This message is from: laurie with <livingi...@q.com>
On Jun 12, 2011, at 8:42 AM, fjordhorse-digest wrote: > My mare Gaven has very tender feet boy, can we relate to the tender feet issue. my guy oz goes through this every spring, and it was especially bad this year because here in minnesota we had a monsoon season rather than spring. i think it rained for 6 weeks straight. he was very sore, to the point of calling out the vet to do xrays to see if something else is going on. thank goodness for my very patient and available farrier (how many will shoe a horse while said horse is using his back as a headrest while he sleeps in the cross ties). we determined his heels were sore and first tried aluminum egg bar shoes with a slight lift. not bad, except oz lost one in both of the pastures he was in this spring. amazingly i found one 3/4s buried in a muddy foot print in the far corner of one pasture. there is still a reward out for the other one. after the vet check we did determine he needed more lift in the heels, so he is now in regular shoes with a plastic lift which protects the frog. he is doing super. however, as far as the softness, on the recommendation of my farrier we tried Durasole. it's a liquid which is spread on the sole, first daily for a week, then as a monthly touch up. we started it after we did the round shoes and his feet were still very soft. when the farrier returned after the vet visit, he was astounded on how much harder the hooves were, even in such a short time. that stuff really worked. i am also really pleased the the vet and farrier spoke with each other about oz's problems and worked together to help get him sound again. we have a very talented young rider at my barn who rode him the other day and cantered the crap out of him. it was one of the best canters i've seen him do, and his soreness issues were gone. laurie, and oz the wonder pony, who can easily be seen in the pasture with his neon orange bell boots Important FjordHorse List Links: Subscription Management: http://tinyurl.com/5msa7e FH-L Archives: http://tinyurl.com/rcepw Classified Ads: http://tinyurl.com/5b5g2f
