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

Hello Lavinia, I have been working on Monty's trim. As you know his xrays showed very thin soles and distal descent. How can I tell if he is comfortable enough for riding in boots? He seems very comfo

Hi all, Does anyone know what is the real cause of crena in the sole? I have tried to search for it but there are different opinions about it. When I look at sole's crenas it looks like there is stret

Hi all My hoof sagas seem to be never ending this year. Star (my mare) was diagnosed with laminitis back in April (not PPID or IR although vet originally thought she would be - her tests came back neg

Hi. I was able to upload Cooper's hoof pictures today. His trim was on 07/09/2020. He is wearing Cloud boots and is moving around fairly well now. He is still reluctant to put his left front down with