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Hi, My question is about a 4 year old fresian lusitano mere. It started about 1 year and a half ago. The hoof started to become more boxy and the frog is deteriorating. Against the vet's to keep her upright, I started to gradually lower her heels. The frog started to form normally again but I'm...

Hey all, I'm new here (for you all to know) and I'm still learning, so bare with me. Little about my back ground: I've ridden since I was 3, Western and English. I started competitively Barrel Racing about 4 years back. I have an 8y/o AQHA Palomino mare named Miss Badger Olena, aka Lena, that...

Hi I have a problem. My friends horse has completely lost his frog. I mean u can see the navicular tissue. The farrier said to soak his feet in Epsom salt twice a day for ten days and pack it with icthamal at night. This is just for pain management. Then he's going to put a special shoe on to...

I was cleaning my horses hooves (like I usually do daily) and I found a 1cm hole in his rear left hoof. It was on the point of his frog and started to bleed slightly when i was cleaning it out. It didnt look like there was any puss in it to be an abscess. It seemed very soft in the hole and he...

So recently I took in my boyfriend's horse because the horse was not living in a sanatery enviornment. Ive notice this horse seems sore on his hindend, I believed it was a sore muscle or hip out. However recently I discovered a cut or a slit in his frog. Its not deep inside, but its long as in I...

it doesnt seem to hurt her or anything, but its like a chunk of her frog is peeling off? what do i do and is she okay? will add a picture soon. i believe it had something to do with a gravel road we HAD to take. but she was kept off to the side && she does not get gravel tender usually. she's...