Hi Patty, Yes, her toes are still too long. Her heels are underrun as well. Setting the breakover in the correct location needs to be done asap - the longer you wait, the longer the horse deals with

While I am certainly no expert on hoof trims, it appears that your horse has contracted heels and heels that are too long. From the coronet to the ground, the toe angle is too far forward. May I

Pat The following is from Dr. Kellon's website regarding her professional credentials. I've cut out some of it in order to highlight the answer to your vet's question of "what has she published?" Her

Hi Pat Just want to add to the thoughtful responses you had here. When you are trying to figure out what is going wrong and where to spend your efforts and cash, using DDT+E is a proven road

Prompted by another thread, I'm going to ask about taking pulses. I cannot, for the life of me, get a pulse anywhere on the horse unless it's absolutely pounding. And I'm an energyworker! Is there

Hi, I updated Dancer's case history with her latest blood results. The vet is planning to retest for insulin around mid November. Can someone look at her results, when they have time, and see if I

Hi Lavinia, Here are the updated xrays and pics from yesterday. Could you take a look and let me know your thoughts? I am happy that it looks like more sole is growing. I know toes need to come

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Hi, Cheryl - you must be tearing your hair out! Could you just clarify for us: how was her foot pain after 6 days of 0.5 mg pergolide? And how was her foot pain after increasing to 1 mg pergolide?

Hi, Bridget - Great work on the case history; thank you for that! In addition to Paula's excellent information, I would like to add: with an ACTH that was near the upper-middle of normal in March

We hear that all the time here . Marketing trumps evidence in the minds of some vets. Not all vets are like that,though , so a change is often in order. For the horse's sake. -- Lorna in Eastern

He’s just one of many vets that don’t like compounding. My friends horse is on Prascend and needs to increase dose but can’t afford to pay for Prascend so asked me how she can get a prescription

Hi Cheryl, Can you add her test results, and any other updates to the CH, so we can see the details ? -- Lorna in Eastern Ontario, Canada ECIR Moderator

-- intermittent improvement noted these days. 4 good this week of note. . A question re pergolide...she is 800 lb started on 0.5 mg for 6 days. No evidence of a pergolide veil. Increased to 1 mg and

Thank you so much for your feedback! :) I am going to look over all of this information and will get back with you. I plan on taking pictures of his hooves tomorrow and posting them properly in the

I'm sorry. Not to sound stupid, but are you concerned that his lab result may be inaccurate, or that he does indeed have PPID? -- Bridget November 2018, Cleveland, GA Case History:

Okay, will do. Thanks -- June Oregon, USA Oct 2012 Case Histories for Sadie and Chip Sadie's Photos Chip's Photos Ω

"My Vet reluctantly prescribed the compound pergoloide with his reason being it’s not as good as Prascend. " I'd like to see his evidence. -- Lorna in Eastern Ontario, Canada ECIR Moderator

On Wed, Oct 31, 2018 at 08:45 PM, Jaini Clougher wrote: -- Pat and Savannah Vancouver Island, British Columbia, Canada January 2018 Hi Jaini Hope this goes to right place. Had some trouble when

P.S. Iron doesn't cause laminitis without IR and her insulin levels aren't alarming. -- Eleanor in PA www.drkellon.com EC Owner 2001