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Susan M. Herrick
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Username: quatro
Post Number: 804
Registered: 12-2003
| | Posted on Thursday, Jan 24, 2008 - 11:01 pm: |   |
I have not been posting much about Levi, as usual, he is just my problem child, and I am learning to live with it.
We have been battling the white line disease, with the limited expertise in my area for almost a year now. His foot has grown out fairly well, and his last trimming, the farrier did not seem to think he saw any new disease. However a week after he got home, I let him out to run in the snow, and he yanked off the new shoe. It was lost in the snow. After taping duct taping an old shoe on his foot for a week, I finally found a gal to nail it back on. We did discover a pocket of soft sole on the outside of his "bad foot". I dug it out, put in some 'thrush buster' and have been doing weekly treatments with this and coppertox, etc. He has been out in the snow. Our weather has been sooo bad here, it was -22 actual degrees last night. Levis appt. was last week for re-setting at 6 1/2 weeks. A blizzard of course, I tried to find my old farrier to help me out, but he did not have time to stop by on his trip from Nebraska. I made an appt. to go back to South dakota Tues. (will be 8 weeks)longer than I usually ever go. Tonight I picked his feet, and half the shoe was missing. It cracked in 1/2 and took a big chunk of hoof wall with it where it had been soft, and I dug out and treated.
We are expecting 3-5 inches of snow tomorrow, no farriers around.
Here is my question? do I take off the other 1/2 of the shoe , hope that no more hoof wall chunks off, or leave him un level till I can get him somewhere. I put his big Macs on and of course he is confined. I have never taken off a shoe, by the way! The shoe broke off on the outside quarter, the toe is still there, along with the inside 1/2.
I am so going to move only to a place where farriers and vets are in abundance!
I really have not been on whining lately, so thanks for any support!
suz |
Diane E.
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Username: scooter
Post Number: 1723
Registered: 9-2000
| | Posted on Friday, Jan 25, 2008 - 6:10 am: | |
Susan I think I would take the rest of the shoe off.
Since the ground is soft with snow could Levi tolerate barefoot for awhile? Whine all you want, this weather makes everything so much more difficult. |
Robert N. Oglesby DVM
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Username: dro
Post Number: 19947
Registered: 1-1997
| | Posted on Friday, Jan 25, 2008 - 8:16 pm: | |
You should take off the 1/2 shoe because of the unenven pressure at the margin of the break but best would be to unclinch the clinches so no more damage is done to the foot with removal.
DrO |
Susan M. Herrick
Member
Username: quatro
Post Number: 805
Registered: 12-2003
| | Posted on Friday, Jan 25, 2008 - 9:49 pm: | |
thanks Dr. O & Diane
I called the South Dakota Farrier first thing this am, he said the only time he could see me was 10:00 am, it is 8 am and its 2 hours+ away. I said I would do my best. We had to unload a load of wood from the trailer, load horses and zooom. Made it by 10:30.
He said he saw no sign of any new infection. Feet were dry and hard all around. We still have probably 2 more trims before it is all new hoof. HOpe we continue this trend,so we can ride this spring!
This is the second trac me shoe that has broken in half on his foot.
Diane, were you the one that told me about the trac me shoes? I really like the way they work at correcting his balance. But really have to wonder if there is a problem with the shoe? Anyone else had this happen before?
suz |
Chris
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Username: stevens
Post Number: 444
Registered: 8-2002
| | Posted on Saturday, Jan 26, 2008 - 9:39 am: | |
Suz,
You may want to ask your farrier to show you how to remove a shoe and then invest in the tools to do it.
I found that while I've only had to take a shoe off my own horse a couple of times, I've done it more times for others. We're at a fairly large barn (100+ horses) and there's usually a farrier around, however, when there isn't nobody wants to leave a shoe half on or holding on by just a couple of nails.
Chris |
