Dune
2001
Tennessee Walking Horse Gelding
Initial Assessment
Dune has
been a part of our barefoot herd since spring of 2007. When I first pulled his shoes, he was starting to develop "forward
foot"; he also had NO collateral groove depth at the frog apex, and
went frighteningly flat footed. Applying a heel bevel, and
resisting the temptation to trim his lumpy, overgrown bars helped Dune
grow sole, and he now has beautiful concavity. He still grows
considerable bar between trims. He is comfortable on all kinds
of terrain now!
Recommendations
Dune is on a
precisely balanced diet. The herd lives in a large, 100X150 pen
which opens onto a 2 acre dry lot pasture. We ride the trails,
which vary from very sandy to extremely rocky...barefoot and bootless!
Trim
Notes
08-17-08
Dune's bars
are finally starting to callous off level with the sole plane.
02-10-09
After a very
wet winter, Dune shed out sole to reveal spectacular concavity.
12-27-09
Dune's feet continue to improve. I'll take some new images this next trim...I think the comparison will be fairly impressive. He goes sound barefoot on all types of terrain!
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