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RE: [RC] [RC] [RC] Club feet-vet/farrier advice requested? - terry banisterHe has some good points, but he does not address the single biggest cause,which is that horses in confinement become one-sided and simply don't extend their "weak" side as far, time and time again. Yes, that was left out probably because it is mentioned elsewhere (in the site and in the book) that horses feet do not do well in confinement - period. the need for movement and exercise is the one thing that Ramey and JJackson and Strasser do agree on for the health of the hoof. Horses were not made to be in confinement. Horses are meant to keep moving to be healthy. One benefit to endurance horses is that they get more exercise than the average horse. But even if we all agree that we would like to give our horses more room to move and more exercise, how can we do it when we have to board the horse in pipe corrals and barns and our schedules just don't give us enough time for riding? Terry "May the Horse be with you" >From: <heidi@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> >To: <terrybanister@xxxxxxxxxxx> >CC: <ridecamp@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> >Subject: RE: [RC] [RC] Club feet-vet/farrier advice requested? >Date: Fri, 17 Dec 2004 14:03:26 -0700 (MST) > > > Pete Ramey has some insight on the topic of club foot. See if it sets > > with you. > > click "Articles" > > http://www.hoofrehab.com/index.htm > >He has some good points, but he does not address the single biggest cause, >which is that horses in confinement become one-sided and simply don't >extend their "weak" side as far, time and time again. Hence the toe on >that side becomes dubbed and the heels do not wear, whereas on the "good" >side, the heels get hammered and the foot tends to become shallow and >flared. > >He also makes a good point that it isn't just up to the farrier to correct >this--although he does not talk about the responsibility of RIDING a horse >symmetrically to try to strengthen his weak side and lengthen the stride >on that side, so that the footfalls become even. > >He IS right that one can't correct this by taking the toe out from under >the tip of the coffin bone on the low-heeled long-toed side. Instead, one >has to maintain as much sole as possible there, and if need be, provide >support to the heels on that foot. (This can be done by a wedge pad or by >putting a bit of a trailer on a shoe on that foot, the former to get the >angle where it should be and the latter to get the point of support in the >correct relationship to the rest of the foot and leg.) One also has to >address the upright foot, lowering the heel, and in many cases, removing >hoof wall at the quarters to help prevent pressure on the coronet band >above that point. If one does very drastic work in this regard, one >doesn't want to be trying to ride the horse right after--best results that >I've seen have been to go ahead and be fairly drastic trimming the upright >foot, but to just turn the horse out between trims instead of putting him >to work. One should also be scheduling fairly frequent appointments to >trim such horses until the growth becomes more normal. > >Heidi > > _________________________________________________________________ FREE pop-up blocking with the new MSN Toolbar ? get it now! http://toolbar.msn.click-url.com/go/onm00200415ave/direct/01/ =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= Ridecamp is a service of Endurance Net, http://www.endurance.net. Information, Policy, Disclaimer: http://www.endurance.net/Ridecamp Subscribe/Unsubscribe http://www.endurance.net/ridecamp/logon.asp Ride Long and Ride Safe!! =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=
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