I subscribe to TheHorse.com. Received an article on Horse Foot Bruises this morning that left me a bit dismayed.
The picture at the top shows a foot with contracted heels, long toes, and what appears to be a very thin sole. I read the entire article and saw nothing about the foot in the picture. Unless I'm misunderstanding something, the contracted heels, long toes, and thin sole in the picture IS the principle cause of bruised feet. To me the foot looks clearly pathological. This should be a vetted information source but now I'm wondering.
Only picture I see, is the one of the shod hoof being picked out.
The horse must have some kind of pathology, as I see he is shod with a full bar shoe, where break over is set back. Navicular?
Yes, sole appears to lack depth, where it is bruised
Hard to tell if the heels are contracted, because that bar shoe is distorting the pic.
I had to save the picture and then enlarge it to be certain, but it is not a bar shoe. You must be looking at the hook of the pick thinking it is a bar. At any rate, do what ever you need to do to enlarge the picture and you will clearly see it is not a bar shoe.
I'll try to post an enlarged view. My guesstimate of the toe from frog apex to breakover is about two inches. 3/4" to 1" too far. Long toe. The picture just says cleaning hoof. The thing that bothered me is that with the picture being from what should be a reliable site, nothing is said about the imbalance of the foot which could lead some to think it is just fine.
Click to enlarge..........
Looking more closely, I can see the other heel end of the shoe. Very contracted.
Thanks, Hondo, for the enlargement. You are right!
And people wonder why horses go lame, not because of shoing, but because pathology is locked in, if the horse does not first have a correct trim.
Even Dr Stephan O'grady, also a farrier, states that bad farriery is the number one cause of lameness. Not farriery, but BAD farriery
Thanks, Hondo, for the enlargement. You are right!
And people wonder why horses go lame, not because of shoeing, but because pathology is locked in, if the horse does not first have a correct trim.
Even Dr Stephan O'grady, also a farrier, states that bad farriery is the number one cause of lameness. Not farriery, but BAD farriery
It's taken me almost two years to understand this. Were it not for the internet, due to my relative isolation, I may well have never learned this.
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