Every poster is required to sign all their messages here on ECIR Hoof with at least the basics: name, year of joining and general location. You can sign each post manually or create an auto-signature

Hi, Previously someone suggested to use dental putty to help fill the deep grooves when using boots. There is lots available on ebay but it says it has a x minute setting time, so is that the wrong st

I just wanted to post (not sure if it should be here or main group) that the farriers at UW-Madison trimmed Scotty on Thursday 7/18 (5 weeks post their last trim.) They devised some leather inserts fo

hello I’m wondering if anyone has any good ideas about how I can cool Desi’s feet off , she’s in casts and soft rides, we’re supposed to get to 105 today and all I can think about is how hot she must

Testing. I’m trying to see how this works. Where do I find the discussions?

i am asking for a friends horse who has side bone and is making him not sound. she has a good farrier and he is in shoes for side bone but remains not sound; better with bute but not long lasting; for

Im trying aloe vera liquid for possible ulcers. Im using 8 oz twice a day. Is it ok to mix it in and be absorbed by my carrier? Im using hygain zero for this purpose

Good Morning. I ride my horse in Cavallo's, as she is sore on gravel, she was just trimmed and stepped on a rock... go figure... and she's lame on the left front. I'd like to keep her in boots for a f

A quick reminder everyone to please sign all of your posts. You do need to create a signature on this group if you want it to attach automatically as that doesn't transfer from the main group. You can

Hi all! The horse of a friend of mine has been being trimmed awfully lately. The horse is shoed. He is high low and the farrier led the horse to wrong forces on his hooves until several shallow cracks

-- infection or tearing of the laminae? Need urgent response please. is gentimycin safe for PPID horses. Vet giving it tomorrow Have sent several messages no response . Kath & Micky Yinnar Australia

i know there was some discussion about a new folder with boot info? im thinking of trying the equine fusion boots, has anyone tried these or have any experience using them on their laminitic horse? sh

Hi! I would like to know what´s the real function of the periople and how much of the surface of the hoof wall is actually covering. Is it only the part we see as a bit whity or does it extend invisib

Hi, am needing advice here on the grey areas of Mickys RF hoof, should I be getting a sample and having it lab tested? Or what to do? Ive never seen anything like this, the foot isn't smelly, kept spo

So with the first set of x-rays I had done I asked my vet about play doh in the soles (she said no need to use for dorsal & lateral images) and she only placed a 1" metal piece dorsally on the hoof wa

Hi, I have uploaded Little Bill’s most recent x-rays. It looks like he has two ridges by his coronary band that the vet referred to has inflammatory rings. Could these just be changes in feeds? He als

dkhoof said : >>>>I am going out on a limb here,, I do not agree with the flat statement 'never touch the frog'. There is still a lot of the Dr's articles that I need to be read. The frog is overtrimm

Are stone bruises real? I mean in a pastured/paddocked horse, not an endurance horse running up granite mountains barefoot. Curious because a friend whose Paint had, within the past few months, both a

It would be a help to me to be able to draw straight lines on my hoof pictures, but I have no idea how to do it (I’m a total computer illiterate). Can anyone suggest what software I should use? Thank

I don't have my mare's (Sierra) case history up, lots of photos trying to organize, vet is coming this Friday (5/24/19) to do x-rays. Hope to have it all up this weekend. Last week her frog shed off (