brilliantly - but Hazel (my Sister)and I got lost - TWICE Rolling Eyes

wasted at least 20 minutes Exclamation

and they still passed and acheived grade 3's so not bad at all considering we let them down Embarassed

Vet asked how long Otto had been "barefoot" at vetting before the ride steward commented that she had a barefoot horse too and Vet just nodded I think with approval Shocked

Otto knocked a chunk of outer wall off from his lateral quarter on one of his front hooves but nothing serious

Great Ride though
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Sarah · Joined: 22 Jul 2006 Posts: 556

Foxy is very nearly rock crunching, just shortens up on hard or stoney downward surfaces, but then the back of his foot is pathetic and of course this will put the most amount of pressure on the structures here. Had a dodgey few days in the middle of the month but a couple of squirts of white lightening gel down the crack that is his central sulcus cleared up the infection which was causing the problem. Interestingly the lameness got worse after we had spent two days at a clinic on sand so the grit must have been very sore up there.

If you go to July on his page at http://www.performancebarefoot.co.uk/page130.html you'll see what he got up to in July.

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