Val, I get your frustration; have felt that way on several horses I trim or had here for rehab, and especially with one of my own. I looked at the pics of Chief's feet on the Cushings board, and I'm

Hi Ute You have mentioned several times (or maybe it was twice :-) that "We find over and over again that the common denominator is a diet too high in sugars, more than anything else " I'm curio

Val, In your very length post justifying your position, you indicate that you have been respectful in your posts to other people. You indicate that the members of this list should "grow up" if they

let me please be very plain here, i hope there is no cunfusion with the following: Dr. Kellon, i DO absolutely respect your work, your knowledge, and the time you spend working with IR/cushing owners

Hi Joan and list. My sincere apologies.... As the poster indicated she is on moderated status. We have had several exchanges in regard to tone and language in a last ditch effort to come to an

Ute, The document you provided has NO direct correlation between thrush and a high sugar diet. A direct correlation as you are claiming is that high sugar diet directly causes thrush. The referen

This is one of the greatest myths when it comes to horse's musculo-skeletal function - tendons do not contract, muscles do. Tendons have an elasticity that does not change, unless they are stretched b

Actually,the proof of the pudding is in the eating. Sorry Everyone.I have been trying my hardest not to step in . Lorna Kingston

Hi ... I don't post much, but do read as much as I have time for. I would just like to share the suggestion that there might possibly be a deep-seated infection in the hoof/frog/heel that might possi

The list moderators would like to apologize for the appearance of some "behind the scenes" discussion in list emails. -Abby -- ************************** Abby Bloxsom www.advantedgeconsulting.com

Ute, Do you have any proof of this in horses specifically??? I am aware of the human diet-thrush link, but that's specific to Candida, which as you know is genus of yeasts. Equine thrush is normal

Hi Nancy, Thank you for the excellent post. I would like to add my input to some of the questions that you posed, because I have minimal hoof experience. (But don't worry, I'm an expert *in theory*).

valdavoli wrote: Actually, any time you look at xrays without the foot (or at least pictures) OR the foot without xrays, it's a trick question. I have always said & still maintain that any farrie

Abby I'll volunteer my horse, if you think he'd be an interesting case. I have a whole folder of hoof photos dating from 1/2001 to this morning. A little history..... Doc is a 18 yo QH that was diagno

As there is a lot of discussion about the digital cushion (DC) I thought I'd throw something into the pot. In a healthy hoof, inward (narrowing) pressure is always counter-balanced by outward(expandi

I think the bottom line is that the product (equicasts) will not help if the trim is bad. You may not have asked for trim advice but rightfully so, you got it. I think it would have been irresponsible

For the benefit of anyone else who looked at these X-rays and photos from EC main, I'm talking about the LF foot photo that appears together with a LF X-ray. Shoe is on, both in the foot photo and in

Below is the English version of a website from an Austrian natural hoof care practitioner. She uses thermography to locate problem areas in hooves and body, where the body tries to compensate for foot

Hi Ute Please don't take me wrong here. I appreciate what Pete is trying to do WRT in getting pros and owners to think about diet. As far as I'm aware (and I can be corrected :-)), he's the onl

OK all you mineral gurus. I would really like to "balance" my horses iodine, sodim, and potassium intake. In reading previous postings the potassium can decrease the horses "appetite" for sodium. My h