Re: radiographic evidence of barefoot trim fixing a "sinker"

On Jul 9, 6:29=A0am, green_kni...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
 (Catja
Pafort) wrote:
> cindi wrote:
> > I've read most of Pete Ramey's site but just found this today:
>
> >http://hoofrehab.com/jessica.htm
>
> > Since somebody recently said this can't be fixed... The section on
> > attaching frog sup****t with a shoe and how that doesn't continue to
> > provide frog sup****t for very long is exactly what I've said on this
> > group about what happened to Rain.
>
> Interesting. I also note that he says
>
> "Let the horse be the judge and use the pads and boots for any situation
> that causes discomfort or possible bruising."
>
> which is a lot closer to my position than to that of rabid barefoot
> advocates: you do not leave a horse in discomfort.

Barefooters are very happy to use boots with pads and use them like
crazy.  That is way preferable to metal shoes.  And the point of the
pads is that they prevent peripheral loading, which makes the "sinker"
worse.  Unlike the metal nailed to the wall with frog sup****t, because
as the wall grows out, it moves the sup****t away from the structures
it's supposed to be sup****ting.

That is the whole point - the trim has to be good, of course, but you
can't nail something on the wall and expect the horse to have the
pressure on the laminae relieved.  It won't be; it will be made worse.

cindi