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Discussion on Pigeontoed hooves?
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New Member: minidoll
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Posted on Thursday, May 6, 2010 - 2:49 pm:
My miniature horse walks on the outside of his back hooves. I know they need to be trimmed, but it's VERY hard to find a farrier around this part of the country. Is there anything that will help this after I have them trimmed? They don't seem to bother him. Would just getting them trimmed be enough?
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Moderator: DrO
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Posted on Thursday, May 6, 2010 - 9:33 pm:
Welcome dollie, Without seeing the hooves I am uncertain exactly what needs to be done to your particular mini. I have seen several minis and burros where the hooves were allowed to get so long that the whole cornified portion of the hoof turned sideways and the poor beast were walking on the wall of the bent hoof. In these cases the correct way to trim depends on the degree of bony remodeling of the digits skeleton: the pastern bones and coffin bone. The longer the miniature had been this way the more bony remodeling occurs. The ideal would be to radiograph the digit and then trim the hoof to keep the joints aligned as best is possible. Without such information you try to create a medial/lateral solar surface plane 90 degrees (perpendicular) to the long axis (within the sagittal plane) of the leg. If I felt when trying to return the hoof to normal conformation I had created torque (as opposed to relieved torque if there were no bony remodeling) in the leg I would consider limiting exercise and phenylbutazone while the legs attempt to adapt to their new conformation. I know this may be a difficult post to follow but these are difficult concepts to put into easily understood words. Work carefully through the post and if you have any questions post them. Even better would be to post some good conformation photos of the hooves and pasterns and maybe we can make some recommendations specific to your mini. DrO
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New Member: minidoll
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Posted on Monday, May 10, 2010 - 2:58 pm:
This is exactly what has happened to him. I understand taking an xray of the hooves before trimming them. I just hope it's not too late to fix them. I am posting a picture of them so you can see.
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