Here are pictures of his first trimming.
His left front hoof-Before Trim His right front hoof-Before Trim
Underside of the front left. His heels and walls
are quite long and in the process of "self trimming"
by chipping. Of all of his hooves this one by far looks
the best. Since this is leg that is sore, its the only
one that he doesn't mind holding up.
His left front hoof-Before Trim His right front hoof-Before Trim
Underside of the front left. His heels and walls
are quite long and in the process of "self trimming"
by chipping. Of all of his hooves this one by far looks
the best. Since this is leg that is sore, its the only
one that he doesn't mind holding up.
Underside of his front right. His Heels are
very long, he has sole that has not
exfoliated, its very flared and his bars are
laid over. It was very hard for him to hold
this hoof up for me.
very long, he has sole that has not
exfoliated, its very flared and his bars are
laid over. It was very hard for him to hold
this hoof up for me.
I wasn't able to do much this trim. Just take down the heels and wall a little on the left front. He did
allow me to put his left hoof up on the stand so I could rasp it and give him a bit of a roll around the
edge of the hoof. I started to clean up his bars but he got antsy, so I moved on to the right hoof. The
right hoof was and will be quite a challenge. Its hard for him to put much weight on the left front so I
had to work fast. I was only able to take a little heel off and start to take down the outside wall lenght
of his hoof before he'd had enough. He was just to uncomfortable on the sore leg. I will work on his
hooves a little every other day or so until they are where they should be. I think once his hooves are
under control his leg pain will start to decrease.
allow me to put his left hoof up on the stand so I could rasp it and give him a bit of a roll around the
edge of the hoof. I started to clean up his bars but he got antsy, so I moved on to the right hoof. The
right hoof was and will be quite a challenge. Its hard for him to put much weight on the left front so I
had to work fast. I was only able to take a little heel off and start to take down the outside wall lenght
of his hoof before he'd had enough. He was just to uncomfortable on the sore leg. I will work on his
hooves a little every other day or so until they are where they should be. I think once his hooves are
under control his leg pain will start to decrease.
March 12, 2006
I am still always amazed at how much the condition of a horses hoof has over the entire well being of
the horse. I was convinced that I was going to have to give Assurance a pain killer to be able to
finish working on his over grown and out of shape hooves. I was wrong. Since I did that little trim on
Assurance last week, he's begun to have an amazing transformation. The swelling and pain in his
front left fetlock has significantly reduced in just a matter of days. He is putting full weight on it right
now. He has also been getting the same joint supplement that I have been feeding Connie as well as
an herbal rub that I put on his swollen fetlock. I am really excited about working on his hooves more
this coming week.
Assurance walking toward me with out discernible pain, his fetlock is looking much
more normal. Hes also pretty happy about his new blanket, its been really cold.
I am still always amazed at how much the condition of a horses hoof has over the entire well being of
the horse. I was convinced that I was going to have to give Assurance a pain killer to be able to
finish working on his over grown and out of shape hooves. I was wrong. Since I did that little trim on
Assurance last week, he's begun to have an amazing transformation. The swelling and pain in his
front left fetlock has significantly reduced in just a matter of days. He is putting full weight on it right
now. He has also been getting the same joint supplement that I have been feeding Connie as well as
an herbal rub that I put on his swollen fetlock. I am really excited about working on his hooves more
this coming week.
Assurance walking toward me with out discernible pain, his fetlock is looking much
more normal. Hes also pretty happy about his new blanket, its been really cold.
April 4th, 2006
Assurance is doing well. Because of the weather I haven't been able to do much work with him. I
was able to get all of his hooves trimmed. Unfortunately I didn't get any pictures of the process. I
could only work on his hooves a tiny bit at a time, but they are all a reasonable length and shape
now. He is fairly comfortable. I look forward to the sun, when it comes back I will be starting some
light round pen work with the big guy.
Assurance is doing well. Because of the weather I haven't been able to do much work with him. I
was able to get all of his hooves trimmed. Unfortunately I didn't get any pictures of the process. I
could only work on his hooves a tiny bit at a time, but they are all a reasonable length and shape
now. He is fairly comfortable. I look forward to the sun, when it comes back I will be starting some
light round pen work with the big guy.
May 13th, 2006 - Today I had to move Assurance so we could build him a new shelter in his paddock. I
moved him next to his TB girlfriends, he was a very happy guy.
moved him next to his TB girlfriends, he was a very happy guy.