Cindi typed
>. . .but you are not denying that barefoot has saved
numerous cases of founder, hm?
Bare foot trimming may save some horses, applying shoes many have saved
others. My horse was saved by having his tendons cut. He needed immediate
action if he was to keep living. His shoes were pulled because the vet
recommended applying styro foam pads to relieve the pressure on the
hoofwall
and the coffin bone. Trimming alone didn't cut it for him. In each
individual horse it depends the degrees of rotation and the sinking of the
coffin bone.
> He was rotating, not sinking, but even so, I'd prefer a > method that
> doesn't involve having to cut any tendons.
No, he rotated and was sinking, I think it is pretty clear from the Feb to
March films. At the time the March rads were taken, the vet felt the horse
was 2mm from becoming a true "sinker" ie, the coffin bone piercing the
sole
of the hoof.
Everybody else in the world would prefer not to cut tendons. It is a
salvage
procedure. It works in some instances. If I had waited to see if a
barefoot
trim would work, the horse's coffin bone would have pierced the sole of
his
hoof, and it would have been all over. I don't regret having the tendons
cut, in fact given the same set of cir***stances (rotating and sinking), I
would still have it done. As far as pain management, the release of the
tendon on the bone was amazing. The horse didn't have the need to shuffle
from one foot to the other, as is the case for many horses with hoof pain.
Deb
PS His heels were appropriate for his foot size.
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