Eleanor or Robin I failed to click the new album rather than add to old. I have added things to Radiographs by mistake. Sorry - please can you remove for me. John

My horse is recovering from laminitis/founder. He is no longer rotated and his "new" hoof is about 1/4 new . He is showing no signs of lameness and hasn't for a couple of months. My farrier says to

Hi Sherri and Ann Marie and list members Just wanted to point you to the file "How to get good Hoof Photos" in the files section at the ECHoof home page. It's a quick and easy guide to getting photo

My photo's showed up as Alethia...and I am Ann-Marie and my horse is Bullet.....I have more to add as well

I took Aletheia last Friday to a Vet (of a good horsey friend of mine) in Missouri who has consulted with me and my Farrier telephonically for the past few months - very experienced and succussful wit

Hi Ann-Marie Just wanted you to know that I moved your old rads into your Bullet file along with your pics. How long ago were these taken? I'm still trying to work out how to make this as easy as po

This is directed to John the vet...have you had a chance to look at the photos i posted? i know i haven't put up his new xrays, but the vet and farrier both thought they looked great and agreed to ta

Laminitis question: I've had two farriers tell me that P3 rotation will show up on the hoof wall as a horizontal line in a very short period of time after a laminitis attack. Also, if there is no li

John, I posted the most recent xrays of Bullet's feet and wondered if you had a chance to look at them. I repsonded to your post on the EC site as well. Thanks, Ann-Marie

mmmeer@... wrote: Yes it is - but there is a long, time-honored tradition of apprenticeship in the shoeing business. Somehow it seems many people think that shoeing is really hard and takes a lot

Lynn Swearingen wrote: That WAS my point. I'm taking this discussion to EC hoof. BUT I WILL say for the record here that you can't make blanket statements like that. Every situation is differe

I sure can relate to this Abby. I was a horse owner who knew what a foot and frog was and that you should clean it and look for thrush. Eveything else will be taken care of by my farrier. Then I got

My question is about keeping Bullet's feet dry. If you refer to the pictures I have posted, you can see the condition of the left foot especially. How "dangerous" is it if he feet get wet? I am fig

repete134@... wrote: I think I already covered my butt on this one - poorly phrased the first time. I was talking about well-applied heart bars vs a bad trim. I do NOT disagree with this. That i

I want to take a minute here to explain another important reason why general discussions of barefoot vs shoes are not appropriate for this list. **Laminitic feet are not normal** Obvious? Maybe, but

John, Joker's radiographs were taken March 9. He was trimmed and reset March 6. How would you suggest I proceed with removing his shoes and pads? He is currently walking heel first. Should I remove

Just putting together some of these comments on horses' feet, and I wanted to say something important about the idea of transitioning horses out of shoes and into bare feet. Yes I AM a farrier. I

Tried once before to change the subject line and am trying once more b/c clearly that is the lead on this article. How about putting together a list of questions horse owners can and should ask when

Great idea Nancy !!! 1--In addition to Abby's length of apprentice and/or experience with a particular issue or method. (Personally,I would like to see someone who has looked into/studied several me

I tripped over this one this morning looking for something else. Leave it to Dr Rooney to make this point so well. Note the host of his site. http://www.horseshoes.com/farrierssites/sites/rooney/bar