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Paris
12 yo Quarter Horse Mare
Initial Assessment
Another "navicular" horse begins her road to barefoot....and healing.
Paris was wearing pads of different heights under her shoes. There was
Equithane under the right front pad, but only under one side. Hmmmmm.
Well...anyway...here's what we're going to have to fix for Paris:
Right front:
Heel is extremely underrun, toe waaaaay out in front of her. The sole
in front of the frog apex is very flat; either P3 is a hair away from
the ground, or she has built a big layer of false sole and we're not
seeing the true bottom of the collateral groove. Her heels are
predictably contracted, heel bulbs very pinched. Bars prominent, but
not clearly distinguishable from the surrounding sole, which raises
the possibility of false sole. Very carved frog (shoer had to get rid
of it to apply the pad!) that reeked of thrush when the shoe and pad
came off, although there was no visible thrush. I rolled her toe
conservatively and relieved her quarters and just barely showed the
heels my rasp.
Left front:
Much more upright (thank goodness!) Much less contracted than the
right, but still pinched and a poor, sad, skinny little frog that
hasn't felt the ground in a long, long time. Very prominent bars,
which I trimmed just above the sole plane. I took a modest bit off of
her very high heels (maybe a hair more than 1/8") and rolled her toe
conservatively.
Recommendations
Aggressive thrush treatment. Boots and pads may
be necessary for some time. Diet assessment.
Trim Notes
Right front heel after five months:
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