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| Member: quatro |
Posted on Tuesday, Apr 29, 2008 - 7:20 pm: Well, I have been off site for a while, but thought I would pose a question. I read the article on thin soles, etc.Levi, my problem horse with re-curring white line, etc, is the usual subject. Since it cost me an arm, leg and 5 toes to take him to South Dakota for shoeing, I have been trying to get some relief from a new farrier. I had him ride up with me to South Dakota, had x-rays done on all 4 feet, had him talk to farrier and vet. They felt that he seemed to know what he was doing. The plan was to let him do a trim, and do a follow up every other trim to make sure he stayed on track. Well, as you can imagine my luck. He found a thin strip of white line, or chalky white line on the outside of Levi's left (the bad foot). This was after he did the right foot, which looked great. He seemed to panic, and said "I think you need to take him back up there". Well, I told him, that we need to pare out the hoof wall, so that I can get air to it and treat it, this is what we always do, that way he can put the shoe on the best he can, and I can treat the exposed area. I don't know what he did, but I looked at his foot, and the sole was dripping blood. This is the horse with still a bit of rotation,so of course, YIKES! He really seemed to try to be careful, did not use the nippers, but rasped, obviously way too much. He travelled a bit off, because left was shorter than right. The next day he was really off. I think he went out and stepped on a hard clump of dirt. Here is my plan so far, this was last wed. I buted him for 3 days, douced his foot with betadine first 2 days, now I am using the apple cider vinager/tea tree oil that made his feet too hard before, so I had to apply moisturizer to soften them up. I have put a rubber pad, inside of his old macs to let him out. I am worried that the boots are going to keep his feet too warm, a breeding ground for the white line maybe?????? The area we removed feels hard, it is about 2 inches long, 1/4 in from shoe up toward coronary band. Is there any other way to pad the sole, till I am sure it is growing out, or healed with out the boots? The farrier who did the deed wanted to pour equithane in his foot, but that would seal up the white line area as well. So I don't think I want to do that. Any other ideas. I know I am sounding like a broken record with this horse, that is why I hate to keep bothering all of you, but it is so sad. I will have to keep driving 2 hours away in the future, but the price of gas is going to kill me  suz & levi |
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