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Toeing out in yearling

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I just recently bought this yearling and it’s evident that she is toeing out. I know some of this is slightly normal and will correct with age but hers looks a little severe. Is there ways to fix it? Am I over worried?
 

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I came to offer a WELCOME to the Forum.


I'm no expert and think your questions should be made to a vet for their input and guidance on what if anything to do...
I look at all your pictures and it troubles me to see such swelling in the legs as the pictures depict...
As said, no expert here but any babies/yearlings I've seen are thin legs and joints not swelling and solid appearance.


I hope your youngster is absolutely fine, but think your best direction is to take those concerns to a qualified vet to do a hands-on exam.
Good luck.

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Had to look again after above comments - on fone, can't see much detail but they looked a bit off. Seems maybe right legs (front & hind?). Are more swollen? Ditto I'd be getting a good lameness expert to her, not leaving it.

As to your question, depends how they're toeing out - eg are legs actually turned at joints, or are they straight but tight thru shoulders & hips - eg. Looks like she's a bit cow hocked & base narrow behind, so pelvis issue not leg/foot issue as such, and esp as she is a... Malleable youngster, may just take an easy chiro adjustment to straighten her out.
 
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I do plan to get vet checked of course. A lot of the swelling happened after my farrier clipped her feet(they were really bad). Unfortunately I wasn’t impressed about how he handled it, as he took it all off, so I will be looking for a new farrier for her as well.
 
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Plan to get the vet NOW!! That is a VERY bad sign, if the swelling happened after the farrier! Either he changed angles so much that he's caused strained tendons, but the other very big possibility is that he has damaged her joints &/or bones through rough handling!! A baby's bones & joints are 'green' & cartilaginous, not yet ossified, and as such they are very easily damaged - the main reason you shouldn't hard tie or ride young horses too. I hope it's not that, and that if it is, it's not permanent damage he has done. But PROMPT veterinary attention - from a specialised equine lameness vet(got any racecourses around your way?) is your best bet.
 
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Sometimes farrier’s get too carried away when it comes to trimming hooves that have been let go for a long time.

They take too much in one strike, which can really the sore the horse up — either in the hooves, the tendons or both:(

I would not want this particular farrier trying to trim this yearling again, for fear you end up with a horse with permanent damage in the leg(s). The farrier does not appear knowledgeable in corrective work and may possibly over-correct the splay foot.

The vet (hopefully good on lameness issues) really should take x-rays of the hoof and ultrasound the leg, IMHO, and go from there.

You did mention changing farrier’s, if you don’t know of a therapeutic farrier in your area, try looking on New Horse.

https://www.newhorse.com/

Click on The “farrier’s” button, then go to your state and also the neighboring state, if you’re close to a border:)

Now that you’ve explained how the baby got swollen ankles, you could cold hose all of them for 10-12 minutes each, if the swelling is still there. I hope it isn’t - it should have started going down by now. Do the ankles feel warm to the touch?

If they do, since there are four to deal with, I would poultice and wrap. Sore-No-More is a benzonite clay/arnica cold poultice that you can wrap.

My lameness vet had me cold hose the legs, poultice, wrap with vet wrap, cover with pillow leg wraps (which there is a right and wrong direction to wrap), then wrap all that with Velcro closure standing wraps.

I had to do that for 11 months when an AFA certifies farrier took too much heel off my foundered horse in one strike and literally tore both front tendons.

Also, your yearling isn’t a Tennessee Walker is it? Many of them do tend to be splay-footed but they are generally born splay-footed on both fronts and the rule is to not try and correct them, just to trim the hooves according to what they ask for:)

Your follow-up explanation helped a lot. When I saw your photos and those swollen joints, I nearly passed out and immediately thought this is not a question for the cyber world to figure out, it’s a question for a hands on vet.

It is still a question for a vet that can physically examine and hopefully x-ray your yearling but at least your further explanation has allowed for some input:):)

Please let us know what the vet says and I hope you can find a farrier who specializes in lameness issues, even though the yearling isn’t lame. Therapeutic farrier’s have had training in various types of hoof issues that the typical farrier has not:)
 
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