Hi Jen, If she is comfortable without boots, she can go bootless. If she isn't, then use boots. She definitely shouldn't have wedge pads as those would make bony column rotation worse. The Cloud pads

Hi Lara You've gotten a lot of input on this issue. At the risk of piling on, I wanted to share my experience with zero coffin bone plane in a now 22 y/o PPID QH. My rads look similar to yours. We

My 16 year old, heavy build paint mare (1400) started with weird on/off front lameness last fall. We didn't draw blood, horrible patient is an understatement. So vet started her on half pill of

Janet are you able to upload your video to YouTube? i don’t know about others but the link doesn’t work for me. I hope you’ll be sharing pictures when the foal debut’s ❤️ glad she’s

Kate I bought wool rug backing from Amazon and put powder (either gold bond or coat defense) and never had that much smell. It is important however to give the boots a good scrubbing out and washing,

Hi Kate, This is where a case history and a photo album help us help you. Without knowing what he's eating we can't advise if a diet update is in order. Without hoof pictures we can't advise if some

Thank you, we are in the midst of a drought so there is very little moisture in his dry lot. But we have not been changing his boots everyday and will start with that when his next pair arrives. It

Hi Lara, If you would like trim advice you can post a note for Lavinia that says "Lavinia, trim markups needed" - not sure if you've had your first set (which is free) or not but they do need to be

Good job on the firing Lesley and yes, even 20 is 5 minutes a hoof and not quite enough time IMO but maybe he's practicing for a speed competition, like sheep shearing only with trimming horses?

Hi Jen, Not Dr. Kellon but some quick answers for you: 1- TRH Stim - if you do it in early June you should get a good answer on whether you need to start pergolide or not. Once we're past the

Hi Heather, Your x-rays show toes that are still too long on both feet. If you'd like help with trimming please take and post a full set of hoof photos as outlined in the Wiki

Hi Chris, Perhaps you missed my answer from yesterday: Re: Please Review- New Test Results (groups.io) but 1000% agree with Maxine that 1 - your vet is wrong, 2 - lowering the dose when he's not

Hi Dr. Kellon, Actually I would greatly appreciate any advice you can provide on trim. Sorry if my previous note implied I will not do what needs to be done to provide the best case for Callisto. Of

is there a reason you use this in paste and not tablets ?? how? why ? steglatro?? -- LJ Friedman Nov 2014 Vista, Northern San Diego, CA Jesse( over the rainbow) and majestic ‘s Case History

I remember cool stance as not the best product for IR.. but not sure why . was years ago... I use hygain zero instead -- LJ Friedman Nov 2014 Vista, Northern San Diego, CA Jesse( over the

What's the best way to take a hay sample without a hay probe? I'd rather not have to completely cut open the bales to do it. Just wondering what other people have done? -- Helene A. in BC 2021 Photo

Hi Ed, If you’re going to test your pasture, you should do it now while the horses are ‘eating’ it. Your sample won’t be green and lush, but most likely brown and full of roots. That’s

Even 20 minutes sounds a bit rushed to me, never mind 10…. I remember politely asking one farrier if he could take a bit more off Omar’s toes - they still looked too long to me. He said he

Thank you, Dr Kellon for your reply. "Only about 50% of IR animals fit the overweight profile. I agree with doing a TRH stimulation." We planned to do the TRH test in June as that is when our herd has

Hi Ed. I found this interesting extension article regarding Tifton 85. It looks like a good option hay for Cushings/IR horses- Just adding this here so you can review it and have more information to