Claire, thank you so much for all the
details. We've had no x-rays done as of yet. Our plan was to give
him time to see if he comes around. I kind of had the feeling, and was
reinforced in your response, that there is the *who knows* thought of what
could/is actually going on to cause the hoof pain. There are just so many
stresses that can/have taken place in these feet for all these
years.
However, back to the actual foot/trim - while I am
learning to work on feet, this guy was way out of my league for working
on. Please, could you tell me having looked
at the photos, what you would have done differently to help this
guy?
To update you, we still have a front left lame
foot - it is improving and he was lame in that foot prior to the farrier work
presented here. He is walking normall on all others although you are
correct, he was sore the first day. I felt bad about that. I can say
that my comparing it to a big lick movement after his feet were done was a bit
of an exaggeration meant to add humour to an otherwise godawful hoof shape and
situation that was a bit out of my depth in how to correct - that said, he
did have some interesting first steps
Please, more information on how you would have
trimmed this would be appreciated, and I think of value to everyone here that's
interested in learning!
