KeroKero

Hi there, nice to meet another Manitoban! :) Clyde looks like quite the character! Give me a holler if you'd like a trail riding buddy sometime - I'm also a nerd, I'm sure we could find something to talk about! ;)

Hi KeroKero - I just joined the forum, and enjoyed reading your adventures with your first horse. It was so nice to read someone's experience of being a NEW owner - I just recently bought my Clyde mare and your questions are the same as mine. I'm going to read all your posts and learn as much as I can before asking questions that might already have an existing answer here! Thanks for sharing!

The normal 'treatment' is palliative which helps the symptoms, generally temporarily, as it is conventionally considered incurable & progressive. tends to be shoes with pads, raising the heels...

An alternative would be hoof boots. They work great for some horses and riders. why are you shoeing your horse? Is it lame walking around where it lives or lame on trail rides/working? If the...

I wanted to highlight this point. So many farriers completely and utterly miss this. When the frog is on the ground and loaded, it will actually raise the angle of the coffin bone as it is now...

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To me it seems like, especially in the beginning videos, you are not being consistant with him when it comes to asking him to transition. You're basically asking and asking him to do something, then...

This is from an article in a recent (February 19, 2013) Horse&Rider Newsletter, by Jennifer Forsberg Meyer Yeah, But, MY Horse…...

Sorry OP, that pic doesn't give much away, mud & all. I agree that shoes will likely make him comfortable. Just that shoes IME are only going to address the symptoms, not the actual problem. Yeah,...

I agree with Kero. That picture is difficult to interpret because the foot is dirty and it is hard to see the angles. However, it appears the foot has long heels that are uneven from side to...

I'm sensing the OP is venting and perhaps looking for another qualified farrier/trimmer. Shoot, I am surrounded by farriers and so-called barefoot trimmers --- most of them aren't worth a Pinch...

I like your response generally Dancing, but IME a *good* farrier & a *good* trimmer will trim a bare hoof essentially the same way - & that will also depend on terrain, etc. And IME I'd have to...

Well done.:wink: Yes, it seems the heels are still a tad high. No, you don't have to trim the frog because of that tho. As there is a tad running forward apparent, I'd trim the heels lower on the...

To update everyone. I purchased a beautiful, almost 17 hh black standardbred off the track that is 3 1/2! I got her a month ago, and couldn't be happier! She knew nothing when I got her (she used to...

IV dealt with founder too but as far as a explanation goes no iam no good at that. I know what club feet look like but there again not good and giving details. Walkininthewalk knows a ton about...

Not everyone agrees with this but ridges are caused by hoof wall that meets up with pressure from the ground and "piles up." Since the wall cannot grow downward easily it begins to buckle and form...

Dead and false sole can usually go. (There are exceptions) It needs to go so you can determine the actual sole plane and trim to it. Live waxy sole should be left alone. Leaving dead and false sole...