Hi there, I have uploaded Samsons recent xrays and would like to see if someone can please take a look at them. He has been lame for a very very long time. It seems to be right front. Had several vets

Is there any scientific evidence that too much calcium in the horse's diet causes sidebone? In other words, will an excess of calcium, calcify a ligament in the horse's body instead of being excreted

Good morning, I’m trying to find a post, preferably by a moderator or pro, that addresses how to trim a foot with a sunk but NOT rotated CB. There’s got to be one on here ☺️ Thanks!! -- Joella Foust M

Both my horses had the top layer of their frogs peel off in the last week on all 4 hooves. About a 1/4" was lost. It came off while I was cleaning their hooves and I only had to run the side of the ho

I'd like a recommendation on the type of gravel that I should top my turn out paddock with. There is already a 1 foot base that had some bigger pieces of stone in it and some finer gravel. Most of it

I was rasping Abs front hooves and noticed he had pink showing up. No noticable difference in travel. I started soaking hay. Is this a current issue or is it just showing up from some time ago? -- Lor

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. Stifles and

Hello! Lavina, thank you for your wonderfully informative comment to my last question! I learned a lot which was my goal ☺️ So thank you! ☺️ Regarding pads, what types of materials would provide suppo

Can anyone suggest a hoof boot for a horse with high heels and a steep angle? She has a bit of high low syndrome. I've sent pictures to scoot boot and they told me that their boots won't work for my h

Good evening all, I have been contemplating a brain teaser topic, at least for me. if a horse has negative angles on rads (hinds) but the external pastern to hoof angle/grain is barely brocken back an

Lavinia The recent topic of toes makes me wonder about my big geldings fronts. Lately his toes look like someone just literally squared them off. He’s never been lame but he is getting arthritis in on

Just wanted to say thank you. For 4 years I tried different trimmers to fix my flat footed tinder footed Morgans. They had always had great feet until we moved to Northern. Calif. I finally gave up an

I need the right proportion of vinegar to water in order to soak thrushy hooves. The search led to a whole universe of things but not a simple"x cups of vinegar to y cups of water". Just ordinary 5% a

I'm not sure if this is the appropriate place to pose these questions, because it's not related to IR or PPID. Ella's been dealing with lameness on and off all summer in her RF. It started in June and

Hi Lavinia, Could you take a quick look at the trim pics I uploaded of Monty's front toes, and let me know if I'm on the right track, and if I should be doing more? I'm making small adjustments fairly

I just added hoof pictures to Oden's photo album. Also his case history is up to date. I also have a video of him walking just after the trim if I can figure out how to get it in the album. In his las

I'm not sure if I'm doing this correctly, I think I read all the necessary files. I do have a horse that was diagnosed with laminitis and I'm wanting to get him some help. We got him in June of 2017 f

I have a pony that has thin soles and is now on a dry lot with screenings as a footing. No big rocks but lots of flat pieces of gravel, she needs to have pads taped on to keep her comfortable. I have

Hi Lavinia, I've uploaded pics of Monty's hooves from after I trimmed them last night. The hinds I think are really coming along. The front toes though...they just don't seem to want to come back. I k

I posted her about 2 months ago about my Mare Cadie who is IR an PPID. We had a great set up trim by Paige Poss, then boots and pads. we have had x rays also. We were ready to go forward I didn't want