My mare no longer has WLD in any shape or form, but my gelding, it seems, can't get a break.
He's had a deep crack/hole in his front hoof... 'had' I say, because my farrier completely trimmed the entire hole and crack out earlier. Even with me doctoring his hooves daily, it just kept getting worse and worse... The hole in his hoof was over half an inch deep when my farrier dug it out today. I'd been packing it with medicated cotton balls to keep it from getting dirt packed in and to keep it from getting rocks stuck up in there, but it just kept getting worse and worse... He's even been lame at the trot for the past few days...
But my farrier finally managed to get out here and check Dakota over. He trimmed out the entire crack and 'bad' spot and checked his other hooves over, declared his hoof-health 'good' overall (declared my mare's hoof-health 'excellent'), and fixed him up. Farrier had to take so much off that I thought Dakota would be lame or tender, but if anything he's more comfortable! Walking, trotting, and cantering around without any bad steps.
Tomorrow, if it's not raining, I'm going to soak his hooves in CleanTrax and hope for the best!
He's had a deep crack/hole in his front hoof... 'had' I say, because my farrier completely trimmed the entire hole and crack out earlier. Even with me doctoring his hooves daily, it just kept getting worse and worse... The hole in his hoof was over half an inch deep when my farrier dug it out today. I'd been packing it with medicated cotton balls to keep it from getting dirt packed in and to keep it from getting rocks stuck up in there, but it just kept getting worse and worse... He's even been lame at the trot for the past few days...
But my farrier finally managed to get out here and check Dakota over. He trimmed out the entire crack and 'bad' spot and checked his other hooves over, declared his hoof-health 'good' overall (declared my mare's hoof-health 'excellent'), and fixed him up. Farrier had to take so much off that I thought Dakota would be lame or tender, but if anything he's more comfortable! Walking, trotting, and cantering around without any bad steps.
Tomorrow, if it's not raining, I'm going to soak his hooves in CleanTrax and hope for the best!