Griffin, Here is a link to a recent newsletter from Dr Kellon about cracking hooves. You can subscribe to receive her newsletters via email.

Ugh. This is my 3rd summer with Sully and this year we have major cracking issues going on the with the hooves. Worse up front... Anyone else having issues this year due to the weather? they wear fly

Thank you! That is a totally different perspective that what I have always thought, and it actually took 3 times of reading your response to actually “get it”! We’ll keep you posted! Thank

Leave those areas alone. Sole depth doesn't necessarily build evenly. Areas that need the most help can develop sole more quickly. When you shave that down, you are thinning an area that is doing

Lavinia, This is from my trimmer...My main question is when there are raised lumps in the sole sitting above the bar height, is it ok to leave that or could it cause bruising? Thanks so much! --

Lavinia Thank you so very much! We will continue to plod along with your suggestions. I will forward your response to my trimmer and let you know if she has any questions. -- Amber, Calliber and

Hi Amber, I know how frustrating it can be to have a horse that is a bit like peeling an onion - every time you think you've reached the center (and your tears are over), another issue rears it's ugly

Marquise has DSLD and a whole host of other problems, many stemming from 24 years of having terrible feet. Is there anything that can be done to improve his trim? About a year ago I changed trimmers

Thanks, Susan. Those will be fine. -- Lavinia Moderator/ECIR Support

I've posted a complete set of hoof pictures here: Ella's Photos. Let me know if you can work with them or if there are any that need to be redone. Thanks -- Susan in BC 2020 Copper and Ella's Case

Hi Susan, In order to help, I'll need a full set of current hoof photos. Please see here for what's needed: https://ecir.groups.io/g/main/wiki#Photos-and-Hoof-Evaluation-Help On the lateral and

I'd appreciate some advice on my mare's trim. She has a slightly crooked right front foot. She's been like that as long as I've had her. I bought her at 5, she's now 9. I'm not sure if she was born

Not in my opinion. Gravel is a very effective mulch to hold down weeds. I'd rather focus on no hoof wall separation, whatever the cause. Green things grow, for which I'm grateful except along the

Will do, Joella. Just going to be a couple of days before I can get to these. Just a note that the trim has a lot of good things going for it, just needs some tweaking rather than a major revamp -

Thank you Case and Lavinia, I hadn't thought about the traction. When I first laid the crusher, it wasn't as course. So maybe some of the finer stuff has washed off as there is a slope to the

Hello Lavinia, I hope this finds you well and doing well!! I would be grateful for any recommendations you could offer to tweak my trimming job of the hinds. Her left loin is always sore.

Karen, I'm so sorry that you had to say goodbye to Haydon. May your happy memories of him sustain you during this sorrowful time. R.I.P. Haydon Josie Davis CA 06/09

Kare, I'm so sorry for your loss. Although not easy, it sounds like you made the right and only choice for your boy given the circumstances. Fly free, Haydon. Blue skies and green grass forever. --

If the horses are/might be IR/PPID, you can create an album in the Photos section of the case history sub-group yourself and upload photos there. Since you already have the case histories for them,

Susan, I added some birds eye to my pipe corrals over the existing compacted footing. I also have crusher run in parts of my turnouts where I need to supply traction during muddy weather. Larger