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Best of luck!  I hope it turns out to be something non-serious.  Make  
sure they check the simple things, too.

My old boy once went off, very non-specific, but in both front feet.   
He wasn't striding out like he usually did.  My farrier couldn't see  
anything when I asked him to check, but he didn't pull the shoes.   
One week later, when he actually did the shoeing, he found that, due  
to soft ground and wet weather, Shadow had sole bruises on both front  
feet, right under the shoe, caused by shoe pressure and soft feet.   
We put pads on him, and he was a happy camper.


On Aug 19, 2007, at 8:51 PM, Laney Humphrey wrote:

> Don't give up too early!!!!!  Get the complete lameness workup and  
> go from there.  There are lots of ways of helping gimpy horses  
> return to work.
> Laney
>
> Juli Bechard wrote:
> > The vet was out this morning and did a lameness exam on Alpine.  
> > The reason I couldn’t tell exactly which foot was sore is because  
> > he’s lame on both fronts.  She had him trotting out on a circle  
> > and a straight line, and hoof tested him.  He didn’t react to the  
> > hoof testers at all…but he’s very stoic, and doesn’t show pain  
> > until it’s bad.  She thinks he is showing signs of either pedal  
> > osteitis or navicular syndrome.  Neither of which is good news.
> > So, next week we will taking Alpine down to the University of  
> > Florida for a lameness work up, with X-rays and nerve blocks, and  
> > all that fun stuff.  Depending on the outcome, I’m thinking that  
> > my little Paso just got retired from endurance completely.  We are  
> > hoping he’ll be ok just to hack around lightly.  He’s only 14!   
> > Al’s massage therapist was here this morning. She summed the whole  
> > thing up for me by cussing.  I agreed wholeheartedly.
> >  Juli and the Herd
> > Alpine and Merlin
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