Mandy has a point, but that may be where the variable speed comes in. You use light pressure, too. Because the shoe is open at the toe, I go much more carefully there, slower speed, lighter press

Sally, very good point. The last time I used it the drum was too fine a sandpaper, and you're right - it can get into your skin. I do use a mask. The other two times it was very rough sandpaper a

Hi Carol, Mandy and Sally, Thanks for all your suggestions and advice. I bought the 10.8V variable speed cordless. I have 2 casts that came off mostly intact that I think I will practice on. The oth

Hi Abby, I was looking at Hotti's cast pictures (again) and have a couple of questions; if you don't mind. 1)Were you filling the area between her heel and shoe with anything? This was something I s

Did you know.....of course you knew it probably existed ....there is another Yahoo Group for hoof care called Equine Hoof <echoof@...>, Carlynne Allbee _____________________________________________

Hi I was wondering if anyone has used Pete Ramey's method for reversing distal descent of P3 or knows of anyone that has. My horse's right front foot is low within the hoof capsule, I'm hoping that P

New to this group, but not EC group. I have a 5 yr old QH/App gelding (Boo). The first week of April every year for the past three years he has blown an abcess on the R hind coronet band. He'll be

Question 1 Has anybody had the experience with white line disease destroying the connection of the wall and bar or am I dealing with something else? I don't have pictures and I mocked up a hoof to sho

I've posted a few photos in Manda's album that I took last Saturday, less than a day post-trim. On one hand, this is the first time since January 2007 that we've taken any sole. The good news -- we

I got Summer's new X rays this week. This time I had a lateral view of each (last time I could only do 2 views of the worst one but we figured the other was probably similar). To review laminitis an

My horse is progressing very well since his slight founder incident in November. X-rays show that the rotation is gone, there is still slight sinking in the right front - but not much. We have his d

I have two horses. one is 24 with cushings/IR and the other is IR. I have had them both fairly controlled until recently, for a variety of reasons. I am in the process of getting their diet tight aga

hi, its me again. in a fit of denial,and depression over the condition of my guy, i unsubscribed from all "foot" lists, and was turning control of feet back to a farrier. however, after much thought

I have a weird situation with my mule. She came up slightly lame 2 years ago and I took her in for xrays and she was diagnosed with high ringbone. Other than the calcium deposit at the top joint o

The more i read, the more confused i am on what to do about my horses hooves. I have addressed the diet issues and feel I am on the right track there. So i guess i want to know if it is better to lea

I have a "temporary" trimmer-she is retired and in another line of work but took pity on my 2 horses , Sundown and Mariposa and has been trimming them since Nov'07. She had surgery a week or so ago a

Tilly is always in her Hoofwings with a rim pad to keep her very comfortable. If I take the boots and pad off her she is very uncomfortable. If we used the Sole guard on her I was thinking it may giv

Darius' full history is posted on the Cushing's List including all his hoof care since Nov.2007 when his Cushing's and laminitis developed. I am debating how to proceed at the next farrier's visit, te

Hi all! Since we had been discussing different techniques for helping stabilize compromised hooves using epoxy and shoes, I want to reference this link from Fran Jurga's site. http://hoofcare.blogsp

Thanks for the link to that blog, that was an interesting video. I think it is probably beyond hope for the thoroughbred breed in general as to healthy hooves! Brown has more heel than Summer does (