This is a picture of Connie's left Front hoof, before
Trimming
Connies hooves haven't been cared for regularly
in many years. From the looks of it, she was
probably trimmed every few months.
She has alot of chipping, natural trimming, going
on. She has extensive hairline sand cracks all
around her hoof.
Her bars are laid over, but not as bad as I had
expected. Her hoof wall and heels are to long.
Her frog is also in bad shape, its peeling off. Its
hard to see in the picture but her heel is
somewhat contracted.
I think her hooves are going to respond really well
to regular care. My plan for her right now is work
on her hooves a little bit every week to get them
back into good shape.
Trimming
Connies hooves haven't been cared for regularly
in many years. From the looks of it, she was
probably trimmed every few months.
She has alot of chipping, natural trimming, going
on. She has extensive hairline sand cracks all
around her hoof.
Her bars are laid over, but not as bad as I had
expected. Her hoof wall and heels are to long.
Her frog is also in bad shape, its peeling off. Its
hard to see in the picture but her heel is
somewhat contracted.
I think her hooves are going to respond really well
to regular care. My plan for her right now is work
on her hooves a little bit every week to get them
back into good shape.
The pictures above are of Connies Front Left hoof after a little bit of trimming.
I want her to have nothing but a good experience in regards to being trimmed, so I kept the trim small to
begin. I started by taking down the hoof wall at the quarters and then lowered the heel height. I didn't
lower the heels as much as I would have liked to because I didn't want to cause to much of a change to
quickly. She still dealing with arthritis issues and I don't want to aggrivate her body. I trimmed her bars
back a bit. Her white line is stretched and she has an old abcess mark at the front right of her hoof. I left
her sole completly alone, I didn't remove any material. After I removed as much wall as I felt I could this
trim, I worked on her mustang roll. I tried to get a pretty big roll to help her stretched while line.
Below is Connies front left hoof after being trimmed and rolled.
Below is a picture her right front hoof, untrimmed. Unfortunately I got excited and started trimming this
hoof before taking pictures of the underside. So the picture to the right is after I began trimming.
The cracking is more extensive and the heel is more contracted on this hoof. You can see in the picture
how pinched her heel looks. This hoof also has alot more flaring of the hoof wall. Her white line seems to
be stretched to about the same degree as her other hoof. I took the same approach to trimming this hoof
as I did the other. I shortened the wall and heels, but not as much as I would have liked to. Below is a
picture after I started to roll the edge, it began raining hard so I didn't take a picture of the finished hooves.
I want her to have nothing but a good experience in regards to being trimmed, so I kept the trim small to
begin. I started by taking down the hoof wall at the quarters and then lowered the heel height. I didn't
lower the heels as much as I would have liked to because I didn't want to cause to much of a change to
quickly. She still dealing with arthritis issues and I don't want to aggrivate her body. I trimmed her bars
back a bit. Her white line is stretched and she has an old abcess mark at the front right of her hoof. I left
her sole completly alone, I didn't remove any material. After I removed as much wall as I felt I could this
trim, I worked on her mustang roll. I tried to get a pretty big roll to help her stretched while line.
Below is Connies front left hoof after being trimmed and rolled.
Below is a picture her right front hoof, untrimmed. Unfortunately I got excited and started trimming this
hoof before taking pictures of the underside. So the picture to the right is after I began trimming.
The cracking is more extensive and the heel is more contracted on this hoof. You can see in the picture
how pinched her heel looks. This hoof also has alot more flaring of the hoof wall. Her white line seems to
be stretched to about the same degree as her other hoof. I took the same approach to trimming this hoof
as I did the other. I shortened the wall and heels, but not as much as I would have liked to. Below is a
picture after I started to roll the edge, it began raining hard so I didn't take a picture of the finished hooves.
Connie and her 2
horse friends,
Lotta and Dreamer,
napping during
the short break
from the rain.
horse friends,
Lotta and Dreamer,
napping during
the short break
from the rain.
March 12, 2006
Connie's training is moving along nicely. She is a fairly nervous horse, but once she has her halter on,
she calms down alot. She is able to focus on the task at hand. I think she will make someone a great
riding partner, maybe even me, shes a really good size horse and I am a good size rider. I am really
enjoying her. LeConsulate Page 3
Connie's training is moving along nicely. She is a fairly nervous horse, but once she has her halter on,
she calms down alot. She is able to focus on the task at hand. I think she will make someone a great
riding partner, maybe even me, shes a really good size horse and I am a good size rider. I am really
enjoying her. LeConsulate Page 3