This message is from: GAIL RUSSELL <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> >However, my current suspicion about my Fjords' ringbone is sort of >related to hoof angles. One of the sketches in Rooney's book on >lameness shows a drafty hoof mis-trimmed with one side longer than the >other, and how this can strain the pastern ligaments---at roughly the >sites that my Fjords show bony spurs! Marsha, I'm fretting about Gunthar right now. He has been lame for six weeks. We think it is a bruise (showed two pink spots near the white line when we took the shoes off BUT - he had also grown out lopsided this last time - causing the bad leg (right front) to toe out a bit more than it does naturally. FArrier tried to correct it - but he was still quite lame - now it is almost gone. So... I think/hope it is the bruise - probably caused from being in a wet pasture (Whodini climbs in the 8 foot stock tank and wets down the surrounding area regularly!). Anyway - does the picture show the hairline running NOT parallel to the ground? This is how I understood you tell when a foot is not level side to side. Farrier is coming Friday to put pads on so we can see if that helps - with the assumption that, if the pad cures it, it must be the bruising that is causing the lameness. Re your other discussion on the slopes - this must mean a round pen with a track worn around the edge could easily cause the same problem? Gail Russell Forestville CA [EMAIL PROTECTED]
