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Post by fin on Dec 26, 2007 19:43:52 GMT 1
How are his soles? Might be worth trying the dreaded Gastri-X on him for a bit just in case it is digestive disturbance causing a bit of footiness--must be a bit scary tho given what Storm's been through
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Post by dingbat on Dec 26, 2007 20:12:20 GMT 1
i know. thats what makes me paranoid! he was fine tonight in the school though. i'll try and get some feet pics at the weekend so you can see what they look like. i'm not very good a describing things!
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Post by dingbat on Jan 2, 2008 21:56:01 GMT 1
pics now added
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Post by Yann on Jan 2, 2008 22:28:00 GMT 1
Interesting feet, looks like he's growing lots of bar and false sole to provide additional support. Not sure if this would have any detrimental effect on his comfort levels though. The one thing that does stand out though as far as you can tell from photos is how long the walls are, levering on the white line could possibly cause discomfort on soft surfaces as well as hard ones, I don't know.
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Post by butterfly on Jan 2, 2008 22:34:15 GMT 1
maybe you have just done a little bit too much too soon. Try less hacking out and see if he improves.
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Post by dingbat on Jan 2, 2008 23:06:54 GMT 1
they were last trimmed a few weeks back. cant remember (until i get to work tomorrow and loo at my calendar) if they are due this coming weekend or the weekend after. but they are almost due (they are being left 5 weeks).
is there anything you would do?
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Post by fin on Jan 2, 2008 23:09:52 GMT 1
THey look like they'll turn into nice solid feet but the heels are very, very high. I don't know if it's the light on the RF but it looks as if the frog's leaning a bit--that the actual balance of the hoof has gradually become a bit odd? and looks like false sole too, but it doesn't really look like a classic LGL hoof to me. The white line isn't 100% tight I suppose but it's miles better than what we have ATM Lots of wall growth and nice round feet--they're not the usual QH boxy contracted horrors at all, are they?! (Probably because he's never been shod). ETA can you learn to do a maintenance trim to keep the height down in between trims? We've found this really helped
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Post by Yann on Jan 2, 2008 23:17:25 GMT 1
Personally, if in any doubt I boot up to hack, takes all the worry out of the situation Those feet certainly look like they're due a trim, it would be interesting to know if he seems more comfortable after
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Post by dingbat on Jan 2, 2008 23:37:28 GMT 1
she didnt do too much last time so as not to upset him. he was farrier trimmed before so said she'd tackle him gradually.
his right foot does go off slightly. it was also pointed out by the vet at the vetting, there is a slight imbalance there and he dishes slightly (not that i picked up on it) on that foot also.
when my trimmer offered to show me bits before - i freaked! i was like, no way am i touching storms feet! might be different with MB but i'd be worried of doing something wrong?
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Post by fin on Jan 3, 2008 0:15:05 GMT 1
Gradual is good Really all you need to do in between proper trims is take of a bit of height and keep the roll on--even just doing the roll is better than nothing. Even if you do inadvertently create a bit of an imbalance it'll get corrected soon enough by your EP, so you're unlikely to do any harm, and besides, once you've been shown what to do it's pretty straightforward. I say that of course in the smug knowledge that since my son wants to be an EP all I have to do is control the mad QH while he tries to balance feet that are whizzing past his head, obviously But I'm sure MB is more civillised than my yellow peril.
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Post by dingbat on Jan 3, 2008 14:05:27 GMT 1
Oh yes - i dont think he'd object. He was a bit wary of the odd equipment having his first trim but he just took the 'freeze and no one will get hurt' option.
They are due next week, i checked. so they were done 4 weeks ago.
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Post by nich on Jan 3, 2008 14:48:48 GMT 1
do you have a sand school? they are good for gentle conditioning - when my girl was in the early stages of getting used to bf, we walked her in hand in there daily.
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Post by fin on Jan 3, 2008 16:20:40 GMT 1
Lol--we trimmed JJ today and he took the approach of 'eat, and no-one will get hurt' so evidently the protocol of 'you can eat until you're an ars, then you get frogmarched off into the centre of the school and stand there to think about it' that we implemented last time, has worked It's amazing how much growth you can get in four weeks, isn't it? And I still get folk telling me that I can't possibly keep my neds barefoot or their feet will wear away.....sigh....
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Post by dingbat on Jan 3, 2008 21:27:56 GMT 1
lol. yes they'll have stumps!
i went to tunisia end of last year and you should have seen them - no shoes andrough ground. some of the donkies were climbing steps and clambering over rubble. but their feet hadnt worn away!
yes i have a sand school. hes ridden in there mainly with 1 hack a week atm.
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