I must admit that in spite of my desire to have things documented ALWAYS, I'm the first one to be in too much of a hurry or too lazy to get my camera out when I should. I'm constantly saying "I wis

Hi Abby, It seems that foundered horses need heel rasping around two to three weeks at the most to keep the coffin bone ground parallel. Some, if they are moving well, need it even more frequently. If

Geez, I've barely been able to get caught up with this! I've been rehabbing foundered and navicular horses for about 8 years now. I trim some "normal" horses, but I work mainly with rehabs. In fact

This part is baffling to me because I think I'm right in saying that Dave invented the hoof casts 15 years ago.Abby? To my mind one of the beauties of the hoof casts is that an owner can apply them

So just how is the equicast removed? Do you have to rasp it off the walls, or can it be peeled off in some way? This has me really curious......... Sharon

Gosh. What a sweeping statement. Ute? What is your experience with hoof casts that cause you to draw the conclusion stated above? Lorna Ontario

barefoot, plus they will not pack snow Please Ute,use some qualifiers in your sweeping generalizations? My horses have been barefoot for many years.They live out.We have snow in the winters...more t

I forget who mentioned the digital cushion in a post, but I've found that can be the most difficult and painful part of rehab on horses that toe walk - whether they've actually been diagnosed as navic

Geez, Ute, we gotta stop meeting like this. Tell me where do you do the bulk of your professional practice? barefoot, plus they will not pack snow, as the hove and >naturally flex and expand. Yes

Dear List Wanted to address the issue of making a horse usable through masking pain because it has come up a couple of times in this thread. In the five years I've been on the three EC lists, I

...... My horses whole hindend alignment changed after he was taken barefoot. I always thought he was slightly sickle hocked - he was not. He assumed this stance to compensate for the instability his

Having had two friends over the years (and several others I know of) lose their horses to broken hips, I strongly disagree with that statement. Strongly. The "old way" was to pull shoes for the w

While perusing sole support products...none of which I like too much...I got to thinking why couldn't I equicast a comfort pad, frog support pad or dome pad under the equicast for folks who really hat

"Dr.Kellon wrote: I asked you that specifically in response to comments about difficulty of putting them on. They really are as easy to put on as Vetwrap." The following is the file called Laminiti

if banning is what you feel the need to do, so be it. i simply asked qestions and debated points made. there was absolutely no disrespect given. the issue about the paying or not paying for service

Hi Everyone Just so you know, we don't ban here. Moderate, yes. But not ban. If you've been here a while you know the dedication folks on this list have to helping animals in distress. The ove

I apologize to all of you for my banning comment, it was uncalled for and unprofessional. But, I still stand by everything else I said. Claire from AZ

i have read all the posts in regards to these casts with much interest. i was the one that asked how these compared to the Perfect Hoof Wear system sold by K.C. Lapiere. before anyone says it: i do

Back when I had to board my horse and he spent most of his time in stalls he always had a little bit of thrush. he was perfectly healthy but he was standing in dampish poop contaminated bedding most

Dear List Lynn - Thanks so much for your post. Years ago, Mike Savoldi's pictures in his discussion of finding the live sole plane really brought home to me the issue of high heels. You probabl