Hi I've been using a Diamondback rough rasp on my 3 horses and was wondering if there's a rasp that keeps its sharpness longer than others. Seems a shame that they can't be sharpened. .. Thanks Amy in

I am looking for a farrier/trimmer in Northern Virginia (Lorton, Fairfax) or Maryland. My horse is barefoot, is not a draft, and does not have laminitis or P3 rotation. I have used farriers from the A

Hi. Two questions, if I may. I added two photos to my case history album and am wondering if someone could take a look. One is of my old girl and looks like a fungus maybe. All four feet are involved.

Lavinia, I am certain you must be swamped. I have a new farrier coming today. If you are able to complete those mark-ups sometime soon, I would love to be able to compare them with how this new farrie

I am reaching out to the collective wisdom of the pros in this group. For a horse with a bit of high and low ringbone.....and a CB that is ground parallel........have you had better results with shoes

Dr. Kellon indicated that my 17 year old quarter horse had underrun heels and that might be a contributor to her recent lameness. Someone else on the thread indicated I should post a request to Lavini

Hi again, In the same line of the previous post, I would like to know if there is some component in cow feed that can cause founder in a horse. I have met a mare with founder, who was being fed concen

I have known directly and indirectly, several cases of foundered horses not metabolically related. These horses are all rescues. I asked once to Dr. Kellon and she told me neglection might be a cause,

Hi, Following up on a couple of topics. Lavina was going to do some mark ups on Blue's front and back hooves. His hoof photos are dated 11/15/2021. I wrote to an ECIR balancer on 11/20/2021 to review

Hi, I've downloaded X-rays taken 2 days after the trim from the farrier in September. I don't know how to read X-rays but it seems Pilgrim's toes are too long and his heels are underrun. I will try to

Hi my foundered pony with PPID is extremely sore after her last trim. She was also sore after her previous trim. Both were very aggressive, lots of sole, heel and toe removed. Trimmer advised icing. A

Hello, I am not sure what is the correct protocol to get help with hooves but I feel I must be missing something in Echo's trim. For 9 months I was under the guide of the Apex Trim Method. Long story

Dr. Kellon/Group, Last week Pabatsa got IRAP in both feet for ringbone. Currently he gets Tendon EQ but I'm wondering whether Uckele's Devils Claw Plus Granular would be more appropriate? My vet sugge

Hi Lavinia. I have added two lateral views to Dolly's photo album, She has been very lame, stiff and slow moving these past few weeks...sometimes her stiffness is really obvious, other times it is ext

Good evening, I was wondering how soon can changes in the hoof be seen and which structures are first affected. Hoof wall changes would be seen from the coronary band as it grows down at about 1 cm pe

Out with the old, in with the new? My gelding is about 12-14 weeks out from his toxic laminitis event; post surgical salmonella infection. I have been re-aligning his hoofs (17-18 degrees rotation wit

I seem to recall someone posting (not sure if it was this subgroup or not?) about Easy Boot Clouds not wearing as well, and that the company was not willing to do anything about it. I am on my 5th pai

My horse has, I strongly suspect, abscesses in both front hooves. I am getting conflicting information on what to do. Ranging from antibiotics and bute to curcumin and leave it alone to come out on it

Hi - I have been a passive member since 2106, and just recently uploaded my case history and photo album with the hopes of getting some guidance on my horses hooves and how to communicate with my new

Both of my riding horses (they both get about 30 minutes of dressage training a day) have developed false soles this summer for the first time. It's been hot and dry for the last 2 months. They both h