Sunny got a big time ring from the fall in a bog at Pirate Run
last spring. Pulled something high up in the hip...out the rest of
the spring. Not just a ring, but a gap in the hoof wall, increasing in
size as it grew out.
Had this happen to
one of our horses and it was absolutely related to concussion
trauma. Once the gap had grown down about half way we became
concerned about thrush in the gap and also instability of the hoof wall.
Our farrier dremmeled the crack just enough to clean out any sand, debris &
to disinfect the area. Then he filled it with hoof acrylic. The
acrylic stayed in place until it was completely grown out. After that we
switched from metal shoes to Ground Control Horseshoes (Plastic horseshoes) and
have had great success & no more
rings.
