Lavinia, Totally agreed re: boots/booting. That's why I was thinking some type of glue-on, that could be removed every week or 10 days to work on trim. I am not daunted by the process or time or

Hi Kerry, Boots and pads are great during transition periods and when the living situation doesn't match the riding conditions. Unfortunately, most of the good riding-type boots are designed to be

Hi Kerry, Can totally understand him having difficulty when barefoot as his hooves are quite mechanically stressed (appear to have been for quite some time) and you mentioned in his case history that

Hey Tara & everyone helping, I totally get the barefoot philosophy and utilize it successfully with my mare who events & hunter paces barefoot (yes, agreed, WAAY better traction barefoot than any

Hi Kerry....COME ON GIRL! Liberate yourself and do your horse a huge favor....pull those shoes! I know you really are a proponent of barefoot..... when possible....But you don't think that for

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Hi Lavinia, ....."the trim really needs an overhaul. Toes are much too long (can see the resultant slight dishing in the dorsal walls), soles are thin, heels severely under run, frogs contracted,

Hi Kerry, Thanks for re-doing the case histories - know how much of a PITA that was. Unfortunately, Neo doesn't let you link to the individual folders within a file, only to the file

Corrine, I am gob-smacked by your ability to keep trying every suggestion. I know you are exhausted, but you don't give up and that is so inspirational. I also hope Jasper improves quickly and you

Hi Got his feet taken care of worked pretty good lavinia,the bandages from almost 4 days ago were pretty bad,full of puss and nasty smelling. So don't know if he popped more abcesses or if the old

Hi Kerry, Trust yourself! I had the same impressions with my highly IR young horse when I started soaking his hay. It seemed like his whole body was a little swollen when his insulin was high, and

I have completed the CH on my IR gelding, Tofurky. He's the 8yo gelding who's insulin has climbed to 70mg/dL despite being on (what I thought was) a very tight diet. I need advice on diet as well as

Hi Corinne, To change the wraps without him lying down or being able to lift his feet long enough, you could try this: Probably better if you can get him onto a flat surface first but will work in his

Thank you so much for the Alcar info! Beverly

We've been talking a lot about pain relief in recent weeks. Coincidentally this review of current research is also making the rounds on Facebook. Phenylbutazone — My Investigation And Questions

Hi Judy and Kerry The use of Cypro has been followed here since 2000. Here are a couple of early messages. http://groups.yahoo.com/group/EquineCushings/message/1225

He won't lie down because he doesn't feel safe after losing his companion. Horses rely on herd mates to keep guard when they lie down and are vulnerable. He's even more anxious because he knows he

Hi Pauline :o) I have just been into the calculator again and I don't know what I did previously but I'm getting a TOTALLY different total (42.30) and one that is definitely not IR. Is 42.30 the same

Hi Sarah, I definitely do not put myselfin the expert category. I played around with numbers on the IR calculator, but came up with a different answer. Can I ask what you put in as a

Pauline, Jaini and everyone, >>I agree with Jainis' sentiments. Stormy was definitely a girl with attitude, in the nicest possible way. Oh my! You have no idea!!! When I was first teaching Stormy