I'd appreciate some advice on my mare's trim. She has a slightly crooked right front foot. She's been like that as long as I've had her. I bought her at 5, she's now 9. I'm not sure if she was born th

Hi folks, A friend recommended you for help for appropriately trim a lamanitic horse. A big of background on my girl: Shakira is a 14 years old, ~14.3hh, 3/4 Arabian. She was rescued from an intense n

Hi Lavinia, I'm hoping you'll have a chance to do Monty's markups soon so I can get them to my farrier to "digest" before she is here on Friday. Thank you! -- Collaeyn and Monty Sewell, NJ June 2020 h

Marquise has DSLD and a whole host of other problems, many stemming from 24 years of having terrible feet. Is there anything that can be done to improve his trim? About a year ago I changed trimmers a

Hi all My horse had an abscess burst through his heel about a fortnight ago - vet came out the day before because he couldn't walk, antibiotics, poultice and bandaged. It burst through his heel bulb t

Does anyone know of a predictable soft tissue injury from a horse pulling off a glue on shoe? I didn't see the act. On May 15th, my Diamond pulled a new to us glue-on shoe, the Easyshoe Compete, with

Hi, I was wondering if anyone knows if there is potential of cellulitis causing long term damage to the leg. My horse had a case of it a little over year ago along with a big abscess in the toe in the

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question about detecting lameness. If a horse is off ,,for example on his right front foot, which foot in the rear would alert us to this problem. For example when the horses off on the right front yo

Question for the gurus: In a radiograph, when the HL zone is wider than normal (accompanied by some sinking and thin soles), what is in that widened zone? In a healthy foot, it contains the outer wall

Hello: As a new member with a 25 yr old Miniature that has Cushings, I suspect is IR, has foundered in the past (approx. 15 yrs ago) and has had chronic laminitis issues these last few years and recen

I'd appreciate thoughts on what is happening to Red's feet. He has been barefoot now for about 2 months (was shod all around). He had severe hoof inflammation following a short trim a couple weeks aft

I've posted recent xrays (May 22, 2020) from my 13 yr old OTTB gelding Red who recently had a laminitc episode following a short trim (7 weeks ago). He is on the diet and currently barefoot with padde

Hi all, just wondering, is arginine is natural or is it synthetically made in pharmaceuticals? just wondering

I finally found the right pads of Cayuse's Clouds -- Easycare Mint Green soft 12 mm pads. She likes them so much she immediately acted like a jughead, bucking and jumping. How do I know when it's time

Hello, could someone please take a look at hoof pics and xrays for Robbie? he is still very sore despite blood tests coming back and revealing NON IR. still appears more sore when bringing in from bei

Hi all, My horse Skyler has an abscess on his front foot, the one that was most damaged after he foundered two years ago. It came out of his coronary band after two weeks of extreme lameness. He is wa

Hi. I would like to submit photos (hoof & body) for a trim consultation. This mare does not have PPID. I remember back sometime ago that Lavinia became so busy that a consult fee was instituted but I

We had a new “farrier “ come last week that was highly recommended by some of my horse friends, I had high hopes and instructed MDH to leave everyone’s feet alone so we could get caught up by a profes

Hi all, What's the reason for an exhuberant white line protuding over the sole and hoof wall? It is not just a bit but quite evident. The white line is a bit stretched, not too much but the white line